Information Technology
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App reviews: Save the Line, Pac Man
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - This quick little puzzler requires fast reflexes and lots of patience. Players are the stewards of a line, which you have to save from hitting all the obstacles the game...
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Google's driverless cars are now legally the same as a human driver
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - If you hop into one of Google's pod-like self-driving cars, you won't be considered the driver, according to a letter sent to Google by federal transportation officials....
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How you can win a Facebook argument
Feb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Disagreements are a fact of life, whether you're online or off it. But it's a fact universally acknowledged that arguments are frequently more entrenched on the Internet...
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Conant students win award at Hyperloop contestFeb 10, 2016 5:00 am - Conant senior Nick Pope of Elk Grove Village digs astronomy and exploring our place in the cosmos, but what really drives him is another Space Age idea conceived by mill...
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Sparton Corp. 2Q sales up, but demand decreasesFeb 09, 2016 12:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Sparton Corp. reported sales for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 of $103.5 million, an increase of 21 percent, from $85.6 million for the second quar...
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Report: Smartwatches will definitely overtake fitness bands
Feb 07, 2016 6:39 am - In the technology tussle for consumer wrists, it seems as if the smart money is on the smartwatch. A new report from Gartner predicts that the wearables market will grow...
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Fitbits now mandatory for students at this Oklahoma university
Feb 07, 2016 6:36 am - They take exercise seriously at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa. All students are required to meet strict fitness goals. And they are graded on how they do. For years, ...
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Why The Isle of Man might hand over its roads to self-driving cars
Feb 07, 2016 6:35 am - Phil Gawne, the transportation minister on the Isle of Man, is working 16-hour days on two projects rooted in radically different eras. First, he's trying to salvage the...
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Why everyone hates Uber's new logo
Feb 07, 2016 6:33 am - Like just about any other iPhone user, I have an apps folder titled "Navigation" on my homescreen. But when I open it, I can't find what I'm searching for. I know it's t...
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His Internet was too slow. So he set up a robot to pester Comcast about it.
Feb 07, 2016 6:31 am - Many of us have grappled with slow Internet speeds at one time or another. Maybe you've even called your Internet provider about it. But you probably haven't gone to the...