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By Nick Barber and Nick Barber

Director, Online Video, IDG News Service | PT

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In this week’s show: NASA’s satellite fails, NTT trials an electronic loyalty card phone application, Microsoft Research demos prototype technology, Gmail goes down, Kindle 2 begins shipping, Samsung’s new phone shoots HD video and an electric concept car is turned on with an iPhone.

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I'm the director of online video for IDG News Service. I cover general and breaking technology stories in text and video.