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Robots Dance Their Way Into Uncanny Valley, Next Stop: Your Heart

Japan's AIST has impressed us before with its android robots, but this new video of gynoid HPR4C is enough to...well, seriously give us the shivers. She's dancing, and if you squint, you'd almost mistake her for a real girl. READ»

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AIST's HRP4: Sci-Fi-Like Household Helper Robots Have Arrived

You've seen plenty of robots and androids in the news, but you've probably never seen anything as astonishing as HRP4, which promises to be cheap, powerful, and the most sci-fi-like bot built to date. READ»

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Watch: '80s Remakes This Month and Beyond

Break out your yellow paisley power ties: The eighties are back -- at least at the multiplex, where these familiar titles are returning to the big screen.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Who's Renting What (and Where) on Netflix?

The suburbs love Jim Carrey and couldn't care less about movie critics. The cities love movie critics, Mad Men, and Woody Allen.READ»

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Why Success is For the Unlucky

Too many people go through life like they’re playing the Mega Millions. They make a small investment, and then sit back hoping to hit the jackpot. More often than not, they’re left disappointed and defeated, because the luck they expected to swoop in and change their lives, never showed up. Success is not a matter of chance. READ»

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Atlantic City Welcomes Boys II Men Live In Concert at the Resorts in Atlantic City

Boys II Men is performing live, in concert, at The Resorts in Atlantic City. The best selection of tickets is on sale now through ACTickets.com. Boys II men will be performing Sunday June 27thREAD»

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An Historical Twofer: President Obama and the Internet Inaugural

Today's inauguration, the perfect made-for-Internet viewing event, is expected to draw the largest audience yet for an event online. Here's a brief guide to watching (and participating in) the festivities from your desk.READ»

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The Pursuit of Happyness

If you think I made a typo in the heading of this blog, I guess you haven’t seen the very enjoyable movie with this name, starring Will Smith. It’s about a medical equipment salesworker who competes, against great odds, for a ...READ»

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The look for the day: pork pie hats, track jackets

There's no faster way to inspire the wrath of a dandy than by copying someone else's style.  Inappropriate! like that episode when Carlton hilariously imitates Will in Fresh Prince.  But, we make exceptions, sometimes.  We fully ...READ»

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Myspace, the Sequel

With Facebook surging, cofounders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have gone back to their roots -- music, pop culture, and a proven cash-flow ad model -- to spur a next phase of growth. Will that be enough for boss Rupert Murdoch?READ»

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Nissans Get Eco-Conscious Gas Pedal

If you drive as fast as I do, you're not going to like this. Nissan [NASDAQ:NSANY] is adding a feature to their cars that will curb drivers' speed in the hopes of improving their fuel economy. No, it's not a high-tech speed ...READ»

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Hollywood's New Game

Technology and entertainment can mix -- if you combine the right strategy with the right kind of organization. That's the lesson behind the rise of Sega GameWorks. Although the company is based in Hollywood, the model is pure Silicon Valley.READ»

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Xtreme Teams

In the new world of business, all work is teamwork -- but very few teams work all that well. How do groups of ordinary people achieve extraordinary results? Learn from these extreme teams. Your team may never work the same again.READ»

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Careers: Double Vision

Fill my eyes with that double vision No disguise for that double vision Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me My double vision always seems to get the best of me Lyrics from the song Double Vision by the band ...READ»

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Innovation: The Digital Prophecy Of DJ Jazzy Jeff

I really cherish my talks with DJ Jazzy Jeff. As a "prophet" of the music business whom I have tons of respect for, I have spent several hours over the last few years with my friend and business colleague Jeff Townes aka ...READ»

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Innovation: The Digital Prophecy Of DJ Jazzy Jeff

I really cherish my talks with DJ Jazzy Jeff. As a "prophet" of the music business whom I have tons of respect for, I have spent several hours over the last few years with my friend and business colleague Jeff Townes aka "DJ Jazzy ...READ»

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Innovation: The Digital Prophecy Of DJ Jazzy Jeff

I really cherish my talks with DJ Jazzy Jeff. As a "prophet" of the music business whom I have tons of respect for, I have spent several hours over the last few years with my friend and business colleague Jeff Townes aka "DJ Jazzy ...READ»

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Congratulations on Your Diversity Policy, but Why Can't Poor People Work Here?

There's a key scene in the film The Pursuit of Happyness, which I caught on the plane ride home from a business trip last week; it speaks volumens about how companies fail to account for the financially diverse backgrounds of their ...READ»

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Can Starbucks Be Supersized?

In Bang! we talk about the success of Starbucks being the experience, not the coffee. It's about a daily indulgence, a little escapism. How else could they get us to spend $3.50 on a cup of coffee, the smallest of which is called a ...READ»