http://news.cnet.com/ Tech News First en-us 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:30:08 PST Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:30:08 PST 14175 CNET News CNET http://www.news.com/2009-1090-980549.html 20 http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/gr/prtnr/rss_logo.gif http://news.cnet.com/ 88 31 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10134266-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 The company's young CEO posts a blog entry with the big announcement on Wednesday, adding that the social network now has a bigger population than Japan. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10134266-36.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:42:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133792-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 The world's largest maker of Internet infrastructure equipment is now helping big media companies build social networking Web sites. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133792-93.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:00:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133895-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 One True Media, which makes the small-business-focused SpotMixer ad creation software, has also been named an "authorized reseller" for the video arm of Google's AdWords service. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133895-93.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:00:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/2300-1041_3-10000116.html?tag=rsspr.6248665&part=rss&subj=news Led by VP Phil Schiller, the Jobs-less presentation included a 17-inch MacBook Pro and DRM-free songs in iTunes. http://news.cnet.com/2300-1041_3-10000116.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:26:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133466-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Community reviewer who suggested a chiropractor was less than honest in his billing practices is accused of defamation in a lawsuit. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133466-93.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:52:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133465-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Google fended off a Chinese trademark infringement suit, and captured the sudden arrival of searches for characters that show a plane and two towers. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133465-93.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:03:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133425-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 A courtroom lawyer who has sued individual file swappers in multiple federal courts is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for a top Justice Department position. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133425-38.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:55:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133029-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 The economic priorities of the incoming Obama administration may mean that fleshing out the role of a chief technology officer could become a lesser priority. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133029-38.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:16:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10132759-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Apple will not only offer new tracks stripped of copy-protection software, it will let you remove DRM from your existing iTunes collection--for 30 cents per song. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10132759-37.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:45:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10133085-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 It only has a few posts on it, all from a single day last August, but it was apparently enough for Liskula Cohen to go after Google, which owns the publishing service used. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10133085-36.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:21:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132749-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Mischievous Internet forum 4Chan appears to have hacked into the popular Apple blog just as executive Phil Schiller took the stage at the Macworld Expo. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132749-36.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:13:00 PST