Information Technology
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Ask.com's new 'eraser' will scrub search requests from its computers
Dec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Hoping to establish itself as the Internet's least intrusive search engine, Ask.com is empowering people to prevent their search requests from being dep...
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IBM wins Vodafone deal
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI -- Vodafone's Indian joint venture is transferring all of its information technology-related work to IBM Corp. under a 5-year contract that will reduce costs a...
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Privacy advocates balk as companies merge your online, offline habits
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Information about your online and offline activities, formerly kept separate for marketing purposes, is starting to blend, perhaps without you even realizing...
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Universal inks licensing pact with social networking site imeem
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Social networking Web site operator imeem Inc. has signed a licensing deal with Universal Music Group to offer free streaming of music and videos by the r...
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Area companies have you covered for your high-tech holiday needsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - So Cyber Monday wasn't your thing? And night-owl and early-bird sales at the bricks-and-mortars are getting old? Yet you still need that certain something for a holiday ...
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Slacker is radio, with more controlDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - More than 100 million music fans know the joys of portable digital music players -- the ability to carry a large number of your favorite songs, arranged in playlists of ...
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Facebook apologizes for privacy snafu; Higher ed in Second Life
Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Among the top stories in the Tech world this week came Wednesday when Facebook said it will allow members to turn off a controversial feature that monitors t...
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Macrovision to buy Gemstar-TV Guide
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Macrovision Corp., which develops technology to prevent unauthorized copying and viewing of video, music and other content, said Friday it will bu...
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Analysts: U.S. economic slowdown will take bite out of technology
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- Weakness in the U.S. economy figures to take a bite out of the technology industry's growth rate in 2008, when analysts expect tech spending to slow around the...
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Toyota shows off new violin-playing robot
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Compared to a virtuoso, its rendition was a trifle stilted and, well, robotic. But Toyota's new robot plays a pretty solid "Pomp and Circumstance" on the violin...