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it's Friday September 17 2010 I'm Jeff Bakalar and it's time to get loaded Samsung last night announced the galaxy tab and aimed squarely at Apple's iPad the galaxy tab has a 7-inch screen a microSD slot two cameras and will run Google's Android operating system we've got no information on pricing but in a bit of a surprise samsung announced that the tab will be available from all four major carriers in the United States and there's also going to be a Wi-Fi version as well Microsoft has added support for public transportation directions in bing maps the new features will only be available in about 11 major US cities but Microsoft promises more in the future hdcp which is the copyright protection protocol that's built into many digital displays in HD TVs has been cracked much to the consternation of big content creators hdcp was designed to keep pirates from making mere perfect digital copies of movies and TV shows analysts expect that devices with the ability to record bit for bit output of copy protected content to arrive soon being your own personal voyeur just got a whole lot easier justin.tv the personal streaming website has released an iphone app that will let users broadcast live from the palm of their hand the app is available now for free in the App Store for those who want to be stalked those your headlines for today I'm Jeff Bakalar for cnet.com and you've just been loaded