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it's Monday September nineteen twenty eleven i'm wilson tang on cnet com and it's time to get loaded if you get DVDs by mail from netflix dead red envelope will soon have the name Qwikster printed on it Netflix is splitting both its DVD by mail and streaming services into two separate entities two different names to different websites with two different user accounts needed in a few weeks quicks there will be the name of the company that does dvd-by-mail and the service will also add video game rentals the online streaming service will keep the netflix name if you're confused and annoyed from the changes Netflix is well aware the company co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings is responding to thousands of angry comments on the netflix blog after writing an apology and explanation about the decision saying this is a move to help strengthen the selection of shows on the streaming service eighties new LTE 4g network went live in five areas this weekend but you won't be able to tap into the faster network with any of the occurrence smartphones however there are a few devices that can access the faster LTE 4G including the HTC jetstream Android tablet and the elevat-- 4G mobile hotspot ATT will expand LTE to 15 markets by the end of the year compared that to verizon which has 4g LTE in 143 markets and has several smartphones that can tap into the faster network if you're thinking hey I bought an ATT 4g phone well that only works on a slightly less fast speed of 4g called hspa+ facebook is expected to launch a new platform to make it easier to share what media you're currently listening to or watching facebook will make the announcement on thursday at its f8 developers conference in San Francisco according to the New York Times the new development will supposedly connect with music services like Spotify and Rhapsody and video services like VEVO you might want to watch your head this week NASA is expecting a 6-ton dead satellite to crash into Earth about 26 pieces will likely hit Friday give or take a day although no one has been hit by a satellite before odds are one in 3200 that someone will get hit today Google Wallet has gone live sort of documentation of partner says September 19th is a launch day and tech website giga ohm reported on a Google Wallet pay station at a San Francisco coffee shop but the Google Wallet website still doesn't say much at least that was the case when this video was taped so if you see a Google Wallet pay station it can right now only be used with a sprint Nexus S android phone and users will also need a citi mastercard account those are your headlines for today I'm Wilson tank for cnet.com and you've just been loaded