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2010-11-24来源:和谐英语

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It's Thursday Nov.18th. I'm Natelly Wals. And it's time to get loaded.

The makers of Farmville are said to launch Cityville. FarmVille is a game that gained popularity on Facebook. CityVille would be a like-minded social game where you build a city from a ground up. It would be available in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German when it launches in the coming weeks.

On Teusday, Apple announced that iTunes is the first online music store to sell the Beatles music. Apparently, the negociation was heated accroding to the NewYork Post, both google and Amazon were bidding for these rights. These are heavy heaters. But we don't know how much money it took for Apple to win the war. I'm gussing a lot.

AT&T now has a Mifi. It was the only major cellular carrier that didn't have one. This is a mobile 3G device that brings your Wifi data over AT&T 3G network. The Mifi2372 launches on Nov. 21st, and it costs $50 with a $100 mail in rebate, plans start at 35 dollars per month.

Google docs now supports editing on mobile devices. If you are a google docs power user like most of us here in CNet. You know that editing a Google spreadsheet on the mobile device is murder. But no more, Google docs now has been optimized for mobile and all mobile browsers including the iPad.

Google has also made peace in France. The company reached an agreement with the French book publisher called Hachette Livre. I'm not sure if I'm saying that right. The agreement allows Google to scan thousands of auto print books for google books. They can sell those books as e-books but they have to be preapproved by the publisher. Google will share revenue with Hachette but the revenue share was not disclosed.

And finally, do you ever stare at vending machine wondering what you're in the mood for. Now the vending machine will help you out. A Japanese canned-drinking machine uses facial recognition to recommend the drink based on who is standing in front of it. An oldman perhaps nice to drink ale, and a young kid, maybe they want doctor paper. It sounds ridiculous but it apparently sales on those machines have trippled as a result.

Those are your headlines for today, I will see you tomorrow. I'm Natia Morris for CNet.com and You are just being loaded.

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