It was the start of a shift, with high-end designers not only going online, but actually opening up social media channels to talk with their customers.

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Literacy may be under attack from electronic media, but that's actually nothing new.

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Believe it or not, but the new Slingbox 350 is actually the first from Sling Media that looks like, well, a box.

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We initially believed it was something of an answer to AirPlay, letting you push any 'ol content from your tablet to your Xbox, but when it comes to media playback it's actually far simpler.

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And so, the disposability of electronic media is actually something that makes book people sad, but book readers happy.

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As a good anthropologist, he wants to know not just what the politicians and the media are saying about Islam in France, but what is actually happening on the ground.

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The really shocking thing about this story is not that the workers breached security and sated their curiosity, but that it appears no one actually tried to sell the records to the media.

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The Gas Safety Trust report contains figures of incidents gained from media reports, but it has warned that the real figures could actually be higher.

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But, it raises the question, is there actually more hacking going on or is the media just latching onto it with a tighter grip because they find it more popular?

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Part of it might be the delusional notion of preserving a memory, but it's probably more about showing everyone in social media that you're actually out of your house doing something culturally important.

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But the act of actually doing the hard work is up to us, no matter our social media or high-tech gadgets.

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The company's USB 2.0 HyperDrive SPACE may look like your average Korean-bound DAP at first glance, but actually houses your choice of 2.5-inch hard drive, and can automatically transfer pictures or media from a smorgasbord of flash memory directly onto the HDD to keep your card ready for more.

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