CNET In Distress; 120 See Layoffs. Cnet,. While BoomTown has not paid enough attention to the ongoing, well, debacle at CNET, its announcement that it was conducting layoffs and also making a variety of changes was a major moment for the company..   While...

CBS Buys CNET For $1.8 Billion. CBS CNET. Broadcaster CBS has announced that it is to acquire online publisher CNET for $1.8 billion in a deal valuing CNET shares 44.6% higher than their close on Wednesday.. Broadcaster CBS has announced that it is to acquire...

CBS Begins CNet Layoffs. CBS CNET Gamespot Economy Layoffs. CNet, the popular technology news website that is owned by CBS, is being downsized across the board.. CNet, the popular technology news website owned by CBS, is being downsized right across the board....

and GameSpot. CBS also supposedly planed on merging several aspects of itself and CNet, the biggest being CBSNews.com and CNet News into one portal. According to MediaMemo, CBS execs won’t release specifics on what exactly is involved in the CNet restructuring....

Man Claims Apple Helped the Mafia Send Threats. Apple Mafia FBI Gregory McKenna. According to documents obtained by CNet News, a Missouri man is suing Apple, the FBI and several others claiming that two of Apple's iPods contained illegal receivers that allowed...

of two other reporters covering the convention. Our legal sources tell us the three could face federal charges for wiretapping. We’ve spoken to the two victims who are reporters from CNET and eWEEK. They told us the French reporters sneakily “huddled over...

Circuit City to Close 155 Stores, Faces Delisting. Circuit City Delisting Closing Stores. CNet, Consumerist, Gizmodo, Manager Daisy at Algonquin, IL Circuit City Store. Talk of Circuit City troubles has been doing the rounds for the last few weeks, however,...

months there’s been more and more talk of how the video sharing site isn’t the cash cow it was expected to be for Google. However, according to CNet, Universal Music is making a very tidy sum with its YouTube channel. The company has a deal with YouTube...

suit is a waste of time and claims the site is protected by federal law.Last Thursday news hit the wire of a local Cook County Sheriff and his filing against Craigslist. According to CNet, Sheriff Tom Dart asked the court to force Craigslist to remove its erotic...

the accused that the activity is illegal, and that the files must be deleted immediately.Now Verizon is forwarding similar notices from the Motion Picture Association of America and NBC Universal. According to CNET, the film studios and copyright owners were...