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If that TiVo Premiere of yours still doesn’t have enough content sitting in its memory to satisfy your appetite, you’re in luck, as Flingo’s LauchPad on-demand video platform has just been baked into the hardware. Now, channel surfers can stream content from more than 70 video apps from the likes of A&E, CollegeHumor, Crunchyroll, History, Showtime and others. LaunchPad for TiVo will also feature exclusive content, but details regarding just what it might be are scarce. In addition to the bevy of streaming options, users can even “fling” online videos from other devices to their television screen with the aid of a bookmarklet. Ashwin Navin, Flingo co-founder and CEO, tells Venture Beat that he’d like to implement the firm’s SyncApps second screen tech into TiVo’s box, but that won’t be coming in the near future.

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WASHINGTON — John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, didn’t officially acknowledge the CIA’s role in the use of drones in the targeted killing of suspected terrorists overseas during his testimony last week, a Justice Department lawyer contended in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit this week.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which is suing the CIA for information on its drone program, didn’t identify any statement “in which Mr. Brennan allegedly confirms purported CIA involvement in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for ‘targeted killing,'” DOJ attorney Sharon Swingle wrote in a filing in the CIA FOIA case on Wednesday. “Rather, plaintiffs cite instances in which members of Congress mentioned ‘targeted killing,’ and general discussions of ‘targeted killing’ that do not address the involvement of any particular agency.”

Likewise, the government contended that Rep. Mike Rogers’ (R-Mich.) statements on “Face The Nation” don’t count as “official disclosure by the CIA” of the “targeted killing” program.

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It seems that everyone is jumping on the smart watches band wagon these days. We reported a few days earlier that Apple has put together a team to create the iWatch. Samsung, it seem s, doesn’t want to be far behind in smartwatch race. Leaked pictures from a Korean message board which were spotted by Slash Gear, suggest Samsung might have a few aces of their own.

The watch is being called the Galaxy Altius, which would put the smartwatch in Samsung’s Galaxy category.  Although there isn’t a lot of information present about the specs of the watch, it is fairly simple to ascertain a few things from the leaked picture. The device seems to have a data plan associated with it, has internal memory, an OS by the name of AltiusOS Beta2 and a touch screen.  The screenshots also display an email connection of sorts. The pictures are all sized at 500 x 500 pixels, which could be pointing towards a 500 x 500 pixel resolution.

Samsung might be planning on unveiling the smartwatch design along with the Galaxy S IV in the middle of March.  Would you be willing to buy a smartwatch that doubles as your mobile phone? For now we will have to wait and see which company dishes out the first smartwatch.

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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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In Hollywood, it’s a stylist’s nightmare to send a celebrity client to a red carpet event in a dress that’s — gasp — already been worn by someone else. Of course, there are exceptions. Like the ubiquitous Stella McCartney peplum dress.

The latest star to jump on the bandwagon? Chrissy Teigen. The model turned up to fête Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue last night in the chic LBD from Stella’s fall 2011 collection. As usual, our Twitter crush rocked it.

Like we said, Chrissy was following in some fashionable footsteps. Best friend to the designer Liv Tyler sported a polka-dot version back in 2011, while model Brooklyn Decker wore hers just a few months ago. Kim Kardashian even gave the popular peplum a spin during a visit to the Ivory Coast. Obviously, this dress has gotten a lot of mileage the past few seasons.

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