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IT'S MONDAY, MAY 17TH. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE. IT'S TIME TO GET
LOADED. [*]
GOOGLE HAS PUT IN A CASH OFFER TO PURCHASE GLOBAL IP SOL
UTIONS, AN INTERNET VIDEO AND VOICE COMPANY. GLOBAL IP HA
S A PROPIETARY CODEC FOR VIDEO AND VOICE, THEY DON'T HOS
T CONTENT LIKE YOUTUBE. GOOGLE HAS OVERED A LITTLE OVER
68 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COMPANY. [*]
AMAZON WILL LAUNCH KINDLE FOR AMAZON SOMETIME SOON. THI
S WILL LET YOU ACCESS AND READ YOUR KINDLE BOOKS ON ANY
ANDROID PLATFORM. THE APP WILL BE FREE BUT WE DON'T HAVE
A SPECIFIC RELEASE DATE. AMAZON IS JUST SAYING "THIS SUMME
R," WHICH HOPEFULLY MEANS SOON. [*]
T- MOBILE CUSTOMERS CAN SAVE MONEY WITH THE CARRIER'S
NEW PREPAID PLANS. FOR $15, YOU GET UNLIMITED
MESSAGING AND V OICE CALLING AT 10 CENTS PER MINUTE. FOR $50,
YOU GET UNLIM ITED VOICE AND MESSAGING, WHICH IS NOT AT
ALL BAD. [*]
THESE HEADPHONES ARE FABULOUS. IF YOU LIKE THIS KIND OF T
HING. THE ROC NATION AVIATORS COME IN THREE BLING-
Y COLORS AND HAVE TANGLE- FREE NYLON CABLES. WE DON'T HAVE PRICE YET
BUT YOU CAN T HANK JAY-Z FOR THESE BEAUTIES. HE IS THE CO-
FOUNDER OF ROC NATION. [*]
A SOLAR POWERED SPACECRAFT MAY SEEM LIKE AN OXYMORON
BUT JAPAN IS GOING TO GIVE IT A TRY. THE COUNTRY IS ATTEMPT
ING TO LAUNCH IKAROS, WHICH STANDS FOR INTERPLANETARY KI
TE- CRAFT ACCELERATED BY RADIATION OF THE SUN.
THE LAUNCH WI LL STREAM LIVE THIS FRIDAY.
[*] HUMOR AND SARCASM CAN SOMETIMES BE LOST IN
TRANSLATION WHEN YOU ARE WRITING ONLINE. A NEW ALGORITHM
CAN HELP FI ND SARCASM, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT AND ARE
ON THE VERGE OF GETTING YOUR FEELINGS HURT. IT WAS DEVELOPED
BY RESEAR CHERS IN ISRAEL. RESULTS ARE NOT PERFECT AND
SOMETIMES I T MISTAKENLY TAKES THINGS TOO SERIOUSLY BUT
THEN AGAIN, D ON'T WE ALL?
[*] THOSE ARE ALL OF YOUR HEADLINES FOR NOW. WE
WILL BE BACK LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH MORE SO STAY TUNED!
I'M NATALI DEL CONTE WITH CNET TV AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN
LOADED.