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Studying precisely how much time children spend in front of the TV set is very difficult, especially in societies where parents don't get to spend as much time with their juniors as both of the parties would want to. This type of settings offers the perfect conditions for excesses to occur, and watching TV is on... |
23 November 2009
09:02 GMT |
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More and more people are turning online to get the latest episodes of their TV shows or to watch one they might have missed. And sometimes they even do it on legal sites. There are a number of good places to watch shows online and there are a couple of great video search engines. Clicker borrows heavily from both ty... |
12 November 2009
10:43 GMT |
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In a routine move of updating the Terms and Conditions for users of its iTunes Store, Apple has indirectly confirmed that a certain Apple TV Software Update 3.0 is pending. Apple last updated the software on its set-top-box back in June, when the company added remote app directional control, Flickr integration, and m... |
29 October 2009
11:50 GMT |
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BoinxTV is touted as being the pioneering live-production software for video podcasters. The software can turn any Mac into a TV studio “for the rest of us,” according to its maker, provided that the Mac is a new-generation model. BoinxTV is the winner of an Apple Design Award (Mac OS X Leopard Developer ... |
16 October 2009
10:16 GMT |
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In a first of its kind study, experts at the University of Massachusetts looked at how interactions between parents and their children were influenced by a TV running in the background, even if the participants did not mind it directly. They found the correlation to be negative, both in terms of how much parents were... |
15 September 2009
09:35 GMT |
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Apple has reportedly dropped the price for the 160GB version of the Apple TV to $229 (previously $329). Often touted by Apple as a “hobby,” the Apple TV never really took off, but now, it may have a second chance, CNet News reports. The publication points out to existing evidence ahead of the price cut t... |
14 September 2009
10:48 GMT |
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Despite all the enthusiasm, maybe Twitter and TV don't really mix that well. What sounded like a potentially good, or at least innovative, way to use the microblogging platform to add value to a TV show rerun while also harnessing the social nature of the medium turned out to be a miserable failure. Earlier this... |
5 September 2009
04:40 GMT |
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For some reason TV and Twitter seem to go together. With several TV shows in the works based on the microblogging site and even some of the well established ones like the Today Show introducing some Twitter elements it looks like TV can't get enough of it. And now Fox is taking it one step further with the intro... |
31 August 2009
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Despite regulation aimed at preventing this, the number of alcohol commercials promoting beer and spirits still air at times when most teenagers are watching TV, a new study by experts at the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) has found. In other words, teena... |
21 August 2009
20:31 GMT |
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i.TV has announced what the company calls the “i.TV Remote Control Framework.” The framework enables third-party devs to develop solutions for controlling external devices (television, an AV receiver or DVR) via i.TV on the iPhone and iPod touch. These remote capabilities are now coming to the iPhone and ... |
18 August 2009
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Apple has started airing two new TV ads emphasizing the wireless capabilities of the iPhone, but also its ability to show you exactly where you are and get directions anywhere in the world. Naturally, Apple’s elusive device carries out these tasks using third-party apps that the company lauds in its iPhone comm... |
4 August 2009
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Verizon, one of the largest cable and Internet providers in the US, is launching a new feature for its FiOS cable service. Dubbed Widget Bazaar, it enhances the viewing experience with a set of small applications with various purposes. Among them there are a couple that bring Twitter and Facebook integration to the b... |
15 July 2009
06:46 GMT |
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As previously expected, cable companies Time Warner and Comcast have announced their new system for bringing content online. The idea is simple: users will be able to view TV content online for free as long as they are cable subscribers. Time Warner is calling it “TV Everywhere,” Comcast “OnDemand O... |
25 June 2009
02:37 GMT |
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All of the old media businesses have been affected, most would say negatively, by the Internet. The harder hit was the newspaper business, which has seen a massive drop in circulation and revenue, and the music industry, which is also facing years of declining CD sales. Movie theaters are also getting fewer visits an... |
24 June 2009
08:34 GMT |
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THQ unveiled its entry in the fitness game market at this year's E3 trade show. The publisher partnered up with NBC to create a title based on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser. The release date is set for the autumn of this year and THQ is really pulling all the stops to make the game competitive with titles li... |
5 June 2009
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In a strange twist of events it seems everyone online now wants to be on TV and not the other way around as it has been for years. First there were rumors of a Twitter TV show, which the website confirmed but had no direct involvement in, and now it's time for another social network to be headed to the big scree... |
5 June 2009
10:45 GMT |
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Online video is moving to the TV and it looks like this is where the war will be waged in the next years. Just last week Hulu launched a desktop app allowing users to have a more TV-like experience and now YouTube just launched YouTube XL, a version of the site optimized for viewing on the big screen. YouTube XL is... |
3 June 2009
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Infants who spend a lot of time in front of the TV may set themselves up for difficulties in learning later on in life, a new scientific research shows. It would appear that even babies under 1 or 2 years of age are capable of “zoning out” in front of the screen, and that this type of behavior may tr... |
2 June 2009
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There is no Twitter TV show. Well, there is no official Twitter show but there is at least one show in early production that will focus on Twitter. The news spread yesterday that Twitter was working on a TV show starting from an article in Variety. Everyone picked it up but the majority of views were at least skeptic... |
26 May 2009
03:37 GMT |
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According to a post over at open salon, “...It appears that Apple will begin to allow downloads of movies and tv shows through the iPhone. This revelation [...] comes by way of an advertisement in the new ad supported version of the app Twitterfon released on 5/15/09.” “Three ads [...] scrolling acr... |
25 May 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Nielsen put forth some new statistics on the viewing habits of Americans, be it on TV, the Internet or mobile phones, and the numbers are interesting if not particularly surprising. Overall, Americans are watching more content on all platforms but TV still reigns supreme by a large margin. The number of people watchi... |
21 May 2009
09:55 GMT |
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Bethesda has filed trademark applications related to Fallout and filmed entertainment. The trademarks refer specifically to “entertainment services in the nature of an on-going television program” and “motion picture films about a post-nuclear apocalyptic world.” Hey, even the trademarks sound... |
23 April 2009
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This week is all about staying healthy and doing a small bid towards going green for the sake of the environment, with the National TV Turnoff Week that will last until Sunday. As FitSugar points out, we might as well use this week to learn or remember the basics to staying healthy, by replacing the time we’d s... |
22 April 2009
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i.TV, the ultimate movie, DVD and TV guide for the iPhone and iPod touch has just been updated to version 1.4. The updated application is now available in the iTunes Store for free download, and includes a dedicated menu tab for Comcast subscribers, the world’s first “shakable” advertisement, AT&T U... |
26 March 2009
09:32 GMT |
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One of Canadian documentary filmmaker Rob Spence's eyes was severely damaged in a shooting accident when he was but a young boy, and, unfortunately, doctors had to completely remove the organ just three years ago. But the tragedy didn't set Spence back. He now plans to turn his handicap into an advantage, b... |
12 March 2009
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Most people are annoyed out of their mind when the most exciting moment of the movie or TV show they're watching is interrupted by a set of mindless commercials, but scientists now claim that this is for the best. In other words, the ads that are aired at various intervals throughout the usual program play an im... |
3 March 2009
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Designing the ultimate coating for plasma and LCD TVs is not exactly easy, but the performance of the entire device thoroughly depends on the ultra-thin layer of material. The next generation of television sets may, however, be made out of something totally out of the ordinary, namely coffee. The idea has come to res... |
2 March 2009
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Apple has updated the Support piece listing the contents of every 2.x Apple TV software update released so far to include information on the changes available with the latest Apple TV software. According to Apple, the Apple TV 2.3.1 update includes but one addition, yet “it is always a good idea to make sure yo... |
26 February 2009
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Following an ample scandal that started a few weeks ago, Chinese authorities have recently announced that they will ban fake medical experts and actors from performing the roles of physicians on TV from now on, in hopes of getting their inferior-quality medications sold to the general public. An Internet-led investig... |
18 February 2009
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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
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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
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Most of the Chinese translations of Obama's inaugural acceptance speech were censored by the Communist Party of China, and information deemed sensitive, such as attacks on communisms and the freedom of speech, was completely removed from all broadcasts. China's move came as a surprise to no one, especially ... |
21 January 2009
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The inevitable downfall of newspapers in the US should come as a surprise to no one, especially given the fact that most major publications are already struggling to cope with the effects of the global financial crisis, while smaller ones have already filed for bankruptcy. Low advertising revenues registered over the... |
16 January 2009
10:45 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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Environment-friendly computer users in Washington now have a reason to rejoice – some 200 permanent recycle centers for old computers and television sets will be opened in their area starting January 2009. The centers will be operated free of charge, and everyone will be able to drop off their electronics devic... |
30 December 2008
04:19 GMT |
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The Federal Communications Commission announced that not all Americans currently benefiting from all-analogous TV sets would receive digital TV signals starting February 17th, when the whole nation is scheduled to go digital. Some people will be left behind because they are located on the fringes of the range that th... |
28 December 2008
10:27 GMT |
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On Monday, Democrats again called for increased powers being offered to legislators, so that they would be able to pull drug commercials that advertise insufficiently-tested products off the air. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Ca) says that companies should not be allowed to aggressively promote their products on the air and d... |
9 December 2008
09:28 GMT |
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The fact that America has been experiencing a real obesity epidemic over the past few years shouldn't be news to anyone, given the number of statistics that mercilessly point this out. And while other countries, such as Sweden, Finland and Norway, have already taken concrete actions for reducing the number of pe... |
20 November 2008
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Dead Space is one of the most innovative games this fall and marked a new beginning of IP development for its publisher, Electronic Arts. This game is the first to be developed with a comic book volume and a prequel movie in mind, a very risky endeavor considering it was a completely new title with no loyal fan base ... |
31 October 2008
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Responding to Japan's cries for live TV on their handsets, Japanese carrier Softbank announced plans to release a kit that is both a TV-tuner and an additional battery pack for the iPhone.According to an AppleInsider report, Softbank's device weighs in at about 2.8 ounces, and measures approximately 2.0 x 3... |
31 October 2008
09:35 GMT |
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Dietitians and doctors draw attention to the fact that the speed with which someone eats is one of the major factors that influence the way nutrients are absorbed by the intestines and distributed throughout the body. Also, if every meal is eaten to the last bit or until the stomach is full, most likely the person wh... |
22 October 2008
09:53 GMT |
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Stargate Worlds is shaping up to be a pretty interesting MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). Being placed in the highly successful and popular Stargate universe, gamers will have the chance to play as several specific archetypes like Archaeologist, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Scientist or So... |
6 October 2008
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As mentioned in several of our previous articles, Advanced Micro is having a tough time managing its chip business and driving it to profitability, as competitor Intel is gaining ground in several market segments, leaving AMD to make do with the second spot. While the company's graphics chip business is finally ... |
26 August 2008
05:51 GMT |
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Most of the light provided by the light source posted behind liquid crystal display panels never even reaches the eyes of the viewer. Light must pass through individual pixels whose brightness levels are controlled by small liquid crystals that modify their transparency according to the electric signal input. Therefo... |
23 July 2008
04:43 GMT |
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The Mitsubishi name is almost identical with fast cars designed to be real racers both on track and on the road. But the Japanese group counts a number of other companies that specialize in the development of something other than cars. One of those companies deals with the design and manufacturing of consumer televis... |
1 July 2008
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I am a sports fan and, as most other sports fans, when it comes to one of my favorite sports events, I would rather enjoy it on a high-quality entertainment center. With this in mind, it seems that someone has thought of a way of improving the quality of sports events with the release of a new gadget. ESPN, the famou... |
21 May 2008
05:47 GMT |
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On Sunday, Samsung, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics, has showcased an ultra-high definition 82-inch liquid crystal display panel. Rated for the 120Hz television sets, the enormous LCD display has been presented at the Society for Information Display (SID) 2008 International Sympo... |
19 May 2008
05:42 GMT |
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Electron guns are devices often used by CRT "cathode ray tube" displays in order to produce light on a phosphorus-coated glass screen. This is how CRTs work. The electron gun generates a beam of electrons which is targeted at the screen. The beam can be deflected on all three axes by the image driver with the help of... |
17 May 2008
06:30 GMT |
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Although Samsung has been plagued by some pretty nasty problems lately (as some of you might know, the company's chairman and his son have both resigned amid a corruption scandal), the company still remains the world's most important manufacturer of various types of displays, AMOLED included. And it seems ... |
23 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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I'm sure most of us, if not all, had or still have a home video game, or went to play arcade games at some point in time. You might have noticed a remote-like device resembling a firearm or a pistol that can be used to shoot objects displayed on a TV screen, generally referred to as a video game light gun. The p... |
21 April 2008
05:54 GMT |
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