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Google's new 'Top Charts' will tell you which celebrities, planets, or dog breeds top its searches

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One of the best parts of Google's search engine is its ability to plot trends: sometimes for practical reasons, like the search-based Flu Trends map, and sometimes for clever snapshots like its year-end Zeitgeist of top searches. Google Trends, likewise, allows you to check the popularity of a...

The fickle world of chemical element preferences, finally mapped

Pandora finally ties into Facebook Open Graph, lets friends see what you're listening to

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It's late to the game, but Pandora has finally added support for Facebook's Open Graph, giving users the ability to "effortlessly" share their music listening activity on the social network. The feature can be enabled both from Pandora.com and the company's iOS and Android apps by toggling on a new "Publish" button in settings. Pandora is quick to point out that users retain granular control of...

Sony mulls investor proposal to sell off movie, TV, and music units

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With Sony under increasing pressure to get out of the entertainment business and get back to making great gadgets, company managers have begun to evaluate whether to sell off part of the unit that oversees movies, TV and music, according to a report today from Nikkei, a Japan-based newspaper.

The move follows comments made last week by Daniel Loeb, the US billionaire investor who owns $1.1 billion worth of Sony's stock, equal to about six percent of the company's outstanding shares. He said...


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Xbox One is powered by Windows, but can Microsoft make you care?

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Microsoft finally unveiled its next-generation Xbox One console today. Amongst the fanfare of entertainment features, an improved controller, and the centerpiece of Kinect, the company revealed details on the architecture that powers its next console. More importantly, Microsoft says it's running Windows. The company told press that it's marrying its Windows Phone and Windows 8 user interface to the Xbox more closely than ever before, and that...

Green screens were necessary to film 'half' of new 'Arrested Development' season

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We've already been told a fifth season of Arrested Development on Netflix is unlikely due to scheduling issues with the show's busy ensemble. But it turns out show creator Mitch Hurwitz barely managed to get everyone together for season four — set to debut on the streaming service this weekend. In fact, he often couldn't.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Hurwitz admitted that not only were episodes and scenes shot out of order to...

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