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Details scant in venture with IAC, NBC's Silverman
(AP) -- A new venture that NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman is leaving the network to form with Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp promises better integration of ad campaigns by involving advertisers ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Study examines movie smoking exposure and team sport participation in youth established smoking
Participating in team sports is associated with a reduced likelihood of youths becoming established smokers, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journa ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Jinni: Semantic Search for Movies
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most interesting things I have come across over the Internet is the movie search engine Jinni. Can't think of anything to watch tonight? Type in a phrase, and dozens of moves app ...
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Both good/bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same
Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is tit ...
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Bathroom Web site tells you when you can go without missing key parts of a film
If you're heading to a movie theater this weekend, perhaps to see the new Disney-Pixar film, there's a Web site that could help you know when to get "Up" and go to the bathroom.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying
(AP) -- Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market - software that allows you to copy a film ...
Apr 24, 2009 |
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YouTube boosts full-length movies, TV show lineup (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it is vastly expanding its library of full-length movies and TV shows it offers online, while also launching a new advertising service and adding about a dozen ...
Apr 16, 2009 |
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AT&T to start sending copyright warnings
(AP) -- AT&T Inc., the nation's largest Internet service provider, will start sending warnings to its subscribers when music labels and movie studios allege that they are trafficking in pirated material, according to an ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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'Monsters vs. Aliens' creates another dimension
(AP) -- "Monsters vs. Aliens" opens with an old 3-D gag: A ball bounces directly into the audience, causing moviegoers to instinctively scoot back in their seats. But the resemblance to old-fashioned 3-D ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Netflix links online DVD service to Facebook
Netflix has linked to Facebook, and Blockbuster is making films available on-demand to users of TiVo digital recorder devices as the US DVD rental giants continue an Internet-age duel.
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Roku teams with Amazon to stream videos
Roku, maker of a $100 box that delivers streaming Netflix videos to consumers' TVs, is teaming with Amazon.com to vastly increase the number of movies and TV episodes consumers can watch through the device.
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Audio Watermarking Technique Could Locate Movie Pirates
(PhysOrg.com) -- Camcorder piracy - which occurs when moviegoers bring a camcorder into a theater to record a movie from the screen - is a rapidly growing illegal activity. In the US, camcorder piracy has ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Hidden Before Our Eyes: Tiny World Makes Giant Leap to Silver Screen
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s something of an understatement to say Shekhar Garde has an eye for detail. A global leader in his field, Garde works to shed new light on the hidden world of atoms and molecules. Equipped with state-of-the-art ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Kids who watch R-rated movies are more likely to smoke
A new study finds that kids who are allowed to watch R-rated movies are much more likely to believe it's easy to get a cigarette than those who aren't allowed to watch such films.
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Engineering graduate student narrows gap between high-resolution video and virtual reality
(PhysOrg.com) -- With their immersive 3D capabilities, virtual-reality environments (VEs) provide the kind of intense visual experience that two-dimensional digital televisions could never to live up to. But ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 04, 2009 |
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