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Verizon strikes a deal with Intel while amazon may read your mind I'm short zipkin in for Bridget Carey this is your cnet update Intel's internet TV business has finally found a home verizon said Tuesday that it's buying the operations from the chip maker to be sits FiOS TV service until had been working for two years on a TV box and service that would deliver live programming and on-demand content over the internet but Intel's new CEO wanted to focus on the company's core chip business along with fios verizon will use Intel's technology to bring video to users when where and how they want it including on mobile devices first Amazon talked about delivery drones NAT might ship what you want before you even order it the company received a patent in late December called method and system for anticipatory package shipping that's quite a mouthful but basically what it does is predict which items are going to order before you even place that order amazon would look at a specific part of the country and figure out what items people want then when you place an order the package gets to you faster Windows 8 has such a bad rep that HP is advertising Windows 7 pcs the company said the computers are back by popular demand but our sisters fight ZDNet reports that Windows 7 pcs never actually went away at all still it's interesting that the company is trying to boost demand by pushing the older operating system Windows 8 has faced a lot of criticism since it launched in late 2012 if you're sick of Pandora and Spotify there's now a new option for streaming music beats on tuesday launched a new music app for iphone and android devices called beats music it operates a lot like rival music services but differs in one key way there are no free ad-supported versions of the app only subscriptions that start at ten dollars a month so why bother beat says that service has the human touch it is people like nine inch nails frontman trent reznor heading up a team of programmers these people cater to your tastes instead of using an algorithm the rumor mill keeps heating up about apples gadgets the latest report comes from a Chinese analyst who says the iphone 6 will come in two large screen sizes one could be 4.7 inches while the other could be 5.7 the new iPhones could show up as soon as June which would be a big change from Apple's recent timing it announced the iphone 5s I've seen September I'd be pretty annoyed if I just bought a new iphone if you already cracked the screen on your iphone 5c you may be in luck Apple stores can now replace the screens while you ate that costs $149 vs. 229 to send the phones to repair centers Apple geniuses won't be able to fix all screen damage though displays with scratches or cracks could be treated in store while those was heavier damage could still be sent away for repair and for now in store screen repairs only work for the iphone 5c that's your tech news update but you can find more details at cnet com / update and you can always keep up with the latest stories by following me on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm sha recipient