MICROSOFT AND YAHOO FINALLY INK A PARTNERSHIP DEAL, A NEW IPHONE APPLICATION CAN HELP YOU TRACK SEX OFFENDERS, AND SWOON! A NEW TWILIGHT MMO GAME IS ON ITS WAY. YAY. ITS WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE AND IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
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MICROSOFT AND YAHOO ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP THIS MORNING. THE AGREEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS: MICROSOFT WILL NOW POWER YAHOO SEARCH AND YAHOO WILL SELL ADS FOR SEARCH FOR BOTH COMPANIES. THIS IS SOMETHING YAHOO SHOULD HAVE DONE AGES AGO: OUTSOURCE SEARCH AND CONCENTRATE ON POWERING AD REVENUE. ALTHOUGH MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT WITH GOOGLE BUT WITH MICROSOFT'S BING GAINING GROWN LIKE GANGBUSTERS, THIS COULD BE GOOD TOO. AND IT MAY GIVE GOOGLE SOME LEGITIMATE COMPETITION NOW.
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SAMSUNG'S E-READER WILL NOT BE CALLED THE PAPYRUS. IT WILL BE
CALLED THE SNE-50K. CATCHY. IT GOES ON SALE IN SOUTH KOREA
TODAY FOR 339,000 KOREAN WON, WHICH IS ABOUT $270. IT HAS A 5-
INCH SCREEN AND WEIGHS 5.6 OUNCES. IT COMES WITH 512 MEGS OF
MEMORY AND HAS A SCREEN RESOLUTION OF 600-BY-800 PIXELS. IT
ALSO HAS HANDWRITING RECOGNITION, AND IT CAN READ TEXT FILES,
PDF'S, AND MICROSOFT OFFICE DOCUMENTS.
BARNES AND NOBLE WILL NOW HAVE FREE WI-FI THROUGH AT&T. THIS
DEAL IS SIMILAR TO THE STARBUCKS WI-FI THAT COMES THROUGH
AT&T. YOU JUST SIGN IN AND SURF AWAY. YOU CAN ALSO OPT FOR
PERSONAL MESSAGES FROM THE BOOK RETAILER SUCH AS COUPONS
FOR THE IN-STORE CAFE, NOTICES ABOUT BOOK SIGNINGS, OR DETAILS
ABOUT NEW BOOKS.
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AT&T IS LAUNCHING A SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATION FOR ITS
CUSTOMERS. DUBBED AT&T SOCIAL NET, IT WILL COMBINE ACCESS TO
FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, TWITTER AND NEWS FEEDS INTO A SOCIAL
MOBILE APP. USERS WILL BE ABLE TO VIEWS AND MANAGE THEIR
CONNECTIONS, MESSAGE EACH OTHER, TRACK EVENTS, AND GET LIVE
FEEDS FROM VARIOUS WEB SITES. IN ADDITION, USERS WILL ALSO BE
ABLE TO GET POP-UP NOTIFICATIONS WHEN SOMEONE UPDATES THEIR
PROFILE OR SENDS A MESSAGE AFTER THE APP IS CLOSED. AT&T
SOCIAL NET CAN BE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE FROM THE "MEDIA MALL".
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OFFENDER LOCATOR IS AN IPHONE APP THAT TRACKS SEX OFFENDERS
IN THE U.S. CREATED BY THINAIR WIRELESS, THE APP USES THE
IPHONES BUILT-IN GPS TO PINPOINT THE USER'S LOCATION. THEN IT
PROVIDES A MAP SHOWING WHERE THE SEX OFFENDERS ARE LOCATED
IN THE LOCAL AREA. IF YOU CLICK ONE OF THE PINS ON THE MAP, IT
WILL BRING UP A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE OFFENDER, AS WELL AS THEIR
ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH AND CONVICTIONS. I'M ON THE FENCE ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A GOOD THING. I'M LEANING TOWARDS
THINKING IT WILL INCITE PARANOIA. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
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A NEW SCALE CAN SEND YOUR WEIGHT DIRECTLY TO YOUR IPHONE TO
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR WEIGHT. THE WITHINGS SCALE USES WI-FI TO
SEND YOUR STATS TO ITS OWN IPHONE APPLICATION. THE APP GIVES
YOU CHARTS AND GRAPHS THAT WILL HELP KEEP YOU ON TARGET
FOR...REMEMBER THOSE NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS? YIKES. THE SCALE
IS NOT CHEAP THOUGH. IT COSTS $183.
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WHAT YOU POST ON TWITTER COULD BE CONSIDERED LIBEL. A WOMAN
IN CHICAGO IS BEING SUED OR $50,000 BECAUSE SHE BAD-MOUTHED
HER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY. HER TWEET SAID THE
FOLLOWING: "Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you?
Horizon realty thinks it's okay." HORIZON MAY THINK MOLD IS OKAY BUT
THEY DON'T THINK HER TWEET WAS. SHE IS BEING SUED FOR LIBEL IN
COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
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YOU MAY NEVER GET YOUR LITTLE SISTER OFF HER LAPTOP NOW.
BRACE YOURSELF FOR A TWILIGHT MMO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
DON'T PLAY WARCRAFT, AN MMO IS A MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER ONLINE
GAME. THE MOST FAMOUS BEING WORLD OF WARCRAFT OF COURSE. IT
WILL BE SET IN FORKS, WASHINGTON AND YOU CAN PLAY A HUMAN, A
WEREWOLF, OR A VAMPIRE. IT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY BRAINJUNK
STUDIOS. HAVING JUST COME BACK FROM COMIC-CON, I AM A LITTLE
TWILIGHTED OUT BUT THEN AGAIN I WAS NOT A FAN OF THE ONE BOOK
THAT I READ FROM THE SERIES. BUT IT HAS A FOLLOWING AND THEY
ARE COMMITTED. SEE A ONE MISS MOLLY WOOD. I THINK WE MAY HAVE
TO DO A PRIZEFIGHT ON THIS ONE.
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THOSE ARE ALL OF YOUR HEADLINES FOR TODAY. I WILL BE BACK
TOMORROW WITH MORE. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE WITH CNET TV AND
YOU'VE JUST BEEN LOADED.
