But all of the interactive experiments like this point to something significantly different in the near future of debates.

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Again, critics point to the interactive nature of video games, which allows their designers to tweak risks and rewards to make them irresistible.

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Built with Sony's innovative digital imaging, sound and TV technology, the latest VAIO Touchworld collection features bright, responsive 10-point multi-touch screens with engaging interactive applications, family computing options and new experiences in mobile productivity.

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"There's an entire industry to create, from distributing interactive ads to billing to getting product to the people who point and click on cubic-zirconium jewelry they've got to have, " he says, referring to the burgeoning TV home-shopping industry.

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And if you have doubts that texting is detrimental to driving performance, you can prove it to yourself with an interactive game that The New York Times has created to make the point.

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Our most recent IBOPE Zogby Interactive poll (Oct. 21) of likely GOP voters found an eight-point drop for Cain from a week earlier.

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Jean-Daniel Levy, head of political polling at Harris Interactive, said before the debate that it would be "very, very difficult" at this point to change the course of the election.

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The app also includes travel planning tools to book a trip, destination guides, flight check-in, an interactive trip map and the "What's Next" feature to help guide customers to the next point in their journey.

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