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[10 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

PLAINVIEW, NY – NeuLion Inc., a leading provider of live and on-demand programming over the Internet, announces today the expansion of its HD iPTV Service. NeuLion now unveils the iPTV HD TV Box delivering high definition programming in 720p and 1080i to the television.
NeuLion’s existing iPTV HD PC browser service provides HD quality programming of live channels, sports, entertainment events and video on demand in up to a 1080i format to its Network Partners across the globe.
The launch of the HD TV Box provides adaptive streaming in high definition without …

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[10 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Web startup to offer foreign news as papers cutNEW YORK (AP) _ As budget cuts force many U.S. newspapers to retrench on their foreign coverage, veteran journalist Charles Sennott saw virtually no chance of getting another assignment abroad. So Sennott left The Boston Globe to start his own news organization, GlobalPost.com. It launches Monday with 65 journalists, including veterans of major news organizations such as CNN, The Washington Post, Time magazine and The Associated Press.
Dell touts luxury brand but offers few detailsLAS VEGAS (AP) …

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[10 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — Cell phones and TVs converging with the Internet? That’s so 2008. The next big tech trend may be the marriage of computer technology to your car or truck.
This month, Hyundai is launching a system that warns motorists when they drift out of the lane they’re traveling in. Another manufacturer has developed pedestrian-detection software that works with heat-seeking cameras to alert drivers when someone is in their path.
In March, Ford will release a fully functional, dashboard computer — complete with keyboard — geared to contractors …

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[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]

A baby’s first words are often “mama” and “dada,” much to the delight of parents. Now scientists think they know why.
Beyond the obvious – Mommy and Daddy are around a lot and babies are drawn to them – languages in many cultures have apparently made the task easy by creating words for mothers and fathers that feature patterns of repeating sounds, a new study suggests.
To arrive at this finding, brain scans were made of 22 newborns (age 2 days to 3 days) while they listened to recordings of …

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[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]

Applying for a new job comes with its fair share of rejections, setbacks, frustrations and perhaps even lonely periods of unemployment. If you’ve been turned down for position after position, you could be getting desperate and may want to shake things up a bit so that your résumé will stand out from the piles of others stacked quietly in HR. Before you decide to get too creative, there are some rules to résumé etiquette that you should follow. Read below for the 25 things that you should never include on …

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[3 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]

AP – When DaimlerChrysler announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart Fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.
The little Smart has been riding a wave of consumer interest, attracting thousands of shoppers willing to put down $99 and wait about nine months for the two-seater. So when I …

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[19 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

The Rahals team owner Bobby and his racing son Graham — returning to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a lot like eating comfort food: familiar and satisfying.
The track is about 50 miles from the Rahal Letterman Racing shop in Hilliard, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, and not far from New Albany, where 19-year-old Graham grew up and still lives.
The younger Rahal, now an IndyCar Series rookie driving for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, spent a lot of time at the track, nestled in rich, rolling farmlands.
That was a decade ago, when his father, …