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December 22, 2009
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Valley VC learns to embrace government

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December 18, 2009
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Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Biggest tech stories of 2009

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December 18, 2009
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Biggest tech stories of 2009

Show summary: This week on the Roundtable, Rafe Needleman talks about the biggest tech stories of 2009 with CNET Editor-in-Chief Scott Ard and Buzz Out Loud host Tom Merritt.

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    Biggest tech stories of 2009

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    Ep. 191: Best tech of the decade

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    Ep. 1127: Microsoft and EU browser roulette begins

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    Ep. 1129: Is Google finally too big?

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    Google Chrome OS

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    Ep. 190: Online TV and movies

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    Ep. 1124: Alexandria: The greatest hard-drive crash

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    Ep. 1122: AT&T blames the children

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    Ep. 1119: Do we want Google knowing every site we go to?

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    Air travel tech

My software editorial reviews (showing 2 of 2)

August 25, 2009 Cross-platform consistency

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August 25, 2009 For power Web users

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My product editorial reviews (showing 3 of 8)

September 21, 2006 Soapbox (beta)
September 18, 2006 Google Notebook
August 28, 2006 Google Apps

My product user reviews (showing 3 of 9)

November 13, 2005 "Great features, bad phone"

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My blogs and podcasts (showing 3 of 1660)

December 22, 2009 Valley VC learns to embrace government

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December 18, 2009 Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Biggest tech stories of 2009

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December 16, 2009 Dear newspapers: I will pay for your content, once

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My forum posts (showing 3 of 122)

September 11, 2008 "Thanks everyone!"

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September 11, 2008 "Fair question"

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September 11, 2008 "THANKS"

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    I run the group at CNET.com that reviews computer systems, peripherals, accessories, networking products, software, and internet services. I also write two columns (Works for ME, for CNET; and Rafe's Radar, for Release 1.0), plus the thrice-weekly AnchorDesk newsletter. And I'm working on our small business coverage. I also have a rarely-updated personal blog, www.rafeneedleman.com. I like to hear from CNET users!
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