IT'S MONDAY, MAY 17TH. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE.
IT'S TIME TO GET
LOADED.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.