科技动态: 微软的家庭能源服务将转型为汽车控制服务

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It's Wednesday April 6th. I'm Nattalie Morris. And it's time to get loaded. Dish Network has announced that it would purchase Blockbuster for 228 million dollars. Blockbuster is of course the movie rental² company that filed for chapter-11 bankrupcy last fall. The company had to closed thousands of its stores in the last few years after losing market share to Netflix.

今天是4月6日，周三。我是Natalie Morris，是时候了解最新的科技资讯了。Dish Network公司宣布将以2亿2800亿美元卖掉百事达分公司。百事达是一家影碟租赁公司，于去年秋天破产。自从网飞公司占有更多市场后，这家公司在过去几年中逐渐关闭了许多门脸。

Republicans and House representatives voted to stop the net neutrality regulations from taking effect. House Republicans argued that the FCC never had the authorization³ to pass these regulations. Meanwhile, the Federal Appeal's Court has ruled that it is too early for companies like Verizon and Mental PCS to sue the FCC to overturn these regulations.

共和党人和众议员提出废止网络中立规则。共和党人质疑联邦通信委员会是否有权通过这项法规。同时，联邦上诉法院判决威瑞森，Mental PCS等公司起诉联邦通信委员并申请撤销中立网络法规不成立。

President Obama will take to facebook to hold a town-hall meeting on April 20th at 4:45 pm EST. The meeting will take place at Facebook's headquaters and will be streamed live on the White House Facebook page. The president will discuss the economy and innovation, you can submit your questions on the event page.

4月20日下午4点45，总统奥巴马将在脸谱网召开市政会议。会议在脸谱网的总部召开，并在脸谱网白宫版面直播。总统将会讨论经济和创新话题，用户可以在相关页面提问。

Facebook is also vying⁴ for the intention of reporters, the company launched the site for journalists to serve as a place to mine for stories or other sources. Of course, there are services that already do this such as Flacklist or Profnet.

脸谱网同时还在和新闻工作者们竞争，脸谱网推出了一个记者小站，专门供用户们上传故事或其他素材。当然，已经有其他网站提供类似服务了，例如Flacklist和Profnet。

Twitter is considering branded pages like those on Facebook, these will let companies deliver messages to their followers⁵ directly like they pretty much already do, only it will be a bit more official. These promoted accounts could be another way for twitter to monetize their service.

Twitter正考虑在脸谱网上放置品牌页面，这样Twitter就可以及时向粉丝们直接传递消息，虽然现在Twitter就有这项功能，但品牌页面会更加正式一些。这可能成为Twitter为其服务增值的另一条蹊径。

Sprint⁶ has a new 3G, 4G Mifi hotspot, selling for just 79 dollors. That's a lot lower than 100 dollors that a Mifi unit usually costs. It can give you wifi on your mobile devices over Sprint's 3G and 4G networks. You do have to sign up for a two-year service agreement with plan starting at 49.99 per month.

春季将发售新款3G，4GMifi Hotspot，售价仅为70美元。这比Mifi unit售价优惠100多美元。它将为你的手机设备带来3G或4G无线网络。同时，你必须签一份每月最低花费49.99美元并为期两年的合同。

Microsoft is changing the focus of its home energy monitoring program. Microsoft Home is a two-year old web application that lets you monitor your home appliances and energy use. Participation⁷ has not been very good, so now the program is going to emphasize management of the Ford-Focus electrical vehicle and other electrical vehicles. So maybe, instead of Microsoft Home they should call it Microsoft Car. In fact, Microsoft and Toyota have some kind of announcement today. A vedio press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. We think it has something to do with automobile⁸ technology. That's just a guess. Tune⁹ in tomorrow for that news.

微软将改变其家庭能源监控程序的计划。微软之家是一款投入使用长达两年的网络应用，它帮助你监控家用电器并控制能源消耗。这款应用投入使用的情况并不好，所以这项程序将把重心转向对福特汽车或其他品牌汽车的管理。因此，与其称之为微软之家，不如称之为微软之车。事实上，微软和丰田今天发布消息。下午1点他们将召开视频新闻发布会。我们认为这应该和这款汽车应用有关。但这还只是猜测。明天我们会为您带来详尽的报道。

That's your news for the day, I will see you tomorrow. I'm Nattalie Morris for CNet, and you've just being loaded.

以上就是今天的科技资讯，我们明天再见。我是Cnet的Nattalie Morris，感谢您的收看。

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Cnet.com的live频道收集了你最喜爱的科技资讯节目。从最火产品到最新资讯，应用仅有。每周5期，就在Cnet.com。

1 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

2 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

3 authorization   

n.授权，委任状

参考例句：

• Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
• You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。

4 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。

5 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

6 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

7 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

8 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

9 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。