Media Decoder: A Profit Is Forecast in the First Year for Oprah's Network

Discovery Communications expects Oprah Winfrey's cable channel to be profitable in its first year.

Media Decoder: A Profit Is Forecast in the First Year for Oprah's Network

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ArtsBeat: A No Cynicism Zone on Oprah’s Network

OWN's programming is full of people finding their truths and living their own best lives, with an absence of malice or mockery.

ArtsBeat: A No Cynicism Zone on Oprah’s Network

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Could a single hacker crash a country's network?

What does it take to cripple a nation? Someone with solid computer skills, for a start. Nefarious hackers wield a lot of power with a few keystrokes, and the United States is taking action.

Could a single hacker crash a country's network?

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Shaping a Network With Oprah’s View

Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications are betting that media will become more personalized — beginning with a channel built around one of the biggest personalities on TV.

Shaping a Network With Oprah’s View

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Verizon to Release Motorola Smartphone for 4G Network Next Year

Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless operator, will release a smartphone from Motorola Inc. for its new, high-speed wireless network next year.

Verizon to Release Motorola Smartphone for 4G Network Next Year

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Oprah’s Network Is Her Highest Hurdle

Ms. Winfrey’s move from broadcast to cable is a transformative moment for the television business and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Oprah’s Network Is Her Highest Hurdle

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IRS agent accused of stealing refunds, mis-using IRS computer network to pilfer funds

Oh, this is rich: an Internal Revenue service agent is accused of stealing taxpayers' refunds, and entering "fake tax refund requests and transfers in an IRS computer system so the money would go right back to her or relatives and friends."

IRS agent accused of stealing refunds, mis-using IRS computer network to pilfer funds

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Sprint May Phase Out Nextel Brand Following Network Upgrade

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sprint Nextel Corp., the third- largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, may phase out the Nextel brand following a planned $5 billion network upgrade that will do away with the brand’s underlying technology.

Sprint May Phase Out Nextel Brand Following Network Upgrade

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Verizon to Begin Its 4G Network on Sunday

Laptop users will be first to be able to use the speedier network, with 4G smartphones available next summer.

Verizon to Begin Its 4G Network on Sunday

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Neural Network Learns to Bluff at Poker [News]

These days, the bots playing poker can't bluff convincingly. "Computers are programmed to perform the best strategy, but bluffing is based on unexpected, illogical actions," says Evan Hurwitz, a computer scientist at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.


Now Hurwitz and Tshilidzi Marwala, also at Witwatersrand, have developed a virtual player that has taught itself to bluff at a card game called lerpa. Their artificial intelligence bot, named Aiden, is based on a neural network algorithm that usually forecasts stock market fluctuations.



Then the researchers decided to play Aiden against three other similarly trained bots to see what would happen. "They began to develop their own personalities - either aggressive or conservative - depending on their past successes,"

Neural Network Learns to Bluff at Poker [News]

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Neural Network Creates Music CD [News]

Computers have composed music before, but those efforts were little more than high-tech mixed tapes. Most computer composers have been taught rules of music through extensive programming or by breaking down works of human musicians and creating new pieces from the parts.


Instead, these Creativity Machine are untrained artificial intelligence computer known as a neural network. The neurons in the computer brain are mathematical entities instead of brain cells. The creative process starts by tweaking the mathematical connections between the neurons. That set off a cascade of calculations that were translated as sounds.

Neural Network Creates Music CD [News]

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