IT'S TUESDAY, MAY 18TH. I'M NATALI DEL CONTE.
IT'S TIME TO GET
LOADED.
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"BEST BUY LAUNCHED ITS STREAMING VIDEO SERVICE
CALLED CI
NEMA LIVE. IT WILL LET YOU STREAM MOVIES OVER
THE INTERNET
WITH CONNECTED BLU-
RAY PLAYERS, HDTVS, AND ONLINE AT CINEMANOW-DOT-
COM. TO START, IT WORKS WITH LG BLU-
RAY PLAYERS AND HOME THEATER SYSTEMS BUT SHOULD
BE CO
MPATIBLE WITH OTHER MANUFACTURERS LATER THIS
YEAR.
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APPLE UPDATED THE MACBOOK TODAY. IT NOW HAS
A FASTER INT
EL PROCESSOR WITH THE 2.4-
GIGAHERTZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO AND A FASTER NVIDIA
GE-
FORCE GRAPHICS CARD. IT ALSO CLAIMS A LONGER
BATTERY LIFE
: UP FROM 7 HOURS TO 10 HOURS ON A SINGLE
CHARGE. THE PRI
CE IS THE SAME: $999.
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HOTMAIL IS GOING TO GET A MUCH-
NEEDED FACELIFT. THERE WILL BE MORE STORAGE,
SPAM DETEC
TION, INTEGRATED CHAT, CONVERSATION THREADING,
AND A BET
TER MOBILE EXPERIENCE ON YOUR CELL PHONE.
THERE WILL ALS
O BE A BING SIDEBAR AND EMBEDDED VIDEO CAPABILITY
FROM Y
OUTUBE, HULU, AND MORE. THESE CHANGES WON'T
GO INTO EFF
ECT UNTIL LATER THIS SUMMER.
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IF YOU WANT TO PUT AN END TO YOUR BAD TEXTING
AND DRIVING
HABIT, TRY THUMB SOCKS. THEY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE
TO TEXT W
HILE WEARING THEM. THEY ARE PART OF A NATIONAL
NO-
TEXTING-ON-THE-
ROAD CAMPAIGN. THE SOCKS ARE FREE AND YOU
CAN ORDER TH
EM FOR GROUPS AS A FEEL-
GOOD GESTURE. YOU PROBABLY STILL COULD TEXT
WITH THEM O
N BUT THEY CAN'T HURT. UNLESS THEY WEAKENS
YOUR GRIP ON
THE WHEEL.
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THOSE ARE ALL OF YOUR HEADLINES FOR NOW. WE
WILL BE BACK
IN THE MORNING WITH MORE SO STAY TUNED! I'M
NATALI DEL CO
NTE WITH CNET TV AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN LOADED.