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As new Internet TV players look to invade the living room, some cable and satellite operators are stepping up their embrace of Web technology to jazz up aging interfaces and head off subscriber defections.
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U.S. fans of the British period drama are about to start getting their season-three fix, but news from the earlier U.K. airings is hard to avoid.
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Software that detects and extracts text from within video frames, making it searchable, is set to make a vast resource even more valuable.
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Accused of silencing alleged animal abuse.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was found dead of an apparent drug overdose at his Malibu home, authorities said Wednesday.
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Reportedly pulled by Boehner after fiscal-cliff vote.
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REVIEW: ‘HOBBIT’ THE HORRIBLE…
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When a person lies, he or she experiences a “Pinocchio effect”, which is an increase in the temperature around the nose and in the orbital muscle in the inner corner of the eye. In addition, when we perform a considerable mental effort our face temperature drops, and when we have an anxiety attack our face temperature rises, according to a pioneering study that has introduced new applications of thermography.
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