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TeXtra is technology news with a lot eXtra! It is technology meetsculture, analysis, and - we hope you'll agree - humor.Host Natali Del C...

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TeXtra107: No Left ...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Bebo opens their platform, piggybacking Facebook’s API. Story 2: Zoho releases a new version of Zoho Show. For details, click here. Story 3: the IBM p...

TeXtra107: No Left Turns

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TeXtra107: No Left Turns

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Story 1: Bebo opens their platform, piggybacking Facebook’s API. Story 2: Zoho releases a new version of Zoho Show. For details, click here. Story 3: the IBM pushes hard to innovate airport kiosk systems with the company’s announcement of support for Aloha Airlines. Story 4: UPS eliminates left hand turns for the company’s drivers, saving time and money, according to the New York Times. Story 5: The new Jackass movie will launch free online on December 19. For some jackass-style kung fu, visit Urban Beat Down to watch Natali kick some trash.

TeXtra106: How To S...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Google Earth adds photos and stats from social awareness photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, whose work can also be seen here. Story 2: NBC Universal str...

TeXtra106: How To Steal CDs From Yourself

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TeXtra106: How To Steal CDs From Yourself

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Story 1: Google Earth adds photos and stats from social awareness photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, whose work can also be seen here. Story 2: NBC Universal strikes a deal with SanDisk to create a one-off version of the Apple TV. Story 3: the RIAA believes that making digital copies of your CDs is stealing. So be careful! Story 4: Natali heads to the Bebo breakfast to learn about the company’s new open platform. For Natali's PC Magazine coverage, click here.

TeXtra103: Atlantis...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Nokia will have free Universal Music on the N Series phones soon. Story 2: Hulu now has some HD content based on the newest version of Adobe Flash. S...

TeXtra103: Atlantis Is Ready For Liftoff!

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TeXtra103: Atlantis Is Ready For Liftoff!

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Story 1: Nokia will have free Universal Music on the N Series phones soon. Story 2: Hulu now has some HD content based on the newest version of Adobe Flash. Story 3: Nasa wants you to follow this week’s Atlantis launch on its shuttle Web site. Story 4: ESPN gets ready to launch ScoreCenter for scores from every professional stadium in the world. Story 5: Flickr now lets you edit your photos directly on the site, courtesy of Picnik.

TeXtra101: Emoticon...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Natali’s take on the Republican presidential debates sponsored by YouTube and CNN. For her coverage, click here. Story 2: The Nokia is testinga mobile ...

TeXtra101: Emoticons and YouTube “Debates”

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TeXtra101: Emoticons and YouTube “Debates”

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Story 1: Natali’s take on the Republican presidential debates sponsored by YouTube and CNN. For her coverage, click here. Story 2: The Nokia is testinga mobile phone payment system in London called Near Field Communication. Read details here. Story 3: Lots of noise out of Google! The new Google Mobile Blog announces My Location. Gmail gets group chat and cooler emoticons. Story 4: Yahoo will start selling advertising in PDF documents in conjuction with Adobe. Yahoo also upgraded Yahoo Widgets to accomadte Flash. Update: The sunglasses we discussed on Tuesday’s show are the Oakley Split Thump, not the Thump 2. The Thump 2 is actually no longer available. Also, click here to learn more about the Nokia N 810.

TeXtra100: TeXtra I...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: The BBC, Channel 4, and ITV are going to make a Hulu of their own in the UK, reportedly called Kangaroo. Story 2: TAG Heuer contracted ModeLabs to make ...

TeXtra100: TeXtra Is 100!

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TeXtra100: TeXtra Is 100!

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Story 1: The BBC, Channel 4, and ITV are going to make a Hulu of their own in the UK, reportedly called Kangaroo. Story 2: TAG Heuer contracted ModeLabs to make high-end cell phones. Hopefully they’ll look like Inspector Gadget phones! Story 3: Verizon Wireless decides to open up to any phone or applications. Story 4: Samsung is working on RFID chip readers in your mobile phone, according to IDG. Compare this to the HP Memory Spot. This is a better technology but I fear we’ll never see it. Oh well.

TeXtra99: Shopping,...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: The One Laptop Per Child program extends the Give One Get One program until the end of the year. Story 2: Facebook and ABC partner up to cover the 2008 ...

TeXtra99: Shopping, Shopping, Shopping

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TeXtra99: Shopping, Shopping, Shopping

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Story 1: The One Laptop Per Child program extends the Give One Get One program until the end of the year. Story 2: Facebook and ABC partner up to cover the 2008 elections and debates. Story 3: Google Checkout offers some cool perks for shopping with them online this season. Story 4: Amazon launches Subscribe and Save, which is like an online version of Costco without a membership fee. Gadgets! Natali and Lukasz talk about the Oakley Thump 2 and the Nokia N810. For Natali’s ELLE Girl Gadget Guide, click here.

TeXtra Outtakes - T...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Happy Thanksgiving! Here are a few bloopers for you while Natali is deep frying her turkey.

TeXtra Outtakes - Take Two

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TeXtra Outtakes - Take Two

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Happy Thanksgiving! Here are a few bloopers for you while Natali is deep frying her turkey.

TeXtra98: Kindle, C...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Amazon releases the Amazon Kindle, a digital book reader for books, blogs, newspapers, and Wikipedia. TechCrunch calls it “ugly but impressive.” Story ...

TeXtra98: Kindle, Credit Cards, And Turkey Talk

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TeXtra98: Kindle, Credit Cards, And Turkey Talk

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Story 1: Amazon releases the Amazon Kindle, a digital book reader for books, blogs, newspapers, and Wikipedia. TechCrunch calls it “ugly but impressive.” Story 2: The PayPal launches PayPal Secure Card, which lets you use PayPal to shop online even when a vendor doesn’t accept PayPal. Story 3: Pioneer Electronics is privately testing SyncTV, a service that would let users pay for TV that they want a la carte. Story 4: Newsfactor reports that some electronics that Americans think they are recycling ends up overseas in toxic environments. Happy Thanksgiving! Want more TeXtra Outtakes? You shall have them this Thursday! Meanwhile, document your Thanksgiving recipes at Open Source Food, and photos on Flickr.

TeXtra97: Live Free...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: MTV announces a mobile social network based on Tr3s, an MTV Spanish channel. Story 2: The House of Representatives passes the Broadband Census of Ameri...

TeXtra97: Live Free or Die Hard

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TeXtra97: Live Free or Die Hard

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Story 1: MTV announces a mobile social network based on Tr3s, an MTV Spanish channel. Story 2: The House of Representatives passes the Broadband Census of America Act of 2007. Story 3: 20th Century Fox plans to release the latest Die Hard movie as a Digital Copy, according to TechCrunch. Story 4: A California man sues Comcast for not delivering promised download speeds when he is on peer-to-peer sites. Read the lawsuit for yourself here.

TeXtra95: Hulu, Dis...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Hulu is way too much fun! It could be an eve bigger distraction if it gets content from Warner Brothers, which is what the rumor mill is reporting. Sto...

TeXtra95: Hulu, Disney, And New MacBooks

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TeXtra95: Hulu, Disney, And New MacBooks

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Story 1: Hulu is way too much fun! It could be an eve bigger distraction if it gets content from Warner Brothers, which is what the rumor mill is reporting. Story 2: The FCC orders VoIP providers to liberate phone numbers so that users can switch carriers without switching phone numbers. Find the FCC’s official statement in a Word document, here. Story 3: Disney wants in on the MVNO market in Japan. The company announced that it would enter the mobile phone service business there starting next year. Story 4: Sprint and T-Mobile will reportedly start pro-rating early termination fees for mobile plans in the beginning of next year. Story 5: AppleInsider reports that Apple may release a new line of MacBooks in January.

TeXtra94: Gas, Espa...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Google Maps is coming to a gas pump near you. Story 2: Dell se habla Español with its new Spanish-speaking customer service lines. Story 3: An Englis...

TeXtra94: Gas, Español, And Baseball

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TeXtra94: Gas, Español, And Baseball

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Story 1: Google Maps is coming to a gas pump near you. Story 2: Dell se habla Español with its new Spanish-speaking customer service lines. Story 3: An English grammar school has put RFID chips on students for a trial run. Not cool! Story 4: Opera Mini 4.0 is released and Natali likes it. Story 5: Major League Babeball seriously upsets a loyal Red Sox fan when they make his legitimately-purchased content unsable.

TeXtra93: Blood Dia...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Amazon announces big sales in diamonds but no way to make sure that they are conflict-free. For Natali's story about conflict free diamonds in WIRED, c...

TeXtra93: Blood Diamonds, Desktops, And Facebook Ads

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TeXtra93: Blood Diamonds, Desktops, And Facebook Ads

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Story 1: Amazon announces big sales in diamonds but no way to make sure that they are conflict-free. For Natali's story about conflict free diamonds in WIRED, click here . Story 2: Facebook launches Facebook Ads to let advertisers become a part of your feed if you let them Story 3: InfoWorld reports that the London Tube may soon get some Underground Undersound tunes. Story 4: Lenovo and HP release some hefty new desktops. Story 5: Try out Songza for instant gratification music searching. Use the beta code from this Mashable article .

TeXtra92: Android, ...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Google finally unveils its mobile plan. It an open-development mobile operating system called Android. Unfortunately, that means no Gphone. Story 2: Act...

TeXtra92: Android, Bebo Nation, Kickstart, And Zync

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TeXtra92: Android, Bebo Nation, Kickstart, And Zync

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Story 1: Google finally unveils its mobile plan. It an open-development mobile operating system called Android. Unfortunately, that means no Gphone. Story 2: Actress Natalie Portman releases an album exclusively on iTunes in order to raise money for FINCA, an anti-poverty organization. Story 3: Bebo launches Bebo Nation, which lets you claim some digital property on which to put a billboard. Find Natali’s here. Story 4: The Federal Trade Commission says that users should be able to opt out of tracking software that allows for targeted ads, but they won’t enforce it, according to Cnet. Story 5: Yahoo launches a new social network called Kickstart. TechCrunch says it clearly not the place for getting wasted. Yahoo also launches a shared-video watching plugin called Zync. Click here to install.

TeXtra91: One Lapto...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: The One Laptop Per Child project launches a give-one-get-one program. Meanwhile, Intel and Microsoft sell 150,000 laptops of their own cheap and rugged l...

TeXtra91: One Laptop, One Desktop, Many, Many Ads

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TeXtra91: One Laptop, One Desktop, Many, Many Ads

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Story 1: The One Laptop Per Child project launches a give-one-get-one program. Meanwhile, Intel and Microsoft sell 150,000 laptops of their own cheap and rugged laptops in Libya. Story 2: Amazon’s Screening Blog reports on the Blu-Ray Festival and says that Blu-Ray might just be winning the war. Although, it is still neck and neck. Panasonic has a pretty sweet new Blu-Ray player on the market for $499 and Wal-Mart is now selling Toshiba’s HD DVD player for under $200. Story 3: Microsoft is accepting submissions for the Next-Gen PC Design Competition. Story 4: The Federal Trade Commission is looking into the legality of user-tracking software that lets advertisers sell targeted ads, according to the New York Times. Viewer Email: To buy the Dell Natali recommends, click here. To find the hack for your Mac’s Skype video calls, click here.

TeXtra90: Happy Hal...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Google launches a new social network to compete with Facebook, according to TechCrunch. Story 2: Congress passes a bill to delay Internet connection tax...

TeXtra90: Happy Halloween! Your TeXtra Halloween Special

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TeXtra90: Happy Halloween! Your TeXtra Halloween Special

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Story 1: Google launches a new social network to compete with Facebook, according to TechCrunch. Story 2: Congress passes a bill to delay Internet connection tax until at least 2014.. Story 3: Skype and Logitech partner up to create a new high-quality video standard for Skype-to-Skype calls. Story 4: Best Buy wants your home movies. The company offers a new service to host and share videos. Story 5: Pandora tells the Senate that it will surely close down if royalty rates are not drastically reduced.

TeXtra88: Facebook,...
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16:32:00 05/28/08

Story 1: Microsoft forks out the big bucks for Facebook. See a release here. Story 2: The US Court of Appeals has made it easier to make "home movies”. ...

TeXtra88: Facebook, LinkedIn, And Some Questionable Home Movies

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TeXtra88: Facebook, LinkedIn, And Some Questionable Home Movies

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Story 1: Microsoft forks out the big bucks for Facebook. See a release here. Story 2: The US Court of Appeals has made it easier to make "home movies”. Story 3: AT&T will stream the Vegoose Music Festival live this weekend in the AT&T Blue Room.. Story 4: Mario Sundar from LinkedIn stops in for a chat.

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TeXtra23: Digital Baseball Tickets, Digg Trouble, And Green Apples
05/28/08

You can now use your mobile phone as your baseball ticket, Digg digs itself into trouble over AACS, Steve Jobs insists that Apple is green, Barack Obama usurps someone's MySpace page, and bloggers get a print magazine whether they want one or not.