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Panasonic may be best known for its many TVs, but it has been maintaining a visible presence in the projector market as well, where it has actually released what it calls its first first Full HD 3D home theater projector with 1080p (1,920 x 1,080 pixel) resolution.LCDs and Plasma screens are all well and good, but t... |
1 August 2011
05:56 GMT |
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Come this Sunday, the largest-selling English language newspaper in the world and by far the most popular tabloid in the UK, News of the World will see its last print issue. Following the wiretapping scandal, Rupert Murdoch, head of parent organization News International, has decided to shut down the tab. The scandal... |
8 July 2011
07:56 GMT |
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Since the debate about whether video games are dangerous for children or not began, experts have been arguing for and against both sides of the discussion. But a new view, provided by researchers in the United Kingdom, holds that the playing these games may actually be rewiring players' brains.Questions as to th... |
8 June 2011
10:01 GMT |
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In a recent study, experts found that even children as young as 4 seem to believe that being thin equals being beautiful. This finding is rather serious, since it implies that the information media conveys are received loud and clearly even by preschoolers. Various forms of media constantly associate being thin with... |
18 May 2011
08:55 GMT |
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It appears ultraportable laptops and tablets aren't the only things that Samsung has sent out to stores, as a couple of small, wireless media players have also emerged from whatever their hiding place was.The thing about today's consumer electronics industry is that it is moving increasingly much towards c... |
18 May 2011
07:17 GMT |
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Experts have collected new data to prove that media channels such as video games, TV and the Internet are responsible in part for driving a series of risky behaviors in individuals exposed to their influence. One of the reasons for this may be that all these forms of media show their users what life looks like in the... |
8 March 2011
10:32 GMT |
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Market analysts company IDC, took a close look at how the tablet market evolved during 2010 and found that the popularity has grown similar to how e-readers have been getting more and more widespread.IDC defines media tablets as slate devices with screen sizes of 5 to 14 inches and which run lightweight operating sy... |
18 January 2011
09:16 GMT |
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A group of teenagers from the Bournemouth University (BU), in the United Kingdom have agreed to renounce everything having to do with media for 24 hours, as part of the the groundbreaking experiment called Unplugged.Internet, mobile phones, news, music, and television are taboo throughout the investigation, say resea... |
25 October 2010
06:35 GMT |
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As human beings, we have evolved over millions of years to show empathy to other people's suffering, and to display emotions when we witness violent behavior towards others. But constant exposure to violence may actually be desensitizing today's teens. This is the conclusion of a new scientific research, wh... |
20 October 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Even the most gorgeous woman in the world, who works out regularly, eats healthy and doesn’t have a pound to spare, will start questioning herself and her weight if she’s bombarded with images with skinny women. Though the media has often tried to wash its hands of allegations that it’s responsible ... |
18 October 2010
14:31 GMT |
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When it comes to portable audio players, Apple products are at the top of the market. Wether you are the owner of a simple iPod Shuffle or you went all the way and bought an iPod Touch, each product provides an exquisite user experience. Unlike other players out there any iPod also needs a software component to manag... |
24 September 2010
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Following a couple of very eventful days when he made headlines for reasons he probably would have rather he didn’t have, Adam Lambert returns to Twitter to urge fans to stand up for themselves. In a few of his most recent tweets, the singer talks about standing up for oneself and calls out the media “bul... |
20 September 2010
11:40 GMT |
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Though she did break in the spotlight thanks to her appearance on the VH1 show on her family, Kelly Osbourne hates it when people think and say that everything she accomplishes is due to her famous mother and father. Kelly is the daughter of iconic rocker Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon, who has acted as both Ozzy’s m... |
30 August 2010
06:04 GMT |
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Though earlier reports had it that Lindsay Lohan could sell her first post-jail interview for as much as $1 million, signs of that happening are not here yet. In the meantime, the star and her team are busily working to make money to pay off her massive debts, including the rehab bill. Lindsay hasn’t had a box ... |
27 August 2010
11:33 GMT |
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There are those segments of the IT industry that can be said to be seeing a greater deal of activity and attention compared to others. For this year, the tablet is one of these fields, even though not many such devices have actually show up yet. This hasn't stopped companies from offering previews, however, nor ... |
7 August 2010
05:36 GMT |
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According to new data, it would appear that restricting children's access to R-rated movies decreases their chances of trying out alcohol at a very young age. The researchers behind the study say that this is especially true for kids who are still in middle-school, and add that interventions from parents proved ... |
26 April 2010
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Lately, the animosities and conflicts between groups of people have made a spectacular comeback. This was made obvious as the United States engaged in the largest social project it ever underwent in decades, the passing of the health care bill. This was just a trigger that brought to light numerous differences betwee... |
12 April 2010
04:04 GMT |
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK is thinking of an initiative that should change media for the better and, at the same time, make it so that many young, impressionable people will improve their body image. The initiative is now seeking support from the government and should imply the inclusion of more div... |
24 February 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Now that she’s clean and sober, Lindsay Lohan is able to admit that it was her entourage that pushed her to the edge a while back and into the substance abuse that almost cost her her life. The LA party scene also played an important part in her life spiraling out of control, which is why she might actually be ... |
24 February 2010
06:08 GMT |
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According to a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KMF), children nowadays tend to spend at least ten hours each day watching electronic media, in a trend that appears to be growing more massive with each passing year. This state of affairs has led many researchers to ask whether kids are not missing out on a... |
22 January 2010
06:30 GMT |
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The WSJ is again the source of multiple iTablet details, this time saying Apple aims to focus its tablet on providing content from multiple "old media" business sources, including textbooks, newspapers and television. The report also digs up rumors of Apple using Microsoft’s Bing as a search engine across multi... |
21 January 2010
03:05 GMT |
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So far, only end-users who acquired wireless media streamers were able to stream content from the PC to their TV or other products. Consumers without such a device were forced to copy the same data from the PC to an external storage device supported by the AV. HSTi is now introducing a small device, dubbed Wireless&n... |
5 January 2010
06:56 GMT |
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Netbooks have already evolved from low-performance devices, barely usable for Internet browsing and document processing, to machines that, although still not in the same league with notebooks, have started to integrate more and more graphics and media rendering capabilities. Broadcom promises even better netbook capa... |
22 December 2009
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Apple UK has announced through its iTunes12DaysOfChristmas.co.uk website that it will be offering free songs, music videos, apps, TV episodes and movies on a daily basis from December 26 to January 6. The Mac maker encourages brits to sign up for the company’s newsletter so they don’t miss a thing. &ldqu... |
4 December 2009
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Almost two months after announcing plans to open up its iTunes LP file format to all developers and labels, Apple has updated its web site with specifications and resources. Accompanying the downloads is the TuneKit framework, thrown in by Apple for a superior multimedia experience.
“Here’s everything ... |
27 November 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Some people like keeping some huge collections. No matter what, they like having a big and impressive collection of whatever they can get their hands on. Movies, pieces of software, images and music, you name it. So, it’s pretty tough for them to organize and manage a big collection. Data Crow is a piece of sof... |
17 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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ReelBean 4.5 is a new version of the full-featured movie converter, player, and editor for Mac OS X available from JS8 Media. ReelBean is capable of playing almost any Mac-supported video and audio format, and supports the use of third-party plugins that make proprietary formats available. The media-focused app is su... |
10 November 2009
09:36 GMT |
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Apple has released iTunes 9.0.2, an update to its proprietary digital media player application for Mac and PC. According to the company developing the software, iTunes 9.0.2 adds support for Apple TV software version 3.0, as well as an option for a dark background for the Grid View, and improves the support for acces... |
30 October 2009
05:12 GMT |
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Until not long ago, the only couple or, better yet, triangle that could hold the headlines even after more than a dozen covers with the same photo came out was that made of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. The fact that a simple family with no “education” in the ways of stardom coul... |
20 October 2009
11:00 GMT |
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If there was ever a mother that would take to fight every tabloid in the world, that would probably be Dina Lohan, Lindsay Lohan’s mother, they say. Still upset about her ex’s comments as to how Lindsay is addicted to prescription pills and that they’re staging an intervention to get her to rehab, D... |
10 October 2009
06:28 GMT |
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Megan Fox, star of the two “Transformers” films, and reportedly the younger, better looking but still lacking enough experience Angelina Jolie, can boast a few pretty inane quotes so far, but that’s not the only reason why she’s getting so much media attention. According to Fox herself, speaki... |
25 September 2009
06:54 GMT |
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Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest last week, no less than ten weeks after he was rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest. Because the Jackson clan also organized, with the help of AEG Live, the public memorial service at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, the funeral was only for friends and family – me... |
7 September 2009
05:28 GMT |
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Women are constantly under pressure to look good. Moreover, they say, if one woman in a certain group or line of work does something about her appearance and steps up her game, the others are forced to rise to the new standard as well, whether they like it or not. Men, on the other hand, have it very easy: suffice it... |
27 August 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Confidence can easily be brought down with something as simple and apparently harmless as watching TV is, and we might not even realize it, a new study has revealed. Women who watch soaps or television series where there are many thin and attractive female characters perceive their own body differently afterwards, ev... |
18 August 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Kids grow up so fast these days, but it seems that they also pick up almost everything they see around them. Such is the case with 7-year-old Weber County resident Preston Scarbrough, who took his family's car on a leisurely Sunday drive. Of course, his skills weren't that up to par, as he blew through a f... |
3 August 2009
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Proving that you can, in fact, have too much of a good thing, men in America have grown tired of Megan Fox and are asking for just one day of media blackout. The star is too overexposed and has not yet done anything really worthy of that much attention, other than look insanely hot, editors of all major men’s m... |
29 July 2009
11:39 GMT |
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Shock rocker Marilyn Manson has never had a loving, understanding or even tolerating relationship with the media. Except for specialized publications that gave him credit for his music, tabloids and glossy magazines always made a habit either of mocking him or of deliberately thrashing him. Precisely because of this,... |
29 July 2009
10:55 GMT |
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There is no longer any doubt that Robert Pattinson has come to know degrees of media exposure and fan support of the kind he probably neither expected nor wanted. Because of being constantly hounded by paparazzi, overly excited fans and having turned into a favorite with glossy magazines, two of the biggest Pattinson... |
21 July 2009
09:26 GMT |
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As Britney Spears’ Circus tour continues to hit major cities in Europe as part of her long-expected and highly successful comeback, her management and organizers AEG Live are confronted with a unique situation until now. Several national newspapers in Sweden and publications falling under Denmark’s larges... |
11 July 2009
04:53 GMT |
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If you are a fan of Front Row, you will definitely love “to be entertained” by Boxee, the first “Social Media Center.” Considering that the Internet is continuously expanding, providing new ways to access and share pictures, movies, audio files or metadata that goes with them, a media center t... |
13 June 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Although modern devices are basically proofed for every situation that may occur while an intensive usage, I am sure that at least once, sitting in front of a storing device, you didn't understand why was your data gone or you regretted erasing a file that you actually needed. That is why Stellar Phoenix Photo R... |
15 May 2009
12:11 GMT |
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A recent innovation, devised by experts at the University of Cincinnati, and described thoroughly in the May 1st issue of the scientific journal Nature Photonics, managed to bring e-readers to the same level as printed media, scientists at the university announced. The new Electrofluidic Display Technology (EDT) ensu... |
30 April 2009
06:53 GMT |
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Researchers at the Oregon State University have learned that classroom-based interventions on children who watch a lot of violent shows and movies on TV are very successful in reducing the amount of time these kids spend in front of the television sets. The results of the paper, which will appear in a future issue of... |
8 April 2009
10:12 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan’s personal life has been tabloid fodder for the past couple of years, what with a few rehab stints, DUIs, car crashes and rumors about a truly rock’n’roll lifestyle. Now, the actress is speaking out against years of verbal abuse in the media, begging for privacy and respect, and saying... |
24 March 2009
12:26 GMT |
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Kelly Clarkson, as all fans must know, has never quite fit the Hollywood standards of female beauty. Of course, that is not to say that she is fat or unhealthy, just that, being a normal-sized girl has often got her negative press specifically on account of her body. The same is happening now, the only difference bei... |
20 March 2009
07:42 GMT |
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The fashion industry has often been criticized by the media for promoting size-0 models and a body image that is neither healthy not attractive. Yet, the same media is also bringing down woman after woman in public life, if they happen to be larger in size than Hollywood stars (which is not to say they’re overw... |
17 March 2009
07:46 GMT |
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Pioneer Europe has unveiled today its latest Blu-ray writer designed for personal computer systems and built to provide PC users with a speed of 8X for single-layer and dual-layer BD-R discs. As expected, the new drive comes in a combo package as it offers writing and reading support for other media types, such as th... |
25 February 2009
08:39 GMT |
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In a regular evening news broadcast, an American TV station featured an announcement that was not at all uncommon in the media. The anchor was reporting about new possible developments in a so-called “cold case,” which was eight years old, and that had registered no significant breakthroughs during all th... |
5 February 2009
10:20 GMT |
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Teenagers who spend a lot of time in front of the TV or under the influence of other mass-media outlets are very likely to develop symptoms related to depression early in their adult life, a new study finds. As a background, the paper, published in the February edition of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry, d... |
4 February 2009
05:06 GMT |
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In about a year, the Internet has overtaken newspapers as the second most important news sources in the US, both regarding national and international news, a recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center in December shows. Approximately 40 percent of the interviewed participants said that they used the Internet, w... |
30 December 2008
05:28 GMT |
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