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Loaded: Sprint unveils double-screen Echo

2011-02-08
it's Tuesday February eighth I'm Jeff Bakalar and it's time to get loaded last night at an event in New York City sprint unveiled the kyocera echo a smartphone with two three and a half inch touch screens with a pivot hinge that allows them to be positioned side by side the echo will run android 2.2 and come with special software for its unconventional display it'll be available for two hundred dollars with a two-year contract and we'll have more on the echo as it nears its spring release date when craigslist closed its adult services section a few thoughts similar behavior would migrate over to Facebook well a Columbia University professor is claiming just that saying eighty-three percent of prostitutes have a Facebook page and that the social networking site is prime real estate for online recruitment guys better watch out who your friend out there she might charge you intel has announced that the company will begin shipping fixed sandybridge chipsets in mid-february the recently discovered flaw can affect a small percentage of Saturday vices causing them to fail over time the defect has caused a slow down across the board with many pc manufacturers pushing back ship dates and retailers removing systems from store shelves it's no secret that privacy on the internet is running short these days and overshare might be the new norm in an effort to publicize more Internet safety security firm Trend Micro is launching its second annual what's your story contest to encourage youth to submit short videos on Internet safety and privacy the contest is open to anyone thirteen years or older in the US Canada and the UK young people can win up to ten thousand dollars entries are due april fifth find out more at what's your story Trend Micro calm the Obama administration is proposing new rules to curb internet piracy that it hopes to send to Congress in the very near future the proposal applauds the controversial anti-counterfeiting trade agreement but critics contend that the proposals do not make allowances for fair use of copyrighted materials and legitimate free speech uses you can read the new proposals on white house gov the Connecticut ambulance company that fired an employee after she criticized her supervisor on Facebook has agreed to settle the complaint brought by the National Labor Relations Board the NLRB sued the company after it fired an employee when she called her boss a scumbag and more derogatory names on Facebook the NLRB says that the remarks legally discussed workplace terms and conditions that is your news for the day I'm Jeff Bakalar for cnet.com and you've just been loaded
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