Information Technology
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Gas at the touch of your fingertips
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Area drivers have a new way to pay for gasoline: with their fingertips. Ten Shell gas stations in the Chicago area are testing biometric systems that let con...
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Screens, exhibit put world within reachNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Just lift your finger close to the life-size digital screen. Even before it touches, the map senses what you want to see. That's what people will find when they attend t...
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Gateway's new desktop reminiscent of iMacNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - If you've lusted after Apple's sleek, one-piece iMac desktop computers but have no interest in switching to the Mac, you're in luck this holiday season. Two of the big W...
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Leopard: Faster, easier than VistaOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The Mac is on a roll. Apple Inc.'s perennially praised but slow-selling Macintosh computers have surged in popularity in the past few years, with sales growing much fast...
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News Corp., NBC launch online site as YouTube alternative
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- NBC and Fox are set to launch an advertising-supported online video site that hosts programming from varied entertainment companies in a bid to seize vie...
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Microsoft profits boosts Wall Street
Oct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed an erratic week with strong gains on Friday as strong earnings from Microsoft and an optimistic outlook from Countrywide Financial outweig...
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Apple profits up on iPod, iPhone salesOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple's fiscal fourth-quarter profits jumped 67 percent and easily beat Wall Street expectations, capping a record-breaking year that saw unprecedent...
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Accessories keep iPhone shiny, new-looking
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Anyone who owns Apple Inc.'s iPhone knows that it can be mighty difficult to keep the sleek smart phone shining. But is it necessary to shell out more money to keep the ...
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Before you buy that PCOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - It's time for my annual fall PC buyer's guide and, surprisingly, 10 months after Microsoft's Vista operating system emerged, Vista is still the biggest puzzle in consume...
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Gateway to the universe
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- In this remote and rusting town on the barren steppes of Central Asia, the space race and the Sputnik era seem much more than a memory. Rockets s...