They dominate the entertainment centers into which they're placed and suck down hundreds of watts of electricity when they're running.

ENGADGET

Though vehicles could suck down the update with a built-in data connection, the software will need to be installed by a Cadillac dealership instead.

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In addition to being able to hook up directly to your camera via USB, you can also hook in any supported media reader and suck down photos from card-based media.

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Years of watching her peers suck down cigarette after cigarette to stave off hunger, the now 49-year-old beauty knew there had to be a better way to look great and feel healthy.

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Gore's father could find poetry in the hardship stories of his early days in Possum Hollow, recalling droughts so bad that they had to cut down trees to let cattle suck moisture from the leaves, but most of the romance was in the telling, not the living.

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The higher rates then suck money out of the stockmarket, driving prices down and creating profits for the short-sellers.

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Those eggs are deposited in the tree's branches, but when they hatch (which they do two weeks after being laid), the resulting larvae fall to the ground and tunnel down to the tree's roots, from which they suck their sustenance.

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But when Google goes down, just like a room without air, the web starts to suck a little.

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Because they suck up a lot of resources even when they're not actively running, and that slows down your work--ironically making it harder to finish quickly so you can get to the fun stuff.

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