Technology Google Unveils Censored Search Engine in China January 25, 2006 • Google has launched a new version of its search engine Web site in China. The site censors material about Tibet, human rights and other topics considered sensitive by the Chinese government. The move comes shortly after the company was praised for not complying with a U.S. federal subpoena for its records. Google Unveils Censored Search Engine in China Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5172204/5172205" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Disney to Buy Pixar in $7.4 Billion Deal January 25, 2006 • The Walt Disney Company is purchasing longtime partner Pixar Animation for $7.4 billion in stock. The buy is an effort to shore-up Disney's faltering reputation as a leader in animated films. Pixar CEO Steve Jobs will be Disney's largest single shareholder and have a seat on the board. Disney to Buy Pixar in $7.4 Billion Deal Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5171459/5171460" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Steve Jobs Seen as Winner in a Disney-Pixar Deal January 24, 2006 • The Walt Disney Company could announce as early as Tuesday that it will acquire Pixar Animation. If the deal goes through, Pixar chief Steve Jobs -- the founder of Apple Computer -- could become the largest shareholder of the Disney Company. Steve Jobs Seen as Winner in a Disney-Pixar Deal Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5169676/5169677" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Google Has Mixed Motives in Fighting Data Request January 23, 2006 • Google wins plaudits for principles as it refuses to give the Justice Department search information data. But it's trying to keep users' trust while protecting its most lucrative asset: the accumulated history of its users' searches. Google Has Mixed Motives in Fighting Data Request Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5167782/5167783" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Google's Balk on Subpoena: Privacy and Competition January 22, 2006 • This past week, the Justice Department asked the Internet company Google to turn over its search records, which prosecutors say would help them defend a controversial child pornography law. Google refused. Google's Balk on Subpoena: Privacy and Competition Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5167444/5167445" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law Google Fights Request to Turn Over Search Records January 20, 2006 • Internet search engine Google is drawing praise from civil libertarians for its refusal to hand over records about the search requests of millions of its users to federal prosecutors. Government lawyers say they need the information to defend a law meant to protect children from online pornography. Google Fights Request to Turn Over Search Records Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5165530/5165531" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Apple Introduces Intel-Powered Computers January 10, 2006 • Computers using new, Intel Core Duo microchips are among the products Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. For years, Apple had shunned use of Intel processors. Also making news: an iPod with a built-in FM radio and remote control. Apple Introduces Intel-Powered Computers Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5148076/5148077" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Yahoo's 'Hot Zone' Focuses on Armed Conflicts January 9, 2006 • The Web portal Yahoo! is now offering its own news reports from war-torn areas around the world. The "Hot Zone" is produced by a single reporter and a small support staff. It offers video, streaming audio, photos and written reports... and a place for readers to offer comments. Yahoo's 'Hot Zone' Focuses on Armed Conflicts Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5138910/5138911" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Web Execs Take Center Stage at Electronics Show January 7, 2006 • Google founder Larry Page and Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel offer similar messages in keynote speeches at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They hope the audience of gadget manufacturers will simplify their products... and do away with competing and incompatible systems. Web Execs Take Center Stage at Electronics Show Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5134319/5134320" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Microsoft Working to Fix Windows Security Glitch December 30, 2005 • Microsoft is trying to fix a flaw in its Windows operating system that could give hackers access to users' computers, allowing them to load viruses, spyware and other malicious software. With this vulnerability, just visiting certain Web sites might compromise a user's security. Microsoft Working to Fix Windows Security Glitch Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5076721/5076722" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Plan Unveiled for Google to Buy Stake in AOL December 20, 2005 • Time Warner's America Online and Google announce an agreement in which Google will buy a 5-percent stake in the Time property for $1 billion. The deal marks a victory for Google over rival Microsoft, which was also vying for a piece of AOL and the Internet search business. Plan Unveiled for Google to Buy Stake in AOL Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5063311/5063312" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Format War Heats Up in Hollywood December 20, 2005 • Next year, high definition discs and players for movies will start hitting the stores, but a battle over the discs' format may keep buyers away. Blu-Ray is the choice of Sony and most major movie studios to succeed the DVD format for home movies, but Microsoft and others surpport DVD-HD. Format War Heats Up in Hollywood Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5062492/5062493" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Clever Worm Lures Victims with Chat-Slang December 9, 2005 • How do you know when you're instant messaging with a computer worm instead of one of your "buddies?" Security experts say it's getting harder to tell the difference. A malicious new computer worm initiates a chat with its victims and invites them to click on a link -- which allows it to spread to their IM buddies. Clever Worm Lures Victims with Chat-Slang Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5044792/5045034" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Inside the Pellicano Files November 23, 2005 • When the FBI raided the offices of Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano three years ago, they found enough explosives to take down a skyscraper and evidence that he might have been illegally wire tapping Hollywood conversations. The question is, what's on those tapes? Inside the Pellicano Files Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5025334/5025335" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Microsoft Sets Sights on Future with Xbox 360 November 21, 2005 • With the upcoming release of the XBox 360, Microsoft is taking another step toward making the personal computer the center of home life. The newest Xbox is not just for game-playing teens: Anyone can hook it to televisions, stereos and computers to take advantage of its enormous hard drive. Microsoft Sets Sights on Future with Xbox 360 Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5021176/5021177" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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