News tagged with home
Google to make home entertainment system: report
Google will mirror Apple's winning hardware-software formula with an Android-powered entertainment system that wirelessly streams content through homes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street
(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Samsung says to sell 25 mln 'smart TVs' this year
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it plans to sell more than 25 million "smart TVs" this year as it tries to capture the emerging Internet TV market eyed by competitors including Apple.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Energy mythbusting: The truth about those energy-saving tips
You've read the energy-saving tips. You've armed yourself with caulk. You're ready to do some serious damage to your gas and electric bills. Not so fast.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
Challenging Netflix, phone company Verizon Communications Inc. says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Amazon makes India debut with Junglee.com
(AP) -- Amazon.com is coming to India, with the Thursday launch of Junglee.com, a watered-down version of its global shopping portal.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices
The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Nursing home residents with dementia: Antidepressants are associated with increased risk of falling
Nursing home residents with dementia who use average doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are three times more likely to have an injurious fall than similar people who don't use these drugs. The association ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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UK death in a home setting on the rise
Although around two thirds of us would prefer to die at home, in the developed world the trend in recent years has been for the majority to spend their final days in an institutional setting. But according to new research ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Half of care home patients suffer drug errors
(Medical Xpress) -- Errors in administration of medication are a serious problem in long-term residential care. New research completed by the University of Warwick and the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Amazon gets on board with UltraViolet movie system
An Amazon.com executive said Tuesday that the retailer has signed a deal with a Hollywood studio to sell movies that can be downloaded from an online "locker" system five studios have put together.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Home video spending in US falls 2 percent in 2011
(AP) -- Home video spending in the U.S. fell 2 percent to about $18 billion in 2011. A surge in the popularity of movie streaming services like Netflix Inc. and gains in Blu-ray disc sales helped offset some of the drop ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Warner Bros. to impose 56-day delay on DVD rentals
Prepare to have your patience tested if you prefer to rent DVDs rather than buy them.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Dialysis treatments go green
Solar power can help offset high utility costs and make hemodialysis treatments more environmentally friendly, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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'BINGO!' game helps researchers study perception deficits
Bingo, a popular activity in nursing homes, senior centers and assisted-living facilities, has benefits that extend well beyond socializing. Researchers found high-contrast, large bingo cards boost thinking and playing skills ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 03, 2012 |
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