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HI I'M JESSICA FOUST AND YOUR WATCHING TOPTENREPORTS WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT CAUSED AMAZON
SERVERS TO CRASH? HOW GOOGLE PLANS TO GET RID OF YOUR WALLET, AND WHAT TO DO IF YOUR
MAC GETS A VIRUS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MOST TALKED ABOUT GADGET OF THE WEEK. THE NEW BARNES AND NOBLE
NOOK. THE "IT" FEATURE OF THE SIX INCH E-INK DISPLAY IS THAT IT'S ALSO A TOUCH SCREEN.
THIS ALLOWED THEM TO CUT THE KEYBOARD, MAKING THE DEVICE MUCH SMALLER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THAT CHANGED WITH THE NOOK. THE NEW VERSION HAS A WHOPPING BATTERY LIFE
OF TWO MONTHS ON A SINGLE CHARGE. IT RUNS ANDROID 2.1 AND HAS 2 GIGABYTES OF STORAGE.
THIS NOOK WON'T HAVE 3G LIKE THE HIGH-END KINDLE. BUT IT'S THE SAME PRICE AS THE WI-FI
ONLY KINDLE AT 140-DOLLARS. THE NOOK SHOULD SHIP JUNE 10TH AND IS AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER.
IMAGINE PAYING WITH YOUR PHONE INSTEAD OF USING CASH OR CREDIT CARDS. JAPAN'S BEEN DOING
IT BUT WE HERE IN THE STATES ARE A LITTLE BEHIND. BUT GOOGLE WANTS TO WHIP US IN SHAPE.
THEY ANNOUNCED TODAY THEIR PLANS TO INCORPORATE NFC CHIPS AND THEIR GOOGLE WALLET MOBILE APP.
THE APP WILL ALLOW YOU TO PAY FOR ITEMS, BUT IT WILL ALSO GIVE YOU COUPONS AND DISCOUNTS.
SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE AT MACY'S WITH YOUR NEXUS S (THE FIRST PHONE TO WORK WITH GOOGLE WALLET
BECAUSE A-IT'S A GOOGLE PHONE AND B-IT HAS AN NFC CHIP INSIDE)É BUT I DIGRESS, THE APP
WILL POP UP COUPONS FOR MACY'S. IT WILL ALSO SHOW YOU ITEMS AT MACY'S AND GIVE YOU THE
OPTION TO BUY THEM ONLINE. BUT LET'S SAY YOU FIND SOMETHING FABULOUS AT THE STORE AND YOU
WALK UP TO THE CASHIER TO PAY, AND INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM YOUR CREDIT CARD YOU WILL SWIPE
YOUR PHONE OVER A TERMINAL TO CHARGE YOUR CARD. IT'S PRETTY NEAT STUFF. GOOGLE WALLET
WILL COME OUT OFFICIALLY THIS SUMMER AND IT WILL WORK WITH SPRINT, MASTERCARD, CITI, AND
FIRST DATA TO START OFF.
SECURITY FOR MAC USERS CONTINUES TO REMAIN AN ISSUE AS THE LATEST VERSION OF MALWARE
GOT UPDATED. THE MALWARE KNOWN AS MacDEFENDER, MacPROTECTOR, OR MacSECURITY CAN NOW INSTALL
ON YOUR MAC WITHOUT AN ADMIN PASSWORD. SO IT ONCE AGAIN BEGS US TO ASK HOW LONG CAN
YOU REALLY GO WITHOUT HAVING ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ON A MAC. APPLE ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK
IT WILL ROLL OUT A MAC OS X SOFTWARE UPDATE TO AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE MacDEFENDER. AND THAT'S
GOOD NEWS, BUT IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH SINCE USERS STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE MALWARE.
IN MY MIND, THAT'S A LONG TIME TO WAIT ON A SOLUTION, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR COMPUTER IS
INFECTED. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON MAC ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE VISIT MAC-ANTIVIRUS-SOFTWARE-REVIEW.TOPTENREVIEWS.COM.
AND THE STORY YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, LADY GAGA'S BORN THIS WAY ALBUM RELEASED THIS
WEEK. YES NOT REALLY TECH RELATEDÉ BUT IT IS WHEN AMAZON PUT GAGA'S ALBUM UP FOR 99
CENTS ON MONDAY. IT WAS A GREAT DEAL AND IN FACT SO MANY PEOPLE AGREED WITH THAT FACT
THAT ALL THE DOWNLOADS CAUSED AMAZON'S SERVERS TO CRASH. BUT AMAZON BRUSHED THEMSELVES OFF
AS THEY TRIED AGAIN TO SELL THE ALBUM FOR 99 CENTS LATER IN THE WEEK. NOT ONLY DO YOU
GET THE ALBUM FOR 99 CENTS, YOU ALSO RECEIVE 20 GIGABYTES OF FREE STORAGE ON AMAZON'S CLOUD
DRIVE.
ACTIVISION RELEASED ITS DEBUT TRAILER FOR CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3. SURE IT DOESN'T
GIVE US MUCH IN THE FORM OF GAME PLAY, BUT IT DOES TELL US THE GAME WILL SHIP NOVEMBER
8TH. AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE AT E3 NEXT MONTH WHERE WE ARE SURE TO SEE MUCH MORE OF MODERN
WARFARE 3. AND AFTER THAT I THINK WE'LL CALL IT A DAY FOLKS. I'M JESSICA FOUST AND YOU
JUST FINISHED WATCHING ANOTHER EPISODE OF TOPTENREPORTS, THE SHOW THAT CONTINUES TO
BE YOUR TECH NEWS RESOURCE. SEE YOU NEXT TIME.