Information Technology
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App reviews: Rdio, Clumsy NinjaAug 22, 2015 7:34 am - Rdio has released an update to its music streaming app that is aimed at helping separate it from the pack. The latest version includes the ability to access live radio, ...
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High-tech cars blur lines between Detroit, Silicon Valley
Aug 22, 2015 7:33 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. - The office has all the trappings of a high-tech startup. There's a giant beanbag in the foyer and erasable, white board walls for brainstorming. Some...
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Review: Like That Garden app helps you ID flowers (sort of)Aug 22, 2015 7:32 am - Perhaps you know someone like this. (Please, tell me you know someone like this). You'll be walking along, chatting to said person, when you realize you are talking to t...
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Review: Installing Windows 10 convinced me that Microsoft is back
Aug 22, 2015 7:31 am - I don't know if I broke a law of computing or committed heresy. But I installed Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro. I had feared that this would condemn me to purgatory in the...
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Uber, GM and Fermilab share innovations and vision for transportationAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - Receiving a driver's license will soon no longer be a passage toward adulthood, according to a panel of transportation experts. Instead, cars of the near future will dri...
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Northrup Grumman names new cyber executiveAug 19, 2015 1:00 am - ROLLING MEADOWS - Northrop Grumman Corp. has appointed Robert J. Fleming vice president of cyber, unattended systems and division strategy for the company's Rolling Mead...
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You can now look up ER wait times, hospital noise levels and nursing home fines on Yelp
Aug 16, 2015 7:00 am - Yelp is adding a ton of health care data to its review pages for medical businesses to give consumers more access to government information on hospitals, nursing homes a...
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How Arby's came to embrace Jon Stewart's jabs
Aug 16, 2015 7:00 am - If you've been a loyal watcher of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" in recent years, you know the show has been serving up a steady diet of jokes about Arby's. "It's lik...
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How doxing went from a cheap hacker trick to a presidential campaign tactic
Aug 15, 2015 7:40 am - When Donald Trump stood on a South Carolina stage three weeks ago and reeled off Senator Lindsey Graham's phone number to a tittering audience, he no doubt believed he w...
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Democrats think they've figured out how to turn the Uber wars to their advantage
Aug 15, 2015 7:35 am - WASHINGTON - At a time when fast-growing companies like Uber are giving struggling American workers a fresh source of income - but not necessarily steady or reliable emp...