On stage are several already-announced products, including displays and laptops, along with the usual black-shrouded "secret" products.

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Released earlier this week, Call of Duty: Black Ops takes players on secret missions abroad during the height of the Cold War.

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Because she was afraid of her black relatives showing up and exposing their secret.

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Thanks to an incessant stream of leaks, the handset you see in black and white above had become something of an open secret.

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On a more theatrical note at the Sofitel New York in the Theater district Chef Sylvain Harribey serves Hudson Valley foie gras "Au Torchon", its secret is it is scented with cognac, fig puree and black sea salt and served with a toasted home-made brioche.

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The American firm will only reveal the wreck - codenamed Black Swan - is somewhere in the Atlantic and says it is keeping the location secret to deter looters.

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It's no secret that you and your loved ones will probably drop some serious coin this holiday season ( Black Friday in particular, we're sure), and while future repair costs may cross your mind, Consumer Reports recommends that you brush off that extended warranty those big box retailers will be shoving in your cart.

ENGADGET: Earth to consumers: extended warranties are a bad deal

Equipped with a secret camera, and calling himself Kwami Ogonno, he went to predominantly white areas to see how a black man with a foreign accent is treated.

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