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This hard drive will self-destruct
Created: 04/15/2011
Video description: New rules in Europe prevent Net advertisers from tracking you sans permission, you can now control your Netflix queue via Microsoft Kinect, and Toshiba announces hard drives that self-erase in the wrong hands.

This hard drive will self-destruct Video Transcript

IT'S FRIDAY, APRIL 15. I'M NATALI MORRIS, AND IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED. [*] THEIR BROWSER IF THEY DON'T WANT THEIR WEB ACTIVITY TO BE TRACKED. PEOPLE. NOW THE INTERNET ADVERTISING BUREAU EUROPE HAS NEW RULES THAT WILL REQUIRE THIS. [*] HERE IN THE U.S., THE DO-NOT-TRACK PRIVACY FEATURE IN BROWSERS IS NOT YET REQUIRED BUT APPLE MAY BE ADDING IT TO SAFARI ANYWAY. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS THAT LION, THE NEXT VERSION OF APPLE'S OS-X, WILL HAVE THE DO NOT TRACK OPTION IN APPLE'S WEB BROWSER. THIS MEANS COULD NOT BE SOLD OR USED BY AD NETWORKS. [*] THIS HARD DRIVE WILL SELF DESTRUCT IN 5 SECONDS. IMAGINE A DRIVE THAT CAN REALLY DO THAT! TOSHIBA ANNOUNCED HARD DRIVES THAT CAN. THEY THE WRONG HANDS. IF THE DRIVE IS PLUGGED INTO AN UNKNOWN COMPUTER, OFFENDING SNEAK. THE DRIVES ARE DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR. [*] YOUR EMAIL PAGE. THIS IS KIND OF FUN. YOU CAN DO THIS IN THE THEMES TAB ON THE SETTINGS PAGE. [*] YOU CAN NOW CONTROL YOUR NETFLIX QUEUE WITH MICROSOFT KINECT. THIS UPDATE TO THE MOTION CONTROLLED XBOX 360 CAME OUT ON THURSDAY. AND SELECT, PLAY, PAUSE, AND STOP THE ENTERTAINMENT ALL BY THE WAVE OF THE HAND OR VOICE COMMAND. JUST DON'T YELL "STOP" DURING A CHASE SCENE OR YOUR MOVIE MIGHT JUST STOP. [*] YOU CAN SOON BUY A NOOK COLOR IN STAPLES STORES. THE BARNES AND NOBLE STORES. STAPLES WILL START CARRYING IT ON MAY 1 FOR $249 BUT YOU DISCOUNTED COFFEE. YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE THAT NOOK TO THE BOOKSTORE LATER FOR THAT. [*] EA SPORTS ANNOUNCED A LAUNCH DATE FOR MADDEN NFL 12. THE FOOTBALL VIDEO GAME WILL LAUNCH ON AUGUST 30, WHETHER THE NFL SEASON KICKS OFF OR NOT. NO PLAYER HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE COVER YET. ESPN IS STILL HOLDING A VOTE SO HEAD ON OVER TO ESPN TO SELECT YOUR PICK. [*] THAT'S YOUR NEWS OF THE DAY. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. I'M NATALI MORRIS WITH CNET AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN LOADED.

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"Walk the Line" trailer

In 1955, a tough skinny guitar-slinger who called himself J.R. Cash walked into the soon-to-be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. It was a moment that would have an indelible effect on American culture. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as deep and black as night, Cash sang blistering songs of heartache and survival that were gutsy, full of real life and unlike anything heard before.

That day kicked off the electrifying early career of Johnny Cash. As he pioneered a fiercely original sound that blazed a trail for rock, country, punk, folk and rap stars to come, Cash began a rough-and-tumble journey of personal transformation. In the most volatile period of his life, he evolved from a self-destructive pop star into the iconic "Man in Black" - facing down his demons, fighting for the love that would raise him up, and learning how to walk the razor-thin line between destruction and redemption.

The story of the young Johnny Cash and his incendiary love affair with June Carter Cash comes to life in "Walk the Line," directed by James Mangold from a script by Mangold and Gill Dennis, based on Cash's books "Man in Black" and "Cash the Autobiography". Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon is June Carter. Phoenix and Witherspoon sing every note of their roles themselves in live performances that capture the spirit of the music that drove Johnny and June's relationship.

At the film's core is the passionate and revved-up music that knocked the complacency out of popular culture in the 1950's, which Mangold felt could only be captured in its most emotional and authentic from by having the principal cast perform many of the film's songs live. "The early fifties were the height of the smooth post-war sound, Doris Day and 'easy listening,'" says Mangold. "Musak was invented the year John released his first singles; even country music of the early fifties was highly produced, the edges smoothed for greater 'appeal'. One of the things I wanted the music in the film to convey was the startling roughness, the good humor, the cockiness, the urgency, heat and fire that shook people when these boys first played to crowds."

This movie was nominated for numerous Academy Awards. Click here to see videos of other Oscar nominees on Download.com.