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vista plays nice with google blockbuster goes blue and iphone roundup and a five-minute Charlie's Angels break ready sex you hey there I'm rich demuro with CNN TV and this is the Q Week in Review we're taking a look at the top tech stories for the fourth week of june two thousand seven but first let's get you started with your must click moment you take the good you take the bad you take them both and there you have the facts of life the facts of life brilliant repurposing from sony classic hit TV shows cut down to just three to five minutes but you still get the gist the minisode network now live on myspace for starters fifteen classics including different strokes facts of life and silver spoons there are plans for five hundred minisodes by the end of the year or as your boss sees it 40 hours of time you could be working blockbuster dealt an action-packed bone-crushing crystal clear surround sound blow to the format war by choosing blu-ray as its high-def disc of choice the company says it's still too early to declare a winner but they notice customers renting the blu-ray format much more frequently than its rival HD DVD rental chain will roll out an expanded selection of blu-ray discs at all of its corporate owned stores nationwide by mid-july they'll continue to offer HD DVD online and at select stores less than a week to the launch of the iPhone and Apple is still teasing us with last-minute announcements here's a roundup the device will have longer battery life than they first estimated up from five talk hours 28 it'll give you six hours of net surfing seven hours of video and 24 hours of audio not all combined of course if you leave it on and do nothing else it'll last you 10 days apple also replacing the plastic touch screen with glass they even got a little wise guys by comparing the iphones side by side with alternatives users will also be able to watch youtube wirelessly on their iphone the first major upgrade to Windows Vista will hit desktops later this year and Google a driving force behind one of the key changes the search giant felt a little left out of vistas built-in desktop search complaining to regulators google says vistas search makes it too hard to use rival products microsoft has agreed to change vista so you can more easily select a default desktop search no court action was necessary finally the site you be the judge and Bix can make it happen the Yahoo own site has contests on just about anything including cutest cat best summer movie hero and anything you want to add people then vote on pictures video or audio face off style until there's a clear winner some of the contests are just for fun others award cash and prizes my current favorite the twenty-thousand-dollar beauty and the beach contest there's also a road to nashville and an extra dance-off contest look at that time's up for this popularity contest remember to check out the show notes at blog sina TV com for links to everything i mentioned here in the show and much more i'm rich demuro with CNN TV in new york city stay classy for more video like this go to cnet com and click on cnet TV