Loaded: Decision '08 Video

Loaded: Decision '08 Video Transcript

>> NBC wants you to cover the Democratic and Republican conventions this year. Starbucks is tossing out its Corinne Bailey Rae CDs. And a new study shows that you can use the Internet to lower your blood pressure. Unless you're looking at adult content, of course. It's Thursday, June 26, I'm Natali Del Conte, and it's time to get Loaded. ^M00:00:18 [ Music ] ^M00:00:20

>> MySpace, NBC and MSNBC may want you to cover the Democratic or Republican convention. The three companies are hosting a contest to choose the MySpace Citizen Journalist Correspondent for each party's convention this summer. To win, you must be 18 years old and submit a video answering the questions: Why do you vote, why are you the best person for this job and how will you stand out in the crowd and get the scoop no one else can. You can start posting your submissions today at noon, Pacific Time and all entries must be submitted by July 16. The two winners will be featured on air as part of NBC's convention coverage. The Boy Genius Report says we may have to wait until August to get a glimpse of the new BlackBerry Bold. The Bold is BlackBerry's new 9000 model that was due out this summer. The delay could be because of software issues with battery life and overheating. If that's true I think most of us will agree better to wait for them to get it right. Starbucks will no longer sell CDs and iTunes Gift Cards in their stores. The coffee chain also plans to end all of their in-store music retail offerings by September. You can however, still access the iTunes store so you can still buy music at Starbucks from the privacy of your own screen and just skip the mockery from the barista when you're purchasing the Carly Simon CD. Videos from Next New Networks will soon be purchased around the web in places, such as Yahoo, Hulu and Metacafe. Next New Network is an online channel network that distributes videos that are cultural and viral. One of their more famous hits is Obama Girl. I'm sure you've seen that one. The network also has a distribution deal with MySpace TV, so they're clearly trying to fan their content around the web, which is a smart move. A new report from the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that patients who use the Internet to regulate their blood pressure were more successful than patients who went into the doctor's office regularly. A clinical trial tested groups of people who are assigned to traditional care against groups of people who monitored their blood pressure using web services. The web group was allowed to email their doctor, refill prescriptions, request appointments, get test results and look up health information online. After a year, more than half of the web group patients got their blood pressure down to normal, while only a third of the control group accomplished the same goal. This is encouraging for those of us who don't wanna waste their time with superfluous doctor's appointments. Of course, we will always need medical doctors, but I would wager about half of our doctors visits could be cut out with the use of the Internet. But would you be comfortable with this. Let me know by writing in at loaded@cnet.com. Amazon is getting more domestic with its purchase of fabric.com, an online store that sells fabric of course. This was announced on Wednesday, although terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon already sells Fabric, but the company says that this will add to its collection of materials and accessories for the stores. So for those of you who sew -- okay, I know there are probably aren't any list of that. AOL launched in four new South American countries this week, bringing the total AOL country-specific sites to 25. The new countries are Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela. Each site has local and regional news, as well as local versions of AIM and email. Those are all your headlines for today and this is the last episode of Loaded for the week, but if you've missed any episodes, please make sure you catch up at Loaded.cnettv.com. I'll see you on Monday. I'm Natali Del Conte with CNET TV and you've just been Loaded. ^M00:03:29 [ Music ]