It's Thursday, April 28th. I'm Natali Morris. And it's time to get loaded.
The white iPhone4 launches today. This is the like counterpart to the black iPhone4 that launched last summer. When the black one launched, Apple acknowledged some problems with the production process of the white one and promised it would be here by spring. And it is. Although, I don't recommand getting one if that means renewing your contract, new phones are due out in just a few months so I would wait. Unless, of course, you can't wait or you just really like white.
Yahoo sold off bookmarking site Delicious to a company called AVOS. AVOS incidentally is owned by the founders of Youtube Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. The company says it plans to add new features and grow Delicious as opposed to Yahoo's plan for Delicious which was—I'm not even sure they have really had one. The transition from Yahoo will happen in July.
It has not been a good week for gamers. First, the SONY's playstation network gets hacked, and now Microsoft is reporting the security breach with the X-box. Microsoft says the issue is tied to Call of duty: Modern Warfare 2. There's a phishing scam on the loose that asked for your personal information while you are playing the game. Do not fall for that. Meanwhile, Microsoft says they are working to resolve the issue.
We are one step closer to surfing the web with voice control. Google added speech imput capability to the Chrome browser. You'll soon see a microphone button that will trigger that speech capability. When you push it, Google translate will translate your commands into texts.
And finally state Farm released a new App called Driver Feedback. It essentially tells you if you're driving like a jerk. The App uses the phone's accelerometer to measure you acceleration, braking and cornering. At the end of each trip, you get a score and there is even a map where you can identify where the jerky behaviour may have occured. This will help you become aware of your habits and perhaps make some changes.
That's your news for the day, I'll see you tomorrow. I'm Natali Morris for CNet, and you've just been loaded.
accelerometer (飞机、火箭、车辆等的)加速度计,加速度测量仪
phishing scam: 网络钓鱼,网络欺诈(以虚假的身份和形象随机骗取个人帐号和密码等)
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