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Sources: YouTube, not Warner Music, pulled videos

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 22:31
In contract negotiations, Warner made "11th-hour" demand and received its answer from YouTube when the company began yanking the label's videos.

An end to the Google bonus fairytale?

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 21:45
Google employees used to fairytale-like cash bonuses on the north side of $20,000 will have have to put up with a cell phone this year.

Scrapplet takes portable site creation to a new level

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 21:00
Scrapplet enters public beta for all your Web customization needs.

EA to offer 'Spore' DRM-free

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 20:02
It will be one of several titles distributed via Valve's Steam platform. The move is likely to win EA points with gamers.

Red Hat's third-quarter earnings suggest resilience

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 19:13
The software maker has been hit by the global economic slowdown, but its quarterly numbers suggest it is weathering the storm better than most.

Playfish launches premium in-game campaigns

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 19:02
Creative monetization will drive revenues for game providers. Dependence on advertising revenue is a no-win situation.

5 little Gmail annoyances Google needs to fix

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 17:29
Gmail may be great, but it's annoying sometimes too. Find out some of those attributes that Don Reisinger thinks Google should address.

Chamber backs broadband deployment--without Net neutrality laws

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 16:55
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is releasing a series of papers studying the benefits of broadband and advocating for a continued loose regulatory framework.

Puzzle extension turns any Web image into a game

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 16:37
Turn any image into a puzzle with a new extension for Firefox. It can make your dreary work day that much more exciting.

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM, and Chrysler

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 16:33
Analyst draws parallels between tech industry titans and Detroit in the early 20th century. They're thought-provoking, but is he right?

Microsoft grants Windows XP a reprieve

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 16:25
System builders and resellers get extra time to obtain licenses for the discontinued XP for their systems.

Prudery in the cause of cyber-censorship? Hardly

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 16:13
The Guardian claims we don't have the guts to call things by their name because we're a bunch of prudes. Au contraire, Baudelaire.

The great paradigm shift of cloud computing is not self-service...

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 15:57
Tremendous opportunity and innovation has been delivered by self-service cloud platforms. But this shift will be peanuts compared to a great technological transition now in the works.

The White House reboots

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 15:39
As the president-elect gets ready to take office, he offers a fresh take on technology, with plans to give weekly YouTube addresses, promote green tech, and more.

Mint.com brings personal finance to the iPhone

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 15:34
The free personal finance iPhone app features very little in the way of security, but comes with ease of access.

'60 Minutes' video: Governator's green challenge

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 15:33
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he'll stick to his environmental plans, despite the economic crisis: "Green technology's where it's at," he says, while fighting the Bush administration and others.

Year in review: On Web, innovation meets hard times

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 15:00
A lot of progress took place this year in Web start-ups and online technology, before the dark clouds of recession and layoffs swept in.

CNET News Daily Podcast: Our last podcast for the year

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 14:36
As Christmas beckons, Palm gets a new lifeline; phone rumors swirl around Garmin; and there's more fallout from the recording industry's ISP turnaround last week.

iPhone Nano cases appear online

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 14:21
Another indication that Apple could be readying a smaller iPhone Nano appeared Monday in the form of a product listing on a case manufacturer's Web site.

Obama names science and technology team

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 14:05
President-elect Barack Obama has named leaders in climate change, cancer research, and genetic research to head his science and technology team.