Loaded: Pre nuptial

APPLE BREAKS OFF ITUNES SYNCING FOR THE PALM PRE, MICROSOFT WANTS TO BRING NATAL TO WINDOWS, AND HOW TO PICK THE BEST WINE FOR YOUR WEEKEND EATS. ITS THURSDAY, JULY 16TH. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE, COMING TO YOU FROM SAN FRANCISCO THIS WEEK. IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED. [*] APPLE RELEASED A NEW VERSION OF ITUNES TODAY. ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE FEATURES IS THAT IT WILL NO LONGER WORK TO SYNC MUSIC FROM YOUR LIBRARY ON THE PALM PRE. APPLE HAD BEEN WARNING THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND WHEN WE TESTED THE NEW PROGRAM WITH A PALM PRE HERE AT CNET, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY WERE NOT CRYING WOLF. WE DON'T KNOW IF PALM WILL SAY MUCH ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY, GIVEN THAT IT ISN'T THEIR SOFTWARE TO BEGIN WITH. [*] I WONDER IF HANGING OUT AT A MICROSOFT STORE WILL SOUND AS COOL AS HANGING OUT AT AN APPLE STORE. MICROSOFT IS HOPING. THE COMPANY CONFIRMED THAT IT WILL OPEN STORES THIS FALL, AND SOME OF THEM COULD BE A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM APPLE STORES. MICROSOFT HAS HAD FLAGSHIP STORES BEFORE BUT THEY NEVER REALLY BECAME THE DESTINATION THAT APPLE STORES HAVE BECOME. THE FALL TIMEFRAME WILL COINCIDE WITH THE WINDOWS 7 LAUNCH, WHICH I AM SURE IS NO ACCIDENT. [*] SPEAKING OF WINDOWS, BILL GATES TOLD OUR OWN INA FRIED THAT NATAL WAS NOT JUST FOR THE XBOX. HE SAID THAT MICROSOFT WOULD BE BRINGING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO WINDOWS. HE ADMITTED THAT IT WOULD BE OVER A YEAR BEFORE WE SAW ANYTHING OF THE SORT IN WINDOWS AND I WOULD SAY THAT IS STILL AN AMBITIOUS TIMEFRAME. BUT HOW COULD WE USE NATAL IN OUR COMPUTING LIFE? I'M NOT SURE SURE ACTUALLY. [*] GOOGLE IS BRINGING GOOGLE VOICE TO ANDROID AND BLACKBERRY PHONES. OF COURSE YOU CAN USE GOOGLE VOICE WITH ANY PHONE BUT AN APPLICATION FOR THESE PHONES WOULD MEAN THAT YOU CAN CALL AND MESSAGE OUT FROM YOUR GOOGLE VOICE NUMBER. AS IT STANDS, I RECEIVE ALL GOOGLE VOICE CALLS ON MY IPHONE BUT IF I CALL SOMEONE FROM MY IPHONE, IT WILL COME FROM A DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBER. ANDROID USERS WON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM ANYMORE AND NEITHER WILL BLACKBERRY USERS. IPHONERS LIKE ME WILL HAVE TO WAIT OR USE A THIRD PARTY APPLICATION CALLED GV MOBILE. [*] GOOGLE ALSO ADDED SOME SOCIAL FEATURES TO ITS RSS READER, APTLY CALLED GOOGLE READER. YOU CAN NOW SEARCH WITHIN GOOGLE READER FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHARED ITEMS AND THEN SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR SHARED ITEMS. WHEN YOU SEARCH A NAME, YOU ARE SEARCHING BY NAME, LOCATION, OR TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T LIKE SHARING OR BEING SEARCHED, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO KEEP YOUR SHARED ITEMS PRIVATE OR CONFINED TO A SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU MANAGE IN YOUR GMAIL. YOU CAN ALSO GET A VANITY LANDING PAGE FOR YOUR SHARED ITEMS THAT YOU CAN SEND AROUND SO PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW NDELCONTE INSTEAD OF A LONG URL LANDING PAGE. ALTHOUGH I DON'T SUGGEST FOLLOWING MY READER ACTIVITY. I DON'T SHARE MUCH FROM WITHIN MY READER. I KIND OF SEE IT AS MY PRIVATE LITTLE MICROCOSM OF NEWS. I'M AN ANTISOCIAL READER. [*] YAHOO IS GIVING YOU THE ABILITY TO OPT OUT OF ADS ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE. THE COMPANY CLAIMS TO BE DOING THIS IN ORDER TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY. YOU CAN DO THIS ON YOUR PC SO THE COMPANY IS JUST EXTENDING THIS TO THE MOBILE WORLD. [*] UK USERS MAY SOON HAVE A CHOICE OF CARRIER IF THEY WANT THE IPHONE. OLDER MODELS OF THE IPHONE THOUGH. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE IPHONE 3G WILL BE SOLD ON ORANGE AND T-MOBILE WHILE THE 3G S WILL STILL BE EXCLUSIVE TO O2. AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, THIS IS ONLY A RUMOR BUT IF IT IS TRUE, IT COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS SEPTEMBER. [*] AMAZON IS DEALING WITH A NEW LAWSUIT OVER THE KINDLE. THIS TIME IT HAS TO DO WITH CRACKED COVERS. A USER NAMED MATTHEW GEISE CLAIMS THAT AMAZON TOLD HIM THAT IT WOULD COST $200 TO FIX HIS CRACKED SCREEN, EVEN THOUGH AMAZON ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY, ESPECIALLY SHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT FOR $99 HE CAN JUST BUY A NEW ONE. GEISE FILED A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR $5 MILLION. THAT MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS REPAYING OTHER USERS WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. [*] IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT WINE WILL GO WITH YOUR SLOPPY JOES THIS WEEKEND, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT SNOOTH. THE WINE SOCIAL NETWORK JUST ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL NOT PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 25-THOUSAND RECIPES ON EPICURIOUS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A LINK FOR YOU TO BUY THAT WINE IF YOU CAN WAIT A DAY OR TWO FOR IT TO SHIP. SNOOTH PROVIDES THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON INGREDIENTS AND COOKING METHOD. SO IF YOU'RE BRAISING IN RED WINE, IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND A NICE BOX OF SUTTER HOME. ALTHOUGH THE SUTTER HOME WOULDN'T BE A BAD CHOICE FOR YOUR SLOPPY JOES. [*] THOSE ARE ALL OF YOUR HEADLINES FOR TODAY AND THAT WRAPS UP YOUR WEEK OF GETTING LOADED. BEFORE I GO I WANT TO WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SHERMAN. I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK FROM NEW YORK ONCE AGAIN. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE WITH CNETTV AND YOU JUST BEEN LOADED.