Information Technology
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Comcast's Internet is about to get a lot faster in these 5 cities
Feb 06, 2016 6:41 am - Comcast has just released some new details about its future-ready answer to Google Fiber and Verizon FiOS. Beginning in the first half of the year, Atlanta and Nashville...
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This app might be able to help you keep an accurate food diary
Feb 06, 2016 6:40 am - How's that New Year's diet going for ya? Yeah, I thought so. If you're like most people trying to lose weight, you've been tracking calories, because research has shown ...
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Google mastered a game that vexed scientists - and their machines - for decades
Feb 06, 2016 6:39 am - Artificial intelligence took a historic step forward last week when a Google team announced that it taught a machine to master the ancient Chinese game Go, a feat resear...
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Analysis: The cloud wars are seriously heating up
Feb 06, 2016 6:38 am - Most consumers may not realize it, but there's a furious battle playing out right behind the products they use every day. The idea of "the cloud" is still amorphous to m...
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Amazon recruits comedians, engineers for expanding audio service
Feb 06, 2016 6:37 am - Amazon.com Inc. is ramping up its investment in podcasts and other radio-style shows to expand the types of programming it offers via Audible, the audio book company it ...
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Will ad blocking software force you to pay more for less online?
Feb 06, 2016 6:35 am - Randall Rothenberg doesn't want anyone to forget the dangers posed by software that hides online advertising. Rothenberg, who runs the Interactive Advertising Bureau, ga...
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A modern system for screening travelers
Feb 06, 2016 6:35 am - Ever since I was a kid, people have been talking about how the world is getting smaller and more interconnected. Not so long ago, traveling to see world-famous sights an...
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Why you should worry more about 'smart' toasters than power stations
Feb 06, 2016 6:34 am - Hijacking "smart" toasters and refrigerators and hacking corporate ventilation systems are among the new threats envisioned by cybersecurity experts as an increasing arr...
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Facebook's 'teen dating' groups are every parent's nightmare come to life
Feb 06, 2016 6:32 am - Even before the page has fully loaded, the popular Facebook group "Teen Dating and Flirting" looks like a something straight out of some parental nightmare. It has the f...
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12 ways to use your Android smartphone more efficiently
Feb 06, 2016 6:31 am - Android tips are a little trickier to offer than iPhone tips, for a couple of reasons. For one, it's often up to carriers or manufacturers - rather than consumers - who ...