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The 404 172: Where it's twenty-O eight

What should we call this decade? The "aughts"? Come 2011, will we be in the "teens"? Audiophiliac blogger Steve Guttenberg philosophizes on the show today and shows off his math skills before abandoning all human decency in his disdain for Eric Clapton. Also, Senator John McCain and Daddy Yankee swap gasolina as Justin ogles pictures of his beloved Sarah Silverman.

Dan the Mantern here, blogging for Justin, who left the office to run off poster size color copies of Sarah Silverman. Speaking of nice Jewish girls, today's show was like Friday night services with Jeff, … Read more

Welcome to the new CNET Reviews

CNET Community,

For many long months, CNET's engineers, editors, and designers have been hard at work rebuilding CNET from the ground up. This week, those changes are being unveiled for all our users. Behind the scenes, our publishing infrastructure has been overhauled to provide many benefits, two of which will be most obvious: our page-load times are dramatically improved and our publishing tools have been streamlined to permit faster roll-out of content and new features (more on those below).

The most visible change is to our look and feel. Everything from our logo to our color scheme to site … Read more

Welcome to the new CNET

Over the last few months we have been beta testing, tweaking, and fine-tuning the new CNET user experience. Today, August 27, the yellow and green CNET pages are history as we have completed the rollout of our new site design and speedier service.

As I wrote in a post in June, we are updating our look and feel after nearly 13 years of variations on neon yellow and green:

CNET started out in 1992 as c/net, meaning Computer Network, a 24-hour cable network about computers and technology with original online content. CNET online launched in June 1995 and quickly … Read more

Welcome to the new Download.com

Dear users,

Over the past months, we've been hard at work redesigning our site. You may have got a sneak peak at our new look and feel or you may be seeing it for the first time today. Either way, we hope that you enjoy the smoother, sleeker, and easier-to-navigate pages.

Wondering what, exactly, has changed? Here's a brief tour:

Easier-to-find content: We've reexamined our site layout to make it easier to find the software that matters to you. We've moved our Most Popular software lists front-and-center so that you can see which titles currently top … Read more

CNET 2008 beta test expansion

As I wrote in a post in June, we are updating our look and feel after nearly 13 years of variations on neon yellow and green.

We are expanding our beta testing, so you may be seeing the new site when you come to any of the CNET sites (News, Reviews, Downloads, CNET TV).

It's a work in progress--if you land on the new pages, give us some feedback (fill out the brief feedback form linked at the top of the pages).

Inside CNET Labs 10: The still-beating heart

This week Dong visits the "Church of All Faiths" and uncovers the "Church of False Advertising."

Eric nerds it up about the WoW: Lich King beta, which is awesome of course. Seriously, how is Blizzard going to keep everyone from re-rolling as a Death Knight? We guess that just means the other classes are due for some serious buffs. We hope so at least.

Last, but not least, Dong explains the proper ways to eat a still-beating heart..not kidding.

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Coming up: Live Webcast coverage from the Democratic and Republican national conventions

With the Democratic and Republican national conventions coming up in Denver and St. Paul in the next few weeks, we are planning our coverage across CNET News and CBSNews.com. (Being part of CBS has some nice advantages.) CNET News reporters Declan McCullagh, Stephanie Condon, and Kara Tsuboi will be on the scene, covering the tech policies and positions of the presidential and vice presidential candidates. In addition, they will be roaming the convention floors, interviewing delegates, politicians, and pundits on tech-related issues such as Net neutrality, Internet taxation, and privacy.

CBS Evening News will have its usual wall-to-wall coverage … Read more

Inside CNET Labs 8.5: Random acts

A half episode of random talking that's longer than any full episode. First, Eric passionately brags about this enormous thingy of his, but it just bores Dong. Then, Dong talks about his failure to pick up ladies in uniform and how you can't mess with people with guns. No business talk at all. The best part is the very end where you'll get a bonus track.

Enjoy!

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Vote for us at SXSW '09

CNET TV has officially submitted a panel to SXSW 2009 titled: "Lessons Learned: Moving to Online HD Video," and we need your help to get selected. SXSW uses a unique panel-selection method that involves a first round of online voting. If you think, like we do, that this is a fabulous topic, then head on over to the SXSW Panel Picker and give us a vote!

The full description of the panel is:

Online video is simple to produce, and as a result, the industry has seen explosive growth in recent years. However, there's been a shift … Read more