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Rhodri Marsden: Google could change the way we watch TV
Just like breathing, sleeping and dancing self-consciously at weddings, watching TV is something that comes pretty naturally. We've been doing it in the same way for decades; the manner in which families sat around watching the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday was pretty similar to how an older generation watched the Queen's coronation in 1953, except the Queen obviously wasn't singing in heavily accented English about apricots, and the public didn't have the opportunity to vote out the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Russia wants to ban Cold War villains from games
Dismayed by the negative way it is portrayed in computer games, Russia is planning to promote itself with a series of patriotic titles based on the heroic deeds of its soldiers in the Second World War.
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