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  Memo to Steve Jobs:
  Set the music free

  CNET News' Greg Sandoval says that for iTunes customers, record labels, and its own good, Apple needs to make deals to do away with copy protection software.
  • DRM: Does the mainstream care?
  • Sources: Apple, labels talk DRM-free

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  BlackBerry Storm packs
  more of a drizzle

  review Phone features an innovative touch screen that provides tactile feedback, but the onscreen keyboard is a bit cramped, and the smartphone can be sluggish, and speakerphone quality is choppy.
  • Verizon's answer to the iPhone
  • Video: Storm touches down

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• Blogging from 25,000 feet

  CNET's Kent German and Kara Tsuboi catch a ride on Virgin America's debut of its in-flight Wi-Fi service.
  • Photos: Sky-high Wi-Fi

  (Posted in Wireless by Kent German)

• Verizon workers fired over Obama records breach

  Employees, who had been placed on paid leave earlier this week during Verizon's investigation, are no longer there, according to CNN.

  (Posted in Wireless by Natalie Weinstein)

• Judge orders Ballmer to testify in Vista suit

  Microsoft's CEO faces a three-hour deposition in next 30 days in a class action lawsuit over the "Vista Capable" logo program.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• 2 engineers sentenced for espionage

  Case goes back to 2001 when the men, who had worked at Sun, Transmeta, NEC, and Trident, were trying to smuggle chip design documents out of the U.S. and into China.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Natalie Weinstein)

• YouTube lives it up

  Video-sharing site offers its first live stream of an event--one designed to celebrate itself and many of the most popular performers on the site.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Natalie Weinstein)

• Kernel vulnerability found in Vista

  Flaw in operating system's networking could allow rootkits to be hidden or denial-of-service attacks to be executed, but no fix is expected until the next service pack.

  (Posted in Security by David Meyer)

• Lifestreaming in Obamaland

  The technologies that helped Obama reach the White House are going to make the president-elect's life more transparent and scrutinized than any previous White House occupant.

  (Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber)

• YouTube tests students' desire to cheat

  More than 3,000 "how to cheat" videos are posted on YouTube alone, encouraging bad behavior in otherwise good kids.

  (Posted in Digital Media by CBS Interactive staff)

• Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

  Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, the Flip Video MinoHD, and the BlackBerry Storm.

• Q&A: What's ahead for Visual Studio and .Net

  Microsoft's Matt Carter and Jason Zander talk tools and set out the company's manifesto for data democracy.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Adrian Bridgwater)

• Army backs the hydrogen highway

  Military has awarded a $1.8 million contract to Proton Energy Systems to develop hydrogen filling stations.

  (Posted in Military Tech by Mark Rutherford)

• MySpace Music to name Courtney Holt chief

  The lengthy CEO search at MySpace Music is finally coming to an end. Now let's see what the new guy can do against Apple.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• The key to innovation: Privately owned fiber?

  A paper released by the New America Foundation proposes encouraging consumers to purchase their own fiber lines.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)
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