While the store is only built to work with Kaleidescape's high-end disc-playback systems -- these usually start in the thousands of dollars, and you'll need M-Class hardware for HD -- it currently offers movies from Warner Bros. with an Ultraviolet copy attached, so buyers can play them back on mobile devices through apps such as Flixster and Vudu.

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This week at the New York International Motorcycle Show Ducati also unveiled the 848 Evo Corse Special Edition for the first time ever in the U.S. The bike has Ducati-developed electronics like traction control and quick-shifter features, with the trademark Trellis frame, precision shock absorbers and high-end disc brakes.

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This initially looked like a dead-end, because after booting the disc simply threw a Windows logo onto two of my three monitors and hung there.

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Sensors at the midway point of the table detect the angle, speed, and trajectory of the not-exactly-oncoming puck, and instructs the mechanism how and where to fire the disc -- you slap it back, and the same sequence happens on your compadre's end.

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