News tagged with television character

Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character

(PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

D'oh! Simpsons may promote smoking: Australian researcher

Long-running US cartoon show "The Simpsons" may inadvertently promote smoking with its frequent depictions of the habit and references to cigarettes, Australian research has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3




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Google searches get smarter (Update)

Google on Wednesday began making its search engine smarter, in what the Internet giant called a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online.

Technology / Internet

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 8

Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaign

(AP) -- (at)BarackObama is on Twitter. So is (at)MittRomney. And so are all the voters following the 2012 presidential contest, whether they know it or not.

Technology / Internet

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets

(AP) -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cognitive researcher designs and builds a real-world modular working tricorder

(PhysOrg.com) -- To say it’s about copying the tricorder from Star Trek, of television and movie fame, is to belittle the ingenuity and thought that has gone into the devices that Peter Jansen has cr ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog

YouTube campaign videos more positive than television ads

(PhysOrg.com) -- YouTube campaign videos are more positive than ads aired on television, a new University of Michigan study shows.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zuiker to debut 'Cybergeddon' movie on Yahoo

(AP) -- "CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker is making a movie destined for the small screen.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mouse glove is designed for new comfort zones

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yet another alternative to the conventional computer mouse is being marketed, this time a pull-on glove that behaves as a mouse. The Ion Wireless Air Mouse Glove is from a Cocoa, Florida-base ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Men are not from Mars, women are not from Venus

Professor Mari Ruti of the Department of English and Drama at the University of Toronto Mississauga has written about love for both academic and mainstream audiences. Her newest book, The Summons of Love, portra ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows

Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Review: Netflix and Hulu's new scripted originals

Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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