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Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
The automaker can sell in every state because transactions legally take place in California. The North Carolina law, however, prevents customers in the state from making electronic purchases directly through manufacturers, said Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president of business development.
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Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and myriad playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.
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Tencent WeChat taps mobile users May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Tencent Holdings Ltd., China's largest Internet company, will introduce games aimed at mobile users of its WeChat messaging service in the next few months to boost revenue after posting profit that beat analyst estimates. Shenzen-basedTencent said it was working on the pipeline of games for WeChat, known as Weixin in China.
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Is Apple losing its innovation magic? May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Apple Inc., the world's most valuable technology company, has lost its edge among investors, according to the latest Bloomberg Global Poll. Hedge funds sold large stakes of the iPhone maker's stock in the first quarter, Apple shares are down 40 percent from last year's high and the company paid higher interest rates for a recent bond sale than Microsoft -- in a PC trumps Mac moment.
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Pentagon clears Apple devices for military use May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
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Facebook: A year after flawed IPO May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
After a market debut marred by technical glitches and a deep dive in the company's stock price, Facebook has spent the past year focused on its biggest weaknesses: how to make money and keep its more than 1 billion users tethered to the social network. The results have been mixed.
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Hottest job on market: Cybersecurity professionals May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Security breaches experienced by institutions ranging from Facebook to the Federal Reserve are spurring spending on cybersecurity. With few specialists trained to respond to evolving attacks and most universities still adjusting to requirements, demand is overwhelming supply.
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Is Yahoo a media or tech company? May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr for $1.1 billion is a big gamble by Marissa Mayer, the company's recently-hired CEO. The microblogging site is a valuable asset, but media accounts of Mayer's thinking suggest she hasn't come to terms with Yahoo's fundamental dysfunction: that it can't decide whether it's a media company or a technology company.
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Cities go high-tech with parking, water May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Relatively mundane city-management issues, from parking to water use, are going high-tech as cities seek to use analytics and information to improve their operations. Companies are pushing this kind of work, arguing that it can improve city services and operations while in many cases lowering costs or even producing new revenue.
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Will Tumblr be like Google or Craigslist? May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Yahoo has concluded that Tumblr, the social blogging service, is worth a whopping $1.1 billion. Will the bet prove a good one? The answer depends on whether the combined company can turn its many millions of users into a interlocking set of services that no competitor can hope to replicate. In short, the question is whether Yahumblr, or Tumbloo, or whatever we want to call it, is more like Google or more like Craigslist.
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Microsoft updates Xbox to fend off Apple, Facebook May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Microsoft is revamping the Xbox to fend off a breed of competitors ranging from Apple to Facebook. Those companies were nowhere in gaming when the software maker debuted its last version five years ago. Now these newcomers — along with the likes of Google and Amazom.com — are posing a threat by introducing their own software and devices that let consumers access an array of games and entertainment on smartphones, computers and home electronics.
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Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000 May 25, 2013 12:00 AM
German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family garage.
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Feds pull plug on uranium plant, 1,000 jobs May 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Last May, the plant faced closure until officials reached a deal that gave it a reprieve for another year. Under that deal, the plant enriched depleted uranium for Tennessee Valley Authority and Energy Northwest, a utility in Washington state.
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AT&T boosts LTE service in Northwest suburbs May 24, 2013 12:00 AM
AT&T, which has its Midwest headquarters in Hoffman Estates, said it has completed its LTE rollout around many Northwest suburbs. That means AT&T customers here have more capacity on their mobile phones to upload more data, said AT&T spokeswoman Erin McGrath.Business and individual customers in Barrington, South Barrington, Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, Lake Zurich, Niles, Rolling Meadows, Wauconda, Kildeer, Wheeling, Palatine and Mount Prospect likely have seen the improved coverage in recent weeks.
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Spotlight on Wheeling High’s manufacturing lab May 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Congressman Brad Schneider visited Wheeling High School's manufacturing lab on Friday, discussing the current state of manufacturing and how to address the growing lack of skilled workers with teachers, students, local manufacturers and industry leaders .
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Island Lake eying new IT firm, but Sciarrone objects May 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Island Lake trustees have identified the firm they want to get the village's computer system running properly. Nearly all the board members want to hire Ryden Solutions, a Volo company, to be their information-technology experts, despite the firm's ties to the village's previous IT contractor.
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Comcast debuts WiFi service in Chicago area May 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Comcast, which has its Midwest headquarters in Schaumburg, has launched Xfinity Wi-Fi in the Chicago and suburban area. Comcast customers can access about 100,000 hot spots nationwide, including more than 1,000 in Chicago and the suburbs for free, said company spokesman Jack Segel. "So many people use our service on mobile devices and download and stream content on the go. It only made sense to provide it now," he said.
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Oakton receives grant to fund nanotechnology education May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Oakton Community College has received a $374,279 grant from the National Science Foundation to educate college and high school students in the emerging field of nanotechnology.
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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price.
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Apple’s Cook to face Senate questions on taxes May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Apple’s CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates. “We pay all the taxes we owe — every single dollar. We don’t depend on tax gimmicks,” Tim Cook testified at a hearing by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which released a damning report Monday on Apple’s tax practices.
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