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New York City will launch a pilot program in which it will replace pay phones throughout the city with touch-screen like tablets. The program is scheduled to begin in May and will specifically target 250 of the city's 12,800 public pay phones to be replaced by the touch-screen kiosks. The kiosks will allow users to access local information in 10 different languages.

Supermodels without Photoshop might sound like an oxymoron. After all, Photoshop and other digital-alteration software have become commonplace in modern society. Photoshop is used by the advertising and mass media industries to sell something that, oftentimes, does not exist in reality. Recent legislation, as well as controversial issues in pop culture, has put the spotlight on digitally altered images and the impact they have on viewers.

The government on Tuesday defended graphic tobacco labels and advertising that use pictures of rotting teeth and diseased lungs as accurate and necessary to warn consumers about the risks of smoking.

The controversial ending to Mass Effect 3, the final installment in Bioware's space-opera videogame trilogy, caused an outpouring of protests from disappointed fans who demand that the videogame developers provide a new ending which lives up to both the decision-based gaming Bioware has built its reputation on and the marketing campaign which Bioware's owner, video game publisher EA, pushed prior to the game's release.

Starboard Value, the hedge fund that owns 5.3 percent of AOL (NYSE: AOL), the No. 4 website, denounced AOL’s sales of patents as inadequate.

A video of a mysterious saucer-shaped flying object has created quite a stir online, with some enthusiasts calling the sighting a real UFO, while most people have simply called the video a Hoax.

Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said Monday it will sell a majority stake in its struggling yellow pages business to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP.

AOL Inc said it would sell over 800 of its patents and related applications to Microsoft Corp , and would grant Microsoft a non-exclusive license to the patents it retains, for slightly over $1 billion in cash.

Jennifer Love Hewitt's recent advertising drive for her upcoming show The Client List has raised questions not only for its raunchy theme but also for its digital enhancement.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. and PPG Industries Inc. plan major layoffs as the former changes its corporate structure and the latter adjusts to weak European demand for its coatings and paints.

Tumbling in the polls, even in his native Pennsylvania, and under increasing pressure to quit the Republican race, Rick Santorum huddled with conservative leaders and aides Thursday to plot strategy.

While the movie and music industries would have you think that torrents are a threat to their business, thousands of independent artists heartily disagree. That's why more than 5000 musicians, actors, writers, filmmakers and artists have signed up to be promoted by The Pirate Bay, the world's largest torrent site.

BioWare has just announced a summer launch for “Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut,” the awaited DLC that fans hoped would address the seemingly disappointing ending. The new content is said to contain additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, according to a press release from BioWare.

Model Bar Refaeli has launched her own underwear line, Under.Me, along with a playful yet sexy video advertisement in which she is playing tennis in nothing more than a pair of boy-shorts and a bra top.

Google announced a new deal with Paramount Pictures on Tuesday, which will make more than 500 movie titles available for rental on YouTube and the new Google Play platform. The deal was made even though Google is still embroiled in a four-year-old legal battle over copyrights with Paramount's parent company, Viacom.

Burger King is unveiling a new menu in an effort to win back customers and revive their brand. On Monday, customers walked into their local Burger King's and discovered changes from the menu to the uniforms of the employees.

Samsung Electronics continues to keep silence over the highly anticipated smartphone of the year -- Samsung Galaxy S3. However, the media world is abuzz with the next generation gadget's rumored specs, features and unofficial pictures.

Amazon's app store, available on the Kindle Fire, is trumping Google Play in terms of revenue. With that the case, why does Apple still run the top store?

Yahoo Inc will begin layoffs of thousands of employees next week and will announce a plan to restructure the company the week after that, according to a media report.

Following the whole Antennagate debacle, Apple iPhone 4 owners can now collect a cool $15 in cash settlement for their phone's antenna issues. A Web page with the inspired name of iPhone4settlement.com has popped up and gone live on Thursday, March 29, allowing iPhone 4 owners affected by the smartphone's antenna troubles to collect their cash settlement.

Earlier in the week an organization of outraged “Mass Effect” fans sent developers BioWare more than 400 cupcakes to make a statement about the games ending. But it seems that the folks at the Edmonton, Canada office don’t have much of a sweet tooth.