http://www.news.com/ Tech News First en-us Copyright 1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:45:09 PST Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:45:09 PST 14175 CNET News.com - Media 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://www.news.com/ 88 31 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10103315-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Members of the social networking site will be able to listen to the band's new album for free on the Web before it goes on sale next week. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10103315-93.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:30:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10103084-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 RIAA didn't need a law to persuade Tennessee, the home of country music, to block P2P sites back in August. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10103084-93.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:30:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10102869-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Two former Federal Communications Commission staffers and the head of Google.org will help president-elect's transition team write tech policy. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10102869-38.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:24:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10102728-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Some reports say Sony discriminated against Xbox. Not true. Netflix just didn't get a deal done with Sony that included Xbox. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10102728-93.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:38:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10102628-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Investment in broadband deployment is more likely to help our economy than investments in the auto industry, panelists at a symposium said Wednesday. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10102628-38.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:44:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50004531.html?tag=rsspr.6247841&part=rss&subj=news Sending e-mails or online shopping while orbiting the Earth in outer-space seems like the stuff of science fiction movies. But in this Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Rafe Needleman discuss how NASA is working to make these far-fetched ideas a reality. http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50004531.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:41:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10102414-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 More than a year after iTunes began offering DRM-free music from EMI, Apple is in talks to acquire MP3s from the other top three music labels. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10102414-93.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:07:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10102404-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Shares of the company free-fall following comments by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that the software giant is not interested in a Yahoo acquisition. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10102404-93.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:26:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10102208-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 Apple's popular smartphone captures the top spot worldwide for advertiser requests on the mobile-ad network AdMob for the month of October. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10102208-37.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:14:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10101827-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 The state's hand recount starting Wednesday may show that thousands of ballots were mistakenly rejected by optical scanning machines. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10101827-38.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:00:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10101675-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-10 The IAC-owned business reviews site has revamped its product to make social-networking features easier to use, as well as to focus on the "hyperlocal" rather than a few metro areas. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10101675-36.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:01:00 PST