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we test Google's new operating system trip goodbye to Nextel and pay with green pigs I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at update the reviews are out for samsung's new google chromebook and chromebox running on the newly updated chrome operating system and the bottom line is that it's better than the last version but still pretty unimpressive if you're unfamiliar with chrome it's a light system designed for people who do all their work in the cloud through a web browser so you better have an internet connection to get work done and as for programs you're limited to whatever is in the chrome ecosystem but this laptop starts at 450 bucks way too pricey when you think that you can get a tablet for less and it can do more the chromebox is the desktop version at the more affordable 330 dollars which you might make a little more sense if you're looking for something basic it's now available online and hitting select best buy stores next month folks some tragic news today the nextel network will officially be killed off this 2g push-to-talk network owned by sprint will see its final days in june next year and Sprint is pushing customers to migrate to direct connect technology but there is some good news the chirp walkie talkie sound will still live on there's a new weapon in cyber warfare and it's called flame the massive attack has infected computers in the Middle East mostly in Iran it's not clear who exactly is behind the attack but security experts believe it is sophisticated enough to be created by a government it doesn't try to steal banking info like your typical cyber criminal it's also more complex than something from an activist flame just digs for any intelligence it can read emails take screenshots record audio keystrokes it's very complex making it hard to detect and remove there's angry birds games toys clothing a movie even a cookbook and now we have the biggest bird brain marking scheme yet The Associated Press is reporting that a bank in Russia is offering special Angry Birds MasterCard debit cards called angry cards and it would give users a ten percent discount on game related products we've heard reports for some time now about Apple creating its own 3d mapping software for mobile devices the latest buzz comes from the blog boy genius report which obtains some photos of the new map app but it's all out of focus mo shots are covered by a finger I've seen better pictures taken a Bigfoot be sure to check out Apple CEO Tim Cook's chat this evening at the d10 conference at 6pm Pacific sea night we'll be live-blogging his public interview but don't expect any new apple product announcements you can be sure he'll save that for apples Developers Conference on jun 11th that your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show visit cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey