Information Technology
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Inside Activision's plan to make its gaming league the next ESPN
Sep 10, 2016 7:19 am - Players on headsets exchange strategy as two teams fire away at each other through the rubble of a virtual city. Thousands of video-game fans in an arena cheer as the cl...
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When a commercial rocket blows up, who pays?
Sep 10, 2016 7:18 am - When the SpaceX rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad Sept. 1, the first thought that probably came to mind was thank heavens there weren't any astronauts on board. The...
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FBI wants to be cool enough to recruit hackers
Sep 10, 2016 7:16 am - The FBI has struggled for years to attract enough fresh hacker talent to defend America's computers. One problem? A culture clash between elite coders who are attracted ...
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How sports teams choose their tech gear
Sep 10, 2016 7:15 am - Since at least the 1930s, according to baseball historians, Major League Baseball clubs have kept phones in their dugouts and bullpens. Historians aren't really sure whe...
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You can vote on the next emoji you want to see
Sep 10, 2016 7:15 am - The internet's obsessed with new emoji: pitching them, petitioning for them, arguing about their exact designs and details. But regular users have rarely had a way to be...
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Can virtual reality help hospitals treat pain?
Sep 10, 2016 7:11 am - When Deona Duke woke up from a medically-induced coma to begin recovering from burns that covered almost a third of her body, one of her treatments was hurling snowballs...
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'Grease' death theory won't stop haunting the internet
Sep 10, 2016 7:11 am - Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series in which we explain internet things. We like to call it memesplaining; you might call it meme-ruining. Regardless, if...
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INCubatoredu joins Mobile Makers Academy to form educaitonal not-for-profitSep 08, 2016 1:00 am - BARRINGTON - Business entrepreneurship education program INCubatoredu is combining with Mobile Makers Academy in a newly named not-for-profit organization called Unchart...
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App to help ECC students research, secure scholarshipsSep 08, 2016 1:00 am - Elgin Community College is partnering with OneMain Financial, a personal finance company providing loan products, to help more students find scholarships to continue the...
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TeamLogic IT opens in NapervilleSep 08, 2016 1:00 am - NAPERVILLE - TeamLogic IT, a national chain of IT management services for businesses, recently opened an office in Naperville at 1240 Iroquois Ave., Suite 204. The busi...