Information Technology
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Apple loses appeal on e-book pricing case
Jul 03, 2015 7:16 am - A federal appeals court on this week sided with regulators who said Apple was guilty of conspiring to drive up the price of e-books. Calling Apple's transgressions, "the...
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Skype wants to replace your landlines
Jul 03, 2015 7:09 am - Microsoft Corp.'s Skype wants your company to rip out its landlines and place calls over the Web instead. Skype will roll out new products that will let companies replac...
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Why 'Fifty Shades' author should have seen Twitter fail coming
Jul 03, 2015 6:55 am - Twitter is a scary place. Trolls and bullies and public shammers are lurking in every dark corner. Everyone knows that - well, everyone except celebrity publicists, who ...
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IBM Watson's next feat? Taking on cancer
Jul 03, 2015 6:22 am - HOUSTON - Candida Vitale and the other fellows at MD Anderson's leukemia treatment center had known each other for only a few months, but they already were very tight. T...
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More than 26 million changed Facebook picture. So what?Jul 03, 2015 6:00 am - In the wake of a landmark Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage a right nationwide, a whopping 26 million people slapped a rainbow flag over their Facebook ...
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New York City pushes limits to Uber in effort to reduce congestion
Jul 03, 2015 5:30 am - NEW YORK - So many New Yorkers are signing up with Uber Technology that Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council members blame the company and other ride-sharing services f...
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Durbin, Sanguinetti help company celebrate 'America Day'Jul 01, 2015 1:00 am - A typical lunch break doesn't include political speeches along with the hot dogs and ice cream, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin noted Wednesday, eliciting laughter from workers at...
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United Airlines investing $30 million in biofuels producerJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - United Airlines says it is investing $30 million in a biofuels company to reduce its vulnerability to oil-price shocks and limits on carbon emissions from planes. United...
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Entrepreneurs flex muscles on boutique gyms
Jun 28, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Slim one-room gyms are in, and the low cost of starting them is turning gym rats and workout instructors into entrepreneurs. There are no Olympic-sized pools,...
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Why you shouldn't pay for home efficiency upgrades
Jun 28, 2015 6:47 am - NEW YORK - Home efficiency measures such as installing new windows or replacing insulation deliver such a small fraction of their promised energy savings that they may n...