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Daily Debrief: Can you hold a Macworld without Mac's maker?

A double bolt from the blue: Apple CEO Steve Jobs will not speak at January's Macworld show. What's more, Apple has announced that this will be the last Macworld in which it participates. On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper and Tom Krazit examine what's likely behind the decision.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Macworld, Desktops, Hardware, News, Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper, Tom Krazit, Apple, Steve Jobs

Videos 2008-12-17

Daily Debrief: Yahoo turns the page

News.com's Charles Cooper and Dan Farber discuss the aftermath of the company's long-awaited reorganization news.

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Page, News, charles cooper, dan farber, yahoo, jerry yang, susan decker, microsoft, bill gates, steve ballmer

Videos 2008-06-27

Daily Debrief: How to break the P2P logjam

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper speaks with Webware Editor in Chief Rafe Needleman about what one of the founding fathers of the Internet is doing to resolve the growing problem of peer-to-peer transfers.

Tags: Peer To Peer (P2P), News, charles cooper, rafe needleman, internet, p2p, data packets, broadband, traffic

Videos 2008-06-27

Daily Debrief: Can the SS Yahoo steer past the shoals?

After a series of high-profile resignations at Yahoo, Charles Cooper and CNET News.com's Editor-in-chief Dan Farber assess how senior management is likely to respond.

Tags: Editor-in-chief, News, Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper, Yahoo, Microsoft, Delicious, Joshua Schachter, Jerry Yang

Videos 2008-06-20

Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's help

She's been called the second most powerful woman in business. By now, she may be No. 1. In a wide-ranging discussion about technology, politics, and her company's plans, Xerox's CEO tells News.com's Charles Cooper that the tech industry hasn't found a particularly sympathetic ear in the nation's capital, especially when...

Tags: Xerox Corp., CEO, Human Resources, Labor Relations, News, xerox, ann mulcahy, charles cooper, politics, president, government, election, h-1b

Videos 2008-06-06

Staying current with Microhoo

CNET News.com's Editor in Chief Dan Farber and Charles Cooper discuss the tangled web that is Microsoft and Yahoo. Also, they delve deeper into the latest news and speculate what the near future might bring for each company. Could Microsoft be interested in Facebook too?

Tags: Editor-in-chief, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, News, dan farber, charles cooper, microsoft, yahoo, facebook

Videos 2008-05-19

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Will telecoms morph into cloud computing providers?

A lot of chatter out of CTIA this week focused on connecting devices to everything, but one pilot would turn telecom companies into cloud computing providers.  The big question: Would enterprises go for it? According to Charles Cooper, telecom providers on four continents---United States,...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Telecommunications Company, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-03

The Web turns 20

It's hard to believe that just 20 years ago the Worldwide Web was merely a diagram. Sir Tim Berners Lee created a wonkish document dubbed "Information Management: A proposal"and created the infrastructure a lot of us depend on to a make a living. This was the Web 20 years...

Tags: Web, Channel Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Desktops are becoming extinct

All the talk about web applications got reader Micheal Stanley thinking. Will we get to the point where desktop computers as we know them will no longer be relevant? As long as you can get your work done will it matter whether you're using Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android, WebOS, or...

Tags: Web Browser, Computer, Micheal Stanley, Productivity, Desktops, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot

So, EDS is gone again, subsumed by HP. But, lo and behold, H. Ross Perot is back, just in time for the presidential elections. Now, you can view his slides about the dangers of the federal deficit and debt online, any time you want. Or, hear him posit...

Tags: Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-26

EIC podcast: Apple-Psystar; Intel; High tech in Israel

In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan remains on vacation. Luckily, News.com's always chatty Charles Cooper was around. Coop and I talk about the Apple-Psystar lawsuit, Intel's earnings and the technology landscape in Israel. This week's podcast is a spin-off of the usual banter Coop and I...

Tags: Israel, Intel Corp., Coop, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Daily Debrief: Honda's FCX Clarity

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper talks to Editor at Large Brian Cooley about Honda's FCX Clarity, the first commercial hydrogen car on the market.

Tags: Honda Motor Co., Hydrogen, News, daily debrief, charlie cooper, brian cooley, cars, Honda, FCX Clarity, green

Videos 2008-06-19

News to know: Firefox 3.0; iPhone apps; Yahoo; LinkedIn; Millennials

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: My most anticipated announced iPhone applications Nate McFeters: Fresh off the press: iPhoneDbg toolkit hotness Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts. Gallery right Ed Burnette: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., LinkedIn, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Daily Debrief: How long before a truly 'social' Web?

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper talks with Rafe Needleman of Webware about how trends now coming to the fore in social networking may soon change how we think about the social Web.

Tags: Social Web, Rafe Needleman, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, News, daily debrief, charlie cooper, rage needleman, twitter, social networking, web

Videos 2008-06-17

Debrief: Windows XP era draws to a close

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Ina Fried discuss the impending departure of Bill Gates, and the company's announcement that it will cease selling Windows XP mostly.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, News, daily debrief, charlie cooper, ina fried, microsoft, windows XP, bill gates

Videos 2008-06-17

Microsoft: The iPhone envy is starting to show (already)

Microsoft said it will sell nearly 20 million Windows Mobile licenses in a letter designed to rally its smartphone partners. It's no coincidence that the pep talk comes just a few days before these the likely launch of Apple's 3G iPhone. Todd Bishop has the Windows Mobile...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Smart Phone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Daily Debrief: Icahn's plans for Yahoo

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Dawn Kawamoto, discuss Carl Icahn's plans for Yahoo, and the possibility of ousting Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and others to get Microsoft back to the table.

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., News, charlie cooper, dawn kawamoto, daily debrief, microsoft, yahoo, carl icahn, jerry yang, sue decker

Videos 2008-06-04

News to know: Microsoft-Yahoo talks (again); OLPC; Gmail themes; Firefox 3.0

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: We don't have to buy Yahoo outright; Is it joint venture time? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and Yahoo: A new deal in the works? BoomTown: Microsoft to Buy Just Yahoo's Search Business? NYT: In Reversal, Microsoft Proposes...

Tags: Google Gmail, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-19

News to know: Ubuntu; Microhoo; IT scapegoats; XP; Google

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo Microsoft should walk away from Yahoo WSJ: Ballmer's big choice Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04 Gallery: A peek at Ubuntu 8.4 Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I'm...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Information Technology, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Help Desk, Podcasts, Web Services, Microsoft Windows XP, Middleware, Call Centers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Security, Spam And Phishing, It Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Meshing the desktop into the cloud

I'm often harsh on Microsoft, but I'm going to lighten up now that it's introduced Live Mesh (great coverage at Liveside, a useful ten points from Mary Jo, more at Techmeme). One of the misconceptions people often have about the Web is that exists 'out there', as...

Tags: Web, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Mesh, Zintel, Mesh Account Service, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-04-23