June 25, 2008 12:50 PM PDT

News.com Daily Podcast: Understanding Comcast's grand gambit

Starbucks once had visions of turning its outlets into entertainment centers where customers sipped coffee and listened to the latest tunes. But that hasn't exactly worked out according to expectations. CNET News.com's Greg Sandoval explains.

Webware's Rafe Needleman spoke with the senior executive at Comcast charged with a new attempt to integrate television, the computer, and the phone.

And as one of the first software executives to battle Bill Gates, Lotus founder Mitch Kapor has seen many sides of Microsoft's co-founder. Take a listen to some of his recollections on the eve of Gates' final days as full-time employee at Microsoft.


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Today's stories:

Dell hits server efficiency targets a year early

Adobe says Acrobat 9 is good to go

Social network Multiply goes premium

Comcast's goal: Integrate the screens

SodaHead.com slurps up $8.4 million

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