With new kids on the block like Android and iOS stepping in with lustworthy apps and attractive UIs, the BlackBerrys have been sitting in a corner BBMing everyone else at the party trying to convince them of its sustained utility.
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When it comes to new series, media buyers are forced to rely on differentiators like night of the week (Thursday nights, for instance, are more desirable than Friday nights, and are thus more expensive), expected demographic (shows that skew younger tend to be more attractive) and the newcomer's lead-in show (or shows, in the case of a programming block like Fox's Sunday-night animation domination).
The one thing this won't change is the fact that the content creators already sold the rights to these shows on the TV, which of course means Hulu won't be able to stop going out of its way to block things like Boxee and the PS3 -- still kind of shocked that PlayOn isn't affected.
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Drug companies including Sanofi, Merck and Pfizer are working on anticancer drugs that block insulin-like growth factor, a related molecule.
It powers manufacturing as well as food and commodities production, it fuels transportation, and it is a building block for industries like plastics and electronics.
Yes, Android might be "open" in the sense that the source code is available, but there's no doubt Google's wielded incredible power over the platform by restricting access to Market and its own apps -- power that hasn't been used to prevent carrier-mandated bloatware or poorly-done manufacturer skinning, but has instead apparently been used to block legitimate competitors like Skyhook from doing business.
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The second suggests that a rod-like plug can block the hole by slipping across it sideways and stopping large ions from passing, rather like a drain cover stops leaves from entering the mouth of a pipe.
On the counter it rests like a block of sculptor's clay, running smooth and firm under the fingers.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, appointed by Ronald Reagan, played the crucial role this term, joining the conservative block to shield businesses like Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
At that point they felt like a road block when all I really wanted to do was drive.
And there he was at his desk in a cinder block room and it was like a prison cell.
Protein acts like a building block for your muscles and skin and organs.
The Pit lurks behind high, unkempt shrubs, the only thing on a block of vacant lots, like a last tooth.
What's the point of electing Republicans like Mr. Rehberg if they're going to vote like Democrats and block reform in the 113th Congress?
The city played host to Made in America, a two day music fest, which was billed as something like a huge block party.
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The good news is that there are people like Dr. Block (she is also the Co-director for the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care) who are trying to educate us.
You know - those creatures that seem like a single block of short-haired muscle, showing too much of the inside of their mouth on the outside, dripping and drooling, but somehow inspiring cooing affection.
Pick up a receiver on the rarely used phones that still dot the New York streetscape, punch 1-855-FOR-1993 and you will hear a notable resident recounting what life was like on that block 20 years ago.
In an interview with Heap, Melissa Block asks what it's like to have that direct connection throughout the process.
It looks like the largest single block sold 7, 481 times.
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What the Treasury seem to be saying here is that they're uneasy about handing over borrowing powers to the Welsh Government when their only substantial means of paying it back is the income stream from the block grant - they'd like them to have the paper round as well as the pocket money.
Like many antimalarials, they block the parasite's synthesis of folic acid, a key nutrient.
Like many antimalarials, they block the synthesis of folic acid, a key nutrient.
Her conclusion years ago: Gamma secretase inhibitors like the Lilly drug would block presenilin and hence might make things worse.
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That may not sound like a large enough voting block to decide an election but, on the state level, young voters can make a big difference.
The building at 224 E. 14th St. looks like any other on the block, but a section of the brownstone-finished facade folds into Mr. Peterson's apartment to create an open-air living room.
It would be like New Jersey securitizing a federal block grant.
Fundamental public services like Medicaid are on the chopping block.
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