In today's daily news podcast, our top story focuses on Microsoft and Vista--we now know the time and place of the event to officially launch the operating system that's the Redmond giant's future. Breaking news includes Palm's answer to RIM's latest, a worm that's found in some of Apple's iPods, and the latest report on how well the federal government is securing personal information stored on its computers.

The In Depth report looks at the latest round of financial results from some leading hardware and software vendors, and the editorial is on education, learning, and the technological fate of nations.

Your host for today is Curtis Franklin Jr.