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It's Wednesday April 6th. I'm Nattalie Moris. And it's time to get loaded. Dish Network has announced that it would purchase Blockbuster for 228 million dollars. Blockbuster is of course the movie rental company that filed for chapter-11 bankrupcy last fall. The company had to closed thousands of its stores in the last few years after losing market share to Netflix

Republicans and House representatives voted to stop the net neutrality regulations from taking effect. House Republicans argued that the FCC never had the authorization to pass these regulations. Meanwhile, the Federal Appeal's Court has ruled that it is too early for companies like Verizon and Mental PCS to sue the FCC to overturn these regulations.

President Obama will take to facebook to hold a town-hall meeting on April 20th at 4:45 pm EST. The meeting will take place at Facebook's headquaters and will be streamed live on the White House Facebook page. The president will discuss the economy and innovation, you can submit your questions on the event page.

Facebook is also vying for the intention of reporters, the company launched the site for journalists to serve as a place to mind for stories or other sources. Of course, there are services that already do this such as Flex or prophenet.

Twitter is considering branded pages like those on Facebook, these will let companies deliver messages to their followers directly like they pretty much already do, only it will be a bit more official. These promoted accounts could be another way for twitter to monetize their service.

Sprint has a new 3G, 4G Mifi hotspot, selling for just 79 dollors. That's a lot lower than 100 dollors that a Mifi unit usually costs. It can give you wifi on your mobile devices over Sprint's 3G and 4G networks. You do have to sign up for a two-year service agreement with plan starting at 49.99 per month.

Microsoft is changing the focus of its home energy monitoring program. Microsoft Home is a two-year old web application that lets you monitor your home appliances and energy use. Participation has not been very good, so now the program is going to emphasize management of the Ford-Focus electrical vehicle and other electrical vehicles. So maybe, instead of Microsoft Home they should call it Microsoft Car. In fact, Microsoft and Toyota have some kind of announcement today. A vedio press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. We think it has something to do with automobile technology. That's just a guess.Tune in tomorrow for that news.

That's your news for the day, I will see you tomorrow. I'm Nattalie Morris for CNet, and you've just being loaded.