Podcast: How steely Pittsburgh is getting greener

By CNET News.com Staff

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Why Charter Communications' ad-serving plan is making waves; the Senate moves to curb online child porn; and industrial Pittsburgh sets an environmental example.

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Two prominent members of Congress are urging cable operator Charter Communications not to move forward on plans to track consumers' browsing and serve up tailored ads. CNET News.com reporter Declan McCullagh talks to News.com's Leslie Katz about why they're concerned.

Pittsburgh, known as the Steel City, is taking some big steps toward becoming green. News.com's Kara Tsuboi visited the city's environmentally friendly convention center and she talks about what she saw.

Plus, Hewlett-Packard says it will launch a fall line of teen-designed consumer electronics, and some users of Microsoft Vista Media Centers this week found themselves blocked from viewing a couple of NBC shows. The Electronic Frontier Foundation says it's now looking into it.

Today's stories:

Charter's Web monitoring draws intervention from Capitol Hill

Senators OK $1 billion for online child porn fight

Yahoo-Google ad deal 'still on track'

Sugar Labs will make OLPC interface available for Eee PC, others

HP to launch fall line of teen PC products

EFF: Signs are NBC triggered block of 'American Gladiator'

Qualcomm to take Mobile TV abroad?

Conde Nast buys Ars Technica

AT&T reverses one-iPhone policy

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