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CNET goes live with Facebook Connect

I've just been informed by the engineering team here that we have completed integration of the Facebook Connect log-in system with CNET. Now, when you want to comment on a blog post on a CNET site, or add a user review, you can log in with your Facebook ID and password. If your computer is already logged in to Facebook, you won't have to log in at all.

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Welcome to the New iPhone Atlas

We're shedding our humble WordPress-based abode and moving into a new digs as part of the CNET publishing infrastructure. The site may look different, but you'll find the same in-depth, thoughtful iPhone news and help on these pages. In addition, this move means positive developments for iPhone Atlas, including:

easier access to the CNET's full breadth of iPhone coverage; embedded video access; greater frequency of multimedia content, including more screenshots; more reviews and news on iPhone applications; and more improvements, soon to be announced!

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Inside CNET Labs 24: 'Where Eric is the tangent and Dong is the technology'

Our longest podcast ever! Actually, I'm lying. It's not our longest, but probably our shortest episode. I feel we've packed it full of creamy goodness, though. I'm not really sure what I mean by that, but there's good stuff in here.

First off, we announce the winner of our first ever "Give us a tagline" contest. It wasn't officially called that but we're lazy and unorganized and didn't actually come up with an official name for the contest. For the next contest, we'll make sure the name is appropriately … Read more

Inside CNET Labs 23.5: The F-word

No, no not that F-word, the other F-word. Dong and I discuss fat. Fat people, fat stories about fat people, fat wads, and pho. Yep, bowls of pho.

Speaking of pho, during this whole exchange Dong tells the story of his Worst Faux Pas Ever! If you've been following this podcast with any kind of regularity, you know that's saying something.

After that, we're back getting political with it (did I just type that?). Well maybe not political, but at least social. This is your fair warning.

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Inside CNET Labs 22: Nerds of a few different colors

Neeeerrrdddsss!!! We got black nerds, brown nerds, and yellow nerds represented here. It's a nerd fest as I prep for the Wrath of the Lich King launch.

Then Dong and I give out some helpful World of Warcraft add-on security hints and general Internet shopping security tips. This includes Dong's password-protection techniques. Can you believe people still fall for phishing?

Finally, a user has a problem with one of my extremely biased monitor videos.

BTW, we'll be announcing the winner of our tagline contest in the next episode.

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The 404 229: Where there's no one here to pick on Wilson

With Jeff on vacation and Justin dying of stomach herpes, Wilson is left alone to hold down The 404 fort. Mark Licea and Joey Kaminski join him today to talk about Quantum of Solace, Obama's BlackBerry, and ordering pizza from your TiVo.

Unfortunately, Wilson doesn't have the writing prowess of a one Justin Yu, but he'll do his best today to sum up what was a relatively disaster free show. First of all, he actually did pay attention to the chat room. So all you haters out there, Wilson can read. We also wish our second favorite Asian, J-Yu, a speedy recovery. We know we shouldn't have let him go home with that woman. Mark Licea joins the show to talk a bit about the latest Bond-movie and how kick ass it was. Mr. Kaminski chimes in on President-elect Barack Obama's BlackBerry addiction and its threat to national security. People keep on getting lazier, with cell phone airport check-in and ordering pizza from their TiVos. This, in turn, brings up memories of My Half-ton Dad on TLC. (Seriously people when you hit 400 lbs. put down the cheeseburger and see a doctor!)

Finally, the latest trailer for the new J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek comes out today. So for all your Trekkies out there, check your pants. It's already an order of magnitude more exciting than the craptastic Star Trek: Nemesis we got a few years ago. And we pay our respects to ValleyWag and Total Request Live. Only the former deserves our respect.

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Inside CNET Labs 21: What's in a name?

Dong's advice to Vietnamese coming to America? Keep your names people! Let us Americans deal with all that tonal stuff.

Then Dong nerds out over the range and throughput of the Belkin N+ Wireless Router. I think I hear wedding bells.

After that, we discuss the big news of the week. You can probably guess what that is. You've been warned.

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Inside CNET Labs 20: Your queen is just a pawn with some fancy moves

We announce our first contest. This is not a joke. This is a real contest here. Listen to the podcast to find out details...If we pick you as a winner, you win a 1TB NAS server from Seagate/Maxtor. Check it out.

We also give you a behind-the-scenes look at the review and testing process here at CNET--from working with vendors to being harassed by them.

Also, Dong loves the Western Digital WDTV, and we get to hear all about it. Finally, we talk games and movies about games, and the dirty "P" word comes up. again. … Read more

The 404 218: Where Wilson's Halloween costume totally sucks

On today's Halloween episode, Jeff and I don our spookiest masks and berate Wilson for his awful costume. Tune in to find out the travesty that is Halloween at the Tang's. We also talk about our love/hate relationship with Chipotle and discuss Superman and other weak-sauce superheroes. And on the second half of the show, we welcome Alex Armour from Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) to talk about some of its most popular video game titles.

Be sure to check out the second half of the show, Alex Armour, a rep from Sony Computer Entertainment of America comes on and answers our pressing SCEA video game questions. If you like smashing things with cars, we recommend checking out Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, an off-road racing game that takes place on a tropical island. We also get Alex's take on the whole LittleBigPlanet soundtrack fiasco and I break some unfortunate news about Jeff's recently inflated paychecks. Finally, we also get a sneak peak about the upcoming Resistance 2, a sequel to the popular first-person shooter Resistance: Fall of Man. Even more exciting is Alex's Halloween costume for this year; it's Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China! It's one of my favorite movies and I can't wait to see what he looks like in that mullet wig and tank top, don't forget to send us pictures tomorrow Alex! Also, check out the video below for Jeff's countdown of the top 7 scariest video games of all time! Have a very happy and safe Halloween everyone!

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