All Stories from September 8, 2012 (Change date)
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Universities in race to create bionic eyeSep 08, 2012 7:55 am - Jeanette Pritchard slides a brain onto the table and points to the area where scientists will implant 600 tiny electrodes to produce bionic vision. The wobbly white orga...
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Can ‘FarmVille 2’ save struggling Zynga?Sep 08, 2012 7:55 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Not long ago, online games company Zynga looked on pace to unseat much bigger, well-established rivals as it rode the popularity of “FarmVille,” the clic...
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Apple rivals try to outshine next iPhone with cool featuresSep 08, 2012 7:48 am - Nokia Oyj and Google Inc. are doing their best to spoil next week’s iPhone announcement, touting new phones with features such as edge-to-edge screens, augmented reality...
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Virus origin in Gulf computer attacks in questionSep 08, 2012 7:25 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Security technicians are beginning to suspect that highly targeted virus attacks were behind the recent crippling of computer systems at tw...
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How consumer-electronics makers are faringSep 08, 2012 7:14 am - Makers and sellers of consumer-electronics devices have been releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here’s a look at selected companies that report uni...
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Online class at U of Illinois attracts 32,000Sep 08, 2012 7:04 am - URBANA — Talk about a big class: One professor at the University of Illinois started the fall semester with nearly 32,000 students from around the world. Professor Jonat...
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Suburban teams prepared for today's “Flugtag”Sep 08, 2012 7:00 am - Among the 28 teams competing today in the Red Bull Flugtag at North Avenue Beach, it will be easy to make out Jimmy O'Brien of Palatine. Most likely, he'll be the only o...
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In fall Apple season, rival phone makers struggleSep 08, 2012 6:55 am - NEW YORK — It’s shaping up to be a cold fall for smartphone makers other than Apple, as the trendsetter of the phone industry gears up to release the next iPhone. Nokia ...
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Murata turns to tiniest device for big businessSep 08, 2012 6:22 am - TOKYO — Small is big for Murata: The Japanese electronics maker has developed the world’s tiniest version of a component known as the capacitor. And that’s potentially b...
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MagicJack surges to five-month highSep 08, 2012 6:15 am - MagicJack VocalTec Ltd. climbed to the highest in five months in New York trading after the Israeli maker of phone-over-Internet technology raised its 2012 earnings fore...