Perhaps most important, iRobot added new models at higher prices with features like a HEPA filter, scheduling and room-by-room navigation.

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In addition to having access to Cox's vast VOD library and Advanced TV content, subscribers using a TiVo Premiere box will also be able to enjoy TiVo's entire suite of advanced features including access to near infinite broadband content including movies and music, remote scheduling, multi-room viewing, interactive applications and TiVoToGo functionality.

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Coincidentally CV, who works for a national firm, had been in a scheduling meeting, where somebody noted that everybody in the room was a woman and that, in fact, it was the women directors, managers, etc. who were making everything run.

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Then, as Davidson learned about the Internet, he realized his idea would have more room to grow in an environment unlimited by linear scheduling, allowing him to run many different programs or types of content simultaneously.

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Monson's husband is Cirque du Soleil band leader Paul Shihadeh -- they met in a green room -- and she says their two sons have a "crazy life" due to the scheduling challenges of their work.

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