In today's daily news podcast: The Patent Office rules in eBay's favor, content creators speak up on small copyright claims, a professor talks about how to ride the business cycle more wisely, two industry groups pick Bluetooth to link home devices, Intel brings its "Community PC" concept to Mexico, and mobile domain names go on sale in May. Today's in-depth report is about Microsoft, and our editorial is about the progress of two data-protection bills in Congress.

Your host today is Johanna Ambrosio.

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