Information Technology
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Open-source 'Great Satan' no more, Microsoft wins over skeptics
Jun 08, 2019 6:10 am - In 2014, Microsoft cloud chief Scott Guthrie wrote up a proposal to acquire GitHub. Then he filed the plan away in a drawer. Every once in a while he'd take the plan out...
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Analysis: Apple, Facebook and Google have lost the monopoly argument
Jun 08, 2019 6:00 am - The future of the tech industry was once decided by messianic entrepreneurs (assisted by venture capitalists and assorted Silicon Valley boosters) pumping out their serm...
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How Peru used balloons to restore internet after massive earthquake
Jun 08, 2019 6:00 am - One of the biggest challenges in the wake of any disaster is restoring communication networks. When Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston in 2017, the Cajun Navy relied on ap...
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Flexera acquires RISC NetworksJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - ITASCA - Flexera said it has acquired RISC Networks, an Asheville, North Carolina-based developer of SaaS-based analytics platform that helps companies speed their migra...
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Accurate Biometrics awarded Fermilab contractJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - ITASCA - Accurate Biometrics was recently awarded the "Live Scan Fingerprinting Services" contract for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia. The purpose of t...
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What does it mean that Google CEO shunned a large stock award?
Jun 02, 2019 6:13 am - Sundar Pichai was, for years, one of the world's highest-paid corporate executives. Now he's facing the opposite reality: No big paychecks at all. The Google chief execu...
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What is your iPhone doing while you sleep? Sharing your data, probably
Jun 01, 2019 6:28 am - It's 3 a.m. Do you know what your iPhone is doing? Mine has been alarmingly busy. Even though the screen is off and I'm snoring, apps are beaming out lots of information...
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Survey: Many teens sleep with their phones, just like their parents
Jun 01, 2019 6:25 am - Four out of five teenagers with mobile devices keep them in their rooms overnight - and nearly a third of those bring them into their beds while sleeping - according to ...
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Analysis: Bing's not the laughingstock of technology anymore
Jun 01, 2019 6:15 am - I'd like to share birthday wishes for one of the most ridiculed technology products ever. This week in 2009, Microsoft Corp. rebooted and renamed its failed effort to co...
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Microsoft unveils personal computer game subscription service
Jun 01, 2019 6:14 am - Microsoft Corp. will begin selling a subscription service for personal computer video games, two years after unveiling a similar offering for the Xbox console. Xbox Game...