It's Thursday May 26th, I'm Wilson Tang and it's time to get loaded.

Google is expected to unveil plans turn smartphones into electronic wallets at a press conference here in NewYork. The new service is expected to be called Google wallet. And it's based on a technology called NFC, or near field communications. NFC is a short range of encrypted wireless system that will let users swipe their phones in other gadgets over a payment terminal similar to smart card technology found in some debt and credit cards.

Forbes is reporting that Facebook and music server Spotify are teaming up. The companies are expected to unveil a new music streaming service available right in users' Facebook feeds. The sofeware will run in background and give users access to Spotify's music library with one major caveat. No access in the US. Well, that's because Spotify itself has yet to secure American music streaming rights.

Yesterday, we reported that Apple has released an instruction on how to get rid of the rogue anti-virus malware program Mac Defender. In the meantime, hackers have been hardworked on a new version of the software that won't require users to type in their administrator passwords to install and infect machines. These basic defenses kept the program from spreading, but to protect yourself, turn off options like open safe files after downloading in Safari.

Sony's playstation network is slowly starting to come back to life, but the company is finally started to offer identity protection to its users affected by the massive breach of data. PS member should start to receive emails with instruction and an activation code for a year of protection for the demix all clear ID+ plan. The offer is good for all American PS and Qriocity services but must be activiated before June 28th. The plan offers up to a million dollars of protection.

On the subject of the gaming, a company called Envision is coming out with the Androib-based game console, called EVO2. The company is making developer units available today and says that all other units will be available in the fall of this year. The console itself runs a 1.2 G hertz processor, a modified version of android2.2, and would come with a TV remote and game controller. Envision says that the console will run for 249 dollars and you can reserve one today.

One more title that will not become to the EVO2 in the near future though, it's a sequel to the popular Modern Warfare series. Activision has announced that Call of Duty Modern Warefare 3 will be available on Nov. 8th this year on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The game looks pretty sharp to our eyes and we expect men across the country to drop their interestes in their girlfriends and life for the next few months after the release.

Those are your headlines for today. I'm Wilson Tang and this wraps up you week of getting loaded. We'll see you on Monday.

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