IT'S WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16th.
I'M NATALI MORRIS, AND IT'S TIME TO GET
LOADED.
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NETFLIX MAY BECOME A PRODUCTION HOUSE LIKE HBO AND SHOWTIME.
THE
CALLED HOUSE OF CARDS.
THE SHOW HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE SAME PERSON
WHO DIRECTED THE FACEBOOK MOVIE, DAVID FINCHER.
NETFLIX HAS NOT YET
$100 MILLION.
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T-MOBILE ANNOUNCED THE SIDEKICK 4G.
IT IS THE FIRST SIDEKICK THAT IS AN
ANDROID PHONE.
IT STILL HAS WHAT THEY CALL THE POP-TILE HINGE THAT
OPENS TO A QWERTY KEYBOARD.
IT ALSO HAS GROUP TEXTING, AND
FRIENDS OR GROUPS ACROSS PLATFORMS.
IT COMES OUT THIS SPRING.
YOU CAN
LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AT SIDEKICK-DOT-T-MOBILE-DOT-COM.
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YOU CAN NOW WATCH LIVE BASEBALL ON FACEBOOK.
LAST WEEK THE SITE HAD
ITS FIRST MOVIE RENTALS AND NOW SPORTS.
THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
FACEBOOK PAGE STARTED STREAMING PRE-SEASON GAMES THIS WEEK.
YOU
CAN WATCH ONE GAME FOR FREE BUT IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY $120
PER YEAR FOR MLB-DOT-TV TO CONTINUE TO WATCH ON THE SITE.
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FEW MONTHS.
USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS
SYSTEM, CUSTOMERS IN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE ABLE TO USE
SPECIALIZED READERS.
THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED BY GOOGLE YET
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO THINK IT ISN'T FAR OFF.
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GOOGLE IS GOING TO UPDATE BLOGGER LATER THIS YEAR.
SCREENS OF THE
REVAMPED SITE WERE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
IT IS
SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CLEANER INTERFACE AND NEW PUBLISHING TOOLS.
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EBOOK FLING.
IT IS SORT OF LIKE A DATING SITE FOR EBOOK OWNERS.
YOU POST
A BOOK YOU WANT TO SHARE AND FIND SOMEONE WHO WANTS IT.
YOU LEND A
CREDITS FOR A SUCCESSFUL BORROWING TRANSACTION.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE
CREDITS, YOU CAN PAY $1.99 TO BORROW A BOOK.
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YOU CAN NOW USE TWITTER IN A MORE SECURE WAY.
TWITTER ADDED THE
OPTION TO USE THE SITE IN HTTPS MODE PERMANENTLY.
YOU COULD USE
//TWITTER.
COM BUT NOW YOU
CHECKING "ALWAYS USE HTTPS." IT MAY SLOW YOU DOWN A LITTLE BUT IT'S
WORTH IT.
WE SUGGEST YOU DO IT.
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UNLEASHED INTERNET EXPLORER 9 THIS WEEK.
THE UDPATE TO THE POPULAR
BROWSER LAUNCHED IN MONDAY AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IN TEXAS.
IT IS
CHROME.
IT IS ALSO WELL REVIEWED HERE ON CNET.
IT DOES NOT WORK WITH
WINDOWS XP THOUGH, WHICH IS A BURN CONSIDERING BETWEEN 40 AND 50
PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S COMPUTERS ARE RUNNING XP.
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THAT IS YOUR NEWS FOR THE DAY.
REMEMBER CNET-DOT-COM-SLASH-LOADED
FOR LINKS TO THE STORIES WE DISCUSSED TODAY.
I'M NATALI MORRIS FOR
CNET AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN LOADED.
