ITS TIME TO UPDATE YOUR WINDOWS PATCHES, BLOCKBUSTER JOINS FORCES WITH
SAMSUNG, AND YOUR INTERNET ADDICTION WILL NOT BE CURED WITH ELECTRO-SHOCK
TREATMENT. SORRY. ITS WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE, COMING TO
YOU FROM SAN FRANCISCO THIS WEEK. IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
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UPDATE YOUR WINDOWS PATCHES TODAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. MICROSOFT RELEASED
6 SECURITY BULLETINS AND UPDATES FOR WINDOWS MACHINES, ADDRESSING 9
VULNERABILITIES IN THE OS. I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF ALL 9 BUT YOU
CAN FIND DETAILS AT microsoft.com/technet/security/.
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BLOCKBUSTER ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH SAMSUNG THAT WILL BRING STREAMING MOVIES
DIRECTLY TO THE COMPANY'S NEW LINE OF HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISIONS. THE TV'S
WILL HAVE A BUILT-IN CAPABILITY TO STREAM RENTALS OVER YOUR HOME HIGH SPEED
INTERNET CONNECTION. THEY TYPICALLY COST BETWEEN $1.99 AND $3.99 BUT YOU ONLY
GET THEM FOR 24 HOURS, WHICH IS KIND OF A PAIN. THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN
COMPLAINTS I HAVE ABOUT ROKU RENTALS. I NEED MORE TIME!
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GMAIL NOW HAS A TASKS FOLDER. THEY HAVE HAD THIS BEFORE BUT IT WAS A LABS
PROJECT. NOW A TO-DO LIST IS PERMANENTLY INTEGRATED INTO YOUR GMAIL. YOU CAN
DRAG AND DROP EMAILS AND OTHER TASKS FROM MAIL, AND CALENDAR AND EVEN UPDATE
STATUS ON YOUR CHORES FROM YOUR MOBILE DEVICE. YOU CAN ALSO USE LABS FEATURES
IN GOOGLE CALENDAR FROM NOW ON. THIS WILL LET YOU EXPERIMENT WITH THINGS LIKE
CALENDAR AVAILABILITY OR WORLD CLOCK VIEW. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT
GOOGLE.COM/CALENDAR.
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NIKE LAUNCHED A NEW LINE OF NIKE+ SPORTSBANDS. THEY COME IN FANCY NEW COLORS
AND HAVE AN IMPROVED SCREEN THAT IS BACKLIT FOR RUNNING OR SPINNING IN THE
DARK. THEY ARE ALSO WATER RESISTANT. THEY WORK WITH APPLE'S LINE OF IPODS,
INCLUDING THE IPHONE) TO TRACK YOUR WORKOUTS. THEY COST $59 AND WILL BE ON MY
BIRTHDAY WISHLIST FOR NEXT MONTH.
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BRITISH TELECOM WANTS ITS VIEWERS TO FIND LOVE. THE CABLE COMPANY ANNOUNCED A
NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH MATCH.COM THAT WILL LET BT VISION CUSTOMERS SEARCH MATCH
ON THEIR SET-TOP BOX. IF YOU ARE A BT CUSTOMER WHO IS SINGLE AND READY TO
MINGLE, GO TO CHANNEL 955 ON THE TV GUIDE TO REGISTER. YOU CAN ALSO MANAGE
THIS ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE AT WORK AT btvision.com/dating.
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VERIZON FIOS MAY NOT FIND YOU A DATE BUT IT CAN GET YOU ON TWITTER AND
FACEBOOK. AND THOSE SERVICES COULD FIND YOU A DATE. VERIZON ANNOUNCED THAT ITS
TV SERVICE WILL BE GETTING A SLEW OF WIDGETS SOON AND SAID WIDGETS WILL OF
COURSE INCLUDE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. VERIZON IS CALLING THIS THE WIDGET
BAZAAR. FIOS DOES HAVE SOME NATIVE WIDGETS NOW BUT NOT VERY MANY. THE WIDGET
BAZAAR WILL LAUNCH AUTOMATICALLY TO FIOS CUSTOMERS WITH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
THIS WEEK IN SELECT MARKETS.
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YESTERDAY WE REPORTED THAT HBO AND CINEMAX WERE JOINING COMCAST'S TV
EVERYWHERE PROJECT. IT IS AN ONLINE TV PORTAL. GUESS WHO ELSE IS JOINING THE
PARTY? OUR PARENT COMPANY CBS. THE ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION OF CBS WILL ADD
SHOWS TO COMCAST'S PLAYER WHERE COMCAST CUSTOMERS CAN SIGN IN AND WATCH. OF
COURSE YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING AT TV.COM.
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YOUR WII MAY SOON BE ABLE TO CERTIFY YOU IN CPR. STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM ARE WORKING ON A PROGRAM TO TEACH CPR THROUGH THE
NINTENDO CONSOLE. THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION LIKES THIS IDEA SO MUCH THAT
IT HAS DONATED $50-THOUSAND TO FUND THE PROJECT. WHAT WOULD BE BETTER IS IF
THE WII MOTES COULD ACT AS DEFIBRILATORS. I MEAN, NINTENDO ALREADY TALKED
ABOUT A PULSE METER FOR THE WII COMING SOMETIME SOON. WHY NOT JUST USE IT AS A
FULL ON HOME HOSPITAL? EXCEPT I DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW IT COULD TAKE YOUR
TEMPERATURE.
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HERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS. IF YOU ARE ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET, YOU WON'T HAVE TO
BE TREATED WITH ELECTRO-SHOCK THERAPY. AT LEAST NOT IF YOU LIVE IN CHINA. THE
COUNTRY HAS BANNED SHOCK THERAPY AS A TREATMENT FOR INTERNET ADDICTION
FOLLOWING REPORTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC STUDY THAT DID JUST THAT. 3000 TEENAGERS
WERE ADMINISTERED SHOCK TREATMENT TO HELP THEM CURVE THEIR ADDICTION TO THE
INTERNET. DIDN'T WORK. I'M BEING CHEEKY ABOUT THIS BUT CHINA DOES CONSIDER
INTERNET ADDICTION TO BE A REAL AFFLICTION. THE COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO FIND
WAYS TO TREAT THIS USING LESS INVASIVE METHODS.
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THOSE ARE ALL OF YOUR HEADLINES FOR TODAY. I WILL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE TOMORROW
WITH MORE. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE WITH CNETTV AND YOU
JUST BEEN LOADED.
