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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2010 file photo, Democratic Rep. Rush Holt answers a question during a debate with Republican challenger Scott Sipprelle in Trenton, N.J. Holt, a plasma physicist-turned-politician, topped the IBM supercomputer 'Watson' in a round of Jeopardy! in Washington, on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Holt was a five-time Jeopardy! winner. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) (AP)

Watson loses at Jeopardy -- to a congressman

Associated Press

Can computers truly think?

"Waiting For Godot": The video game

Mary Elizabeth Williams

In this undated publicity image released by Jeopardy Productions, Inc., host Alex Trebek, left, poses with contestants Ken Jennings, center, and Brad Rutter and a computer named Watson in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. On Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, "Jeopardy!" will begin airing two matches spread over three days between Jennings, Rutter and Watson, who was developed by IBM scientists. (AP Photo/Jeopardy Productions, Inc.) NO SALES (AP)

Steve Jobs

Apple posts gargantuan earnings, Jobs takes leave

Michelle Fitzsimmons

In this undated publicity image released by Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings, left, and Brad Rutter, two of the most successful contestants on the game show "Jeopardy!," are shown. Jennings and Rutter two of the venerable game show's most successful champions, will play two games against "Watson," a computer program developed by IBM's artificial intelligence team. The matches will be spread over three days that will air Feb. 14-16, the game show said on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeopardy!, Charles William Bush) (AP)

Jeff Bridges in "TRON: Legacy"

The astonishing recycled tedium of "TRON"

Vincent Rossmeier

Scott Rosenberg

Since you asked ...

Tracy Clark-Flory

Scott Rosenberg

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