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IT'S TUESDAY, MARCH 29. I'M NATALI MORRIS, AND IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
[*] AMAZON WENT AHEAD AND LAUNCHED ITS CLOUD MUSIC
SERVICE TODAY. IT IS CALLED AMAZON CLOUD DRIVE AND FOR NOW IT IS
ONLY FOR MUSIC. IT LETS YOU UPLOAD ALL OF YOUR DIGITAL MUSIC TO AMAZON'S
OWN SERVERS AND THEN YOU CAN PLAY THAT MUSIC ANYTIME YOU HAVE
A WEB CONNECTION OR ON YOUR ANDROID DEVICE. IT ACCEPS AAC AND
MP3 FORMATS. IF YOU'RE NOT ON A MOBILE ANDROID DEVICE, YOU CAN PLAY YOUR
MUSIC IN JUST ABOUT ANY BROWSER. YOU GET 5 GIGS OF FREE STORAGE, UPGRADABLE
TO 20 GIGS WITH THE PURCHASE OF AN ALBUM. MORE STORAGE CAN
BE PURCHASED, STARTING AT $20 FOR 20 GIGS PER YEAR. YOU CAN FIND
OUT MORE AT AMAZON-DOT-COM- SLASH-CLOUDDRIVE.
[*] SPRINT WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE BREAKS ON THE
AT&T ACQUISITION OF T- MOBILE. THIS IS A SURPRISE TO NO ONE. SPRINT
RELEASED A STATEMENT THIS WEEK THAT URGES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO BLOCK
WHAT THEY ARE CALLING AN "ANTICOMPETITIVE ACQUISITION" THAT WOULD
"HARM CONSUMERS AND HARM COMPETITION AT A TIME WHEN THIS COUNTRY
CAN LEAST AFFORD IT." SPRINT ARGUES THAT THE MERGER WILL UNDO NEARLY
30 YEARS OF WORK BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MODERNIZE AND OPEN THE COMMUNICATIONS
MARKETS. [*]
THE NEW YORK TIMES BECAME A PAID SITE THIS WEEK. AMAZON ANNOUNCED
THAT CUSTOMERS WHO ALREADY SUBSCRIBE TO THE PAPER THROUGH THE
KINDLE CAN ALSO READ IT ON THE INTERNET. IT ISN'T EXACTLY FREE, JUST
PART OF THE SERVICE THAT THEY ALREADY PAY FOR.
[*] FACEBOOK IS GOING TO CONTINUE RENTING MOVIES
AFTER TESTING THIS LAST MONTH. THE NEW MOVIES SOON TO BE AVAILABLE
IN YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT WILL BE TWO HARRY POTTER MOVIES: SORCERER'S
STONE AND CHAMBER OF SECRETS, LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, YOGI
BEAR, AND INCEPTION. THESE MOVIES COST AROUND 20 FACEBOOK CREDITS AND
YOU CAN ACCESS THEM WITHIN 48 HOURS OF YOUR RENTAL.
[*] NETFLIX CAN NOW STREAM PARAMOUNT MOVIES IN
CANADA. THIS IS A FIVE- YEAR DEAL THAT BRINGS OVER 350 NEW MOVIES
TO THE SERVICE, IN ADDITION TO EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIPTION TV RIGHTS TO ALL
FIRST RUN FILMS. THIS IS FAR MORE PARAMOUNT CONTENT THAN U.S. NETFLIXERS
CAN ACCESS. [*]
RUMOR HAS IT THAT NEWS CORP WANTS TO GIVE THE ONLINE VIDEO SITE VEVO
CONTROL OF MYSPACE. REMEMBER THAT NEWS CORP PUT MYSPACE ON THE
CHOPPING BLOCK IN FEBRUARY. VEVO IS OWNED BY THREE MUSIC LABELS SO
THEIR INTEREST IN THE SITE WOULD BE FOR MUSIC. IF THIS IS NOT A FIT,
RUMOR HAS IT THAT MYSPACE HAS HAD UP TO 20 OTHER POTENTIAL BUYERS
THAT ARE INTERESTED. [*]
THAT IS YOUR NEWS FOR THE DAY. I'M NATALI MORRIS FOR CNET AND YOU'VE
JUST BEEN LOADED.