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2011-04-19来源:CNET

It's Thursday, April 14th, I'm Natlie Moris and it's time to get loaded.

Spotify may be dialing back its service limiting the amount of free music it allows users to access. Spotify is an European service that lets users stream over 10 million songs for free. The ads supported service is free up to 20 hours per user, you can of course pay to get more. And sources are reporting that Spotify has been in talks with the music labels, and has agreed to cut down the free access, pushing users towards the paid model.

We've been talking about the Google music for a very long time and it's all been rumors, and now we have new rumors. They say that Google may want to launch a cloud music service like the new Amazon cloud drive and they're in negotiations with the music labels. Those talks however are not reportedly going on that well, of course the point of contention is pricing. This is all speculation until we actually get to see Google music.

Capcom has confirmed that Street Fighter 4 comes out in June. The new game is called Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition, you can update the 2010 version for $15. The new game brings 4 new fighters and a revamped replay channel. It comes June 28th on PC, Playstation and Xbox.

AT&T launched its first prepaid phone the LG Thrive. It's an android phone with a 3.2 intch touch-screen, exchange support, wifi, and a 3.2 megapixel camera. Data plans start at just $5 and the phone comes out April 17th.

Speaking of the AT&T phones, remember how there was supposed to be a white iPhone4, wasn't that funny? Well, rumor has it that the white iPhone4 may actually come out at end of this month both on AT&T and Verizon. Just 10 months late.

Microsoft has entered the daily deals business, most likely inspired by the success of Groupon. Microsoft's offering isn't in Sweden however, the company partner with a Swidish company to launch local dealing which means deal shrine. It offers time limited deals on things like food and entertaiment.

And finally how is this for high-tech a pair of jeans that you can play the drums on. A high-school student in England invented these beauties and won 1000 pounds for them. They have speakers and 8 paper thin sensors that make the pants a fully functional mobile drum kit, completed with snares and cymbals whatever else comes in a drum set.

That's your news of the day, I'll see you tomorrow. I'm Natlie Moris with CNet, and you've just been loaded.