Information Technology
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Palm battling smart phone competitors
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Palm Inc.'s death knell has been rung over and over -- on Wall Street, in headlines, and by a growing number of discontented fans. Whether on death ...
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Toy labs see work pile up in wake of recalls
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - ENFIELD, Conn. -- Gone is the 40-hour work week at Specialized Technology Resources Inc. Boxes of toys are piling up in the middle of its testing lab, workers are coming...
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Scoring fashion pointsSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Performance wear designed to wick sweat off the body is leaping from the sports field to the classroom. Youth sports venues and high school athletes have seen the buzz o...
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Ups and downs of PS3 game exclusives
Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - It's been a long year for PlayStation 3 owners with very little in the way of new, exclusive content. As good as they are, "MotorStorm" and "Resistance: Fall of Man" are...
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Apple's Jobs to be questioned by SECSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs was subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to give a deposition in a backdating lawsuit agai...
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Suburbanites get in on the 'Halo' hypeSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Toby Dillman doesn't consider himself a sucker for marketing hype. But when it comes to the video game series "Halo," well, let's just say he's stocked up with all the g...
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Cyber 'smiley face' still alive, well after 25 years
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the ...
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Microsoft loses appeal of European case
Sep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union's second-highest court affirmed the EU's nine-year pursuit of Microsoft, rejecting the software maker's appeal and strengthening ...
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Robot maker with penchant of realism builds 'boy'
Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - RICHARDSON, Texas -- David Hanson has two little Zenos to care for these days. There's his 18-month-old son, Zeno, who prattles and smiles as he bounds through his fathe...
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Linux's free system easier, not for everyoneSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - This column is written for mainstream, nontechie users of digital technology. These folks aren't necessarily novices, and they aren't afraid of computers. They also aren...