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IT'S MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, I'M NATALI DEL CONTE AND IT'S TIME TO GET
LOADED. [*]
BARNES AND NOBLE IS GOING TO LAUNCH NOOK KODS, A COLLECTION OF E-
BOOKS FOR THE LITTLE ONES. THIS WILL BE FOR CHILDREN AGES 3 TO 8 AND
INCLUDE PICTURE BOOKS, NOVELS, AND CLASSIC CHILDREN STORIES. BY THE
END OF THE YEAR, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BROWSE OVER 12-THOUSAND TITLES
AT NOOK-KIDS-DOT-COM. [*]
WE HAVE OUR FIRST INKLING OF WHEN WINDOWS 8 WILL BE ALONG.
MICROSOFT MENTIONED THE NEXT OPERATING SYSTEM IN A DUTCH BLOG POST
AND SAID THAT IT IS ABOUT 2 YEARS AWAY. [*]
HERE IS A 3D CELL PHONE. BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED, ITS KIND OF CHEESY.
THE SPICE MOBILITY M67 3D PHONE WORKS WITHOUT GLASSES BUT ITS LESS
THAN 2-AND-A-HALF INCHES SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY ENJOY THE 3D
ALL THAT MUCH. IT COSTS ABOUT $97 AND IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN INDIA.
[*] AMAZON IS GOING TO ALLOW BOOK SHARING ON THE
KINDLE. EACH BOOK CAN BE LENT OUT ONLY ONCE FOR A LOAN PERIOD OF
14 DAYS. IF YOU LEND OUT A BOOK, YOU CANNOT ACCESS IT WHEN YOUR FRIEND
HAS IT AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS WON'T WORK FOR ALL BOOKS,
PARTICULARLY NOT THE ONES THAT HAVE THIS FEATURE DISABLED BY THE
PUBLISHER. LAME, THIS FEATURE WILL LAUNCH LATER THIS YEAR.
[*] GOOGLE ADMITTED TO COLLECTING EMAIL ADDRESSES,
PASSWORDS, AND URLS WHEN THE COMPANY COLLECTED STREET VIEW IMAGES.
THIS ADMISSION CAME IN A BLOG POST LATE ON FRIDAY. WE KNEW THAT
GOOGLE HAD COLLECTED WI- FI NETWORK DATA BUT THIS IS JUST ONE MORE
LAYER OF INFORMATION GOOGLE JUST HELPED ITSELF TO. A GOOGLE REP
SAID THAT THE COMPANY FEELS REALLY BAD ABOUT THIS.
[*] IN NICER GOOGLE NEWS, THE COMPANY HAS ADDED
VOICE SEARCH IN RUSSIAN, POLISH, CZECH, AND TURKISH FOR ANDROID USERS.
THIS MEANS YOU CAN SPEAK SEARCH TERMS INTO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE IN THESE
LANGUAGES. GOOGLE IS ALSO ADDING HISTORICAL WORLD WAR 2 IMAGERY
AS A NEW LAYER IN THE MAPPING SOFTWARE. THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T NICER
NEWS. IT WILL HELP ILLUSTRATE THE DESTRUCTION THAT WAS A RESULT
OF THE WAR THROUGHOUT EUROPE.
[*] USTREAM IS GOING TO START TO ALLOW PAY-PER-VIEW
PROGRAMMING. THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN CHARGE PEOPLE TO WATCH
YOUR U-STREAM SHOWS. IT IS A COOL WAY FOR SMALLER BROADCASTERS TO
MAKE MONEY FOR THEIR SHOWS USING PAYPAL. THIS WILL KICK OFF WITH
A FEW SELECT U-STREAM BROADCASTERS IN NOVEMBER.
[*] A FEW ELECTRONICS ARE GOING THE WAY OF THE
DINOSAUR. FIRST OFF, SHARP HAS DECIDED TO STOP MAKING PCS. THE COMPANY
HASN'T PUT OUT ANY NEW MODELS IN ABOUT A YEAR SO THIS ISN'T TOO BIG
OF A SHOCKER. AND SONY IS GOING TO STOP MAKING THE WALKMAN. NOT THE
WALKMAN PHONE OR MP3 PLAYER. THE ORIGINAL CASETTE TAPE WALKMAN
THAT THEY STARTED MAKING IN 1979. I THINK THE REAL NEWS HERE IS THAT
THEY HAVE STILL BEEN MAKING THEM ALL THIS TIME!
[*] THOSE ARE YOUR HEADLINES FOR TODAY. I WILL
SEE YOU TOMORROW. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE FOR CNET.COM, AND YOU'VE
JUST BEEN LOADED.