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Associated Press Apple CEO Steve Jobs (left) talks to a friend using the FaceTime video chat feature on the iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Adult-entertainment companies are developing video-sex-chat services to use with FaceTime.

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The floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, surrounded by windows, is the focal point of the two-story family room. The room features easy access to the kitchen and backyard.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about free protective cases for Apple iPhone 4 users during a news conference, Friday, July 16, 2010, at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Apple Inc. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Comcast logos are displayed on installation trucks in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Comcast Corp., a leading cable, entertainment and communications company, announced Wednesday, Feb. 16, that the company's planned annual dividend has increased 19% to $0.45 per share. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, a sign hangs outside a Sprint store in Saugus, Mass. Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, reported the first quarterly increase in three years, as improvements in Sprint-branded and prepaid service offset the continued flight of subscribers from the Nextel network. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)

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The 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car will cost $41,000 before government rebates when it goes on sale - about $8,000 more than its closest rival, the all-electric Nissan Leaf. (Associated Press)

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The Titanic wreckage has been photographed multiple times since its 1985 discovery, but a team of scientists will launch what is billed as the most advanced scientific mission to date to assess its deteriorating condition and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will "virtually raise the Titanic" for the public. (Ralph White via Associated Press)

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In this file photograph taken Dec. 2, 2009, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt debuts at the Los Angeles Auto Show, in Los Angeles. General Motors Co. said Tuesday, July 27, 2010, its Chevrolet Volt electric car will cost $41,000 when it goes on sale in November. The price is about $8,000 more than its closest rival, the all-electric Nissan Leaf.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

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Julian Assange, an Australian who launched WikiLeaks four years ago, concedes that even his team hasn't read all the documents about the Afghanistan war released on his website. (Provided by Martina Haris)

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Guy Wormser, Senior Researcher of the National Center for Scientific Research, France, left, and Rolf Heuer, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research(Cern)in Geneva, right, during a press conference of the 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics in Paris, Monday, July 26, 2010. International physicists announced Monday results from the world's biggest atom smasher trying to figure out how the universe began.(AP Photo\/Michel Euler)

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Project leader Alberto Broggi sits in an unmanned electric-powered vehicle in Parma. "We would like now to do a long experiment and try this technology for 24 hours a day, with diverse temperatures and traffic, to see if our systems recognize these situations," Mr. Broggi said. (Associated Press)

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A technician (below) controls an unmanned electric-powered vehicle in Parma by a remote device. The vehicles, equipped with four laser scanners and seven video cameras that work in concert to detect and help avoid obstacles. (Associated Press)

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India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal displays the prototype of a $35 basic touch-screen tablet computer aimed at students in New Delhi on Thursday, July 22, 2010. The device looks like an iPad and is 1/14th the cost. India hopes to bring the computer into production by 2011. (AP Photo)

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FILE - In this Jan 23, 2008 file photo, a computer user is silhouetted with a row of computer monitors at an Internet cafe in Shenyang, in northern China's Liaoning province. Word leaked out slowly, spread by tech-savvy folks on Twitter: Internet porn is now openly available in China. Is the new access to online pornography a policy change or a trap? It throws into sharp relief what many see as the main mission of China's aggressive Internet censorship: blocking content that might challenge the political authority of the communist government. (AP Photo/File)

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FILE - In this file photo made May 25, 2010, Amazon.com Inc. CEO and founder Jeff Bezos speaks during the company's shareholders meeting in Seattle. Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday, July 22, 2010, that its second-quarter income jumped, bolstered by shoppers who spent more with the online retailer even as consumer confidence fell overall. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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The Hampton model at Cheltenham Estates features a two-story foyer with dual staircases and a central hall.

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In this product image provided by Amazon.com Inc., the newest version of the Kindle DX is shown. The online retailer on Thursday, July 1, 2010 said it is introducing the new version of its higher-end Kindle at a lower price as competition among electronic-book readers intensifies. (AP Photo/Amazon.com Inc.)

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FILE - In this June 7, 2010 file photo, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings greets the audience at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, in San Francisco. Netflix Inc., releases second-quarter earnings Wednesday, July 21, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)