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  • Now an app that helps you confess your sins

    A Roman Catholic prelate has developed a smart-phone application that will help let his parishioners know when and where he is available to listen to their sins. Rev. Richard Heilman's My Confessor App allows faithful to keep up digitally with when their local priest is hearing confession, the New York Daily News reported. Heilman said that he wanted people to not feel uncomfortable asking ...

  • Solar-Powered Plane Faces the Human Factor

    Solar Impulse airplane are looking at the challenge of flying around the globe but focusing on the weak spot in their cutting-edge technological effort: human ...

  • Oil Inches Up but Investors Cautious

    U.S. oil ticked higher on Tuesday, holding near a nine-month peak struck in the previous session, but investors remain cautious as they wait for the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting for clues on the outlook for U.S. economic ...

  • Microsoft swaps Outlook.com linked accounts for aliases

    "It's a new world" out there in terms of digital identity and security, Microsoft said Monday. And, this world is far more dangerous than it used to be. In order to mitigate e-mail infiltration by hackers and wrongdoers, Microsoft has announced that it's tossing linked accounts for ...

  • ATT reportedly begins wide cellular support for FaceTime

    The wireless carrier appears to have quietly begun nationwide support for the videoconferencing app on its cellular network in various states across the ...


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The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)

The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)

I usually work very hard to avoid repeating myself when writing about certain auteurs whose films have so much in common stylistically, thematically, or otherwise, that it is virtually impossible not to do exactly that. But, sometimes you just have to give in, which is why I would ... ...

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  • Sony reportedly readies first phablet

    (Credit: CNET UK via FrAndroid) A French press invite from Sony Mobile touts a "big surprise" at an upcoming July 4 event in Paris, but a slew of leaked images and specs may have spoiled the secret of Sony's first phablet before its big ...

  • Sprint Files Lawsuit Against DISH Network Corporation and Clearwire Corporation Citing the Illegality of the DISH Tender Offer for Clearwire

    OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sprint (NYSE:S) announced today that it has filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery against DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) and Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) asking the Court to prevent the consummation of the DISH tender offer for Clearwire. Sprint believes the transaction violates Delaware law and the rights of both ...

  • UPDATE 1-Third Point raises Sony stake presses for entertainment spin-off

    Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:04pm EDT TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - New York-based hedge fund company Third Point said it had raised its stake in Japan's Sony Corp and asked for an opportunity to present its proposal to Sony's board for a partial spin-off of the company's entertainment unit. The move comes after Third Point, a $13 billion hedge fund founded by billionaire investor Daniel Loeb, ...

  • Obama NSA spying doesnt mean abandoning freedom

    In an interview with Charlie Rose, the president maintains that the top-secret NSA spying programs were within the bounds of the law and were intended to protect U.S. ...

  • Sprint sues Dish Clearwire to prevent $6B takeover bid

    Sprint Nextel has filed a lawsuit against Dish Network and Clearwire seeking to prevent Dish's takeover of the wireless broadband provider. The No. 3 wireless carrier filed a lawsuit Monday against the two companies in Delaware Court of Chancery, alleging that Dish's tender offer violates the rights of Sprint and Clearwire's shareholders and the laws of the state of Delaware. ...

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