IT'S WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13.
I'M NATALI MORRIS, AND IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
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CISCO IS SHUTTING DOWN BUSINESS ON THE FLIP CAM.
CISCO PURCHASED THE
COMPANY THAT MADE THE POPULAR CONSUMER CAMCORDER FOR $590
MILLION JUST TWO YEARS AGO.
I GUESS THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO
DO WITH IT.
AND HIGH DEF CAM CORDERS IN SMARTPHONES KIND OF PUT THE
STINK ON THIS PRODUCT.
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YOU CAN NOW WATCH YOUR RENTED VUDU MOVIES IN YOUR BROWSER.
VUDU IS
WAL-MART.
IT ALLOWED YOU TO WATCH MOVIES ON A VUDU-COMPATIBLE TV
OR BLU-RAY PLAYER BUT NOW YOU CAN USE THE BROWSER TOO.
RENTALS ARE
GOOD FOR 24 HOURS AND VUDU'S LIBRARY HAS OVER 17-THOUSAND MOVIES
AND TV SHOWS.
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A PROGRAM CALLED FIRESAY LETS YOU USE VOICE CONTROL IN FACEBOOK.
THIS
SEARCH AND HULU VIDEO COMMANDS.
IT NOW WORKS WITH FACEBOOK TOO
BUT ONLY CONTROLLING YOUR WEB CAM.
BUT IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO LIKE
AND POKE WITHOUT EVEN TOUCHING A BUTTON.
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HTC UNVEILED THE HTC SENSATION.
IT IS AN ANDROID PHONE THAT WILL RUN
ON VODAFONE OVERSEAS THAT COMES WITH SOMETHING CALLED HTC WATCH.
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DOWNLOAD.
YOU JUST STREAM IT FROM HTC
DIRECTLY.
YOU CAN RENT OR BUY AND IF YOU BUY, THE VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE
TO YOU ON UP TO FIVE DIFFERENT HTC DEVICES.
IT IS A NICE FEATURE BUT
NOKIA DIDN'T REALLY HAVE SUCCESS WITH SELLING MEDIA THAT WAS TIED TO
DEVICES.
NOKIA'S COMES WITH MUSIC WAS JUST SHUT DOWN THIS YEAR.
WE'LL
SEE IF HTC CAN MAKE IT WORK.
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SPEAKING OF NOKIA, THE COMPANY LAUNCHED TWO NEW PHONES - THE E6
AND X7.
BOTH ARE RUNNING THE UPDATED VERSION OF SYMBIAN, WHICH THEY
ARE CALLING ANNA.
EVEN THOUGH NOKIA IS MOVING TOWARDS WINDOWS
PHONE 7, ANNA WILL ALSO BE PUSHED OUT TO MORE PHONES LATER THIS YEAR.
IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE NEW ICONS, FASTER INTERNET BROWSING, AND NEW
AND IMPROVED OVI MAPS.
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SPRINT ALSO LAUNCHED A MOBILE PHONE-BASED MUSIC SERVICE.
SPRINT
PHONE OR ON SPRINT-DOT-COM.
IT LETS YOU DISCOVER, FIND, AND PLAY MUSIC.
YOU CAN ALSO MAKE PLAYLISTS, BUY RING TONES, AND ENTIRE ALBUMS.
THE
AND DEVICES.
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MICROSOFT'S VERSION OF GOOGLE STREET VIEW IS CALLED STREETSIDE.
IT
WILL INVOLVE REAL-LIFE IMAGES THAT LIVE INSIDE BING MAPS.
MICROSOFT
HAS STARTED THE PROCESS OF PHOTOGRAPHING THE PLANET IN LONDON.
DATA SUCH AS LANDMARKS AND PUBS.
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AS EXPECTED, APPLE DID LAUNCH A NEW VERSION OF FINAL CUT PRO X.
THIS IS
WITH.
THE NEW FINAL CUT HAS NEW EDITING TOOLS, BACKGROUND
RENDERING, AND A NEW INTERFACE.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN JUNE AND COST
$299, REPLACING THE OLD AND VERY EXPENSIVE FINAL CUT STUDIO SUITE THAT
WAS PREVIOUSLY $999.
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FANS OF TOLKEIN WILL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE UPCOMING MOVIE, THE
HOBBIT, IS BEING FILMED AT 48 FRAMES PER SECOND RATHER THAN THE USUAL
24 FRAMES PER SECOND.
THIS SHOULD GIVE MOVIE-GOERS A MUCH BETTER
THOSE THAT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 3D.
PART 1 OF THE HOBBIT IS DUE OUT IN
DECEMBER OF 2012.
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THAT'S YOUR NEWS OF THE DAY.
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
I'M NATALI MORRIS
WITH CNET AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN LOADED.
