Information Technology
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Review: Hate splitting the bill but love going out? Try to dine and DashMay 23, 2015 7:31 am - There are few things more irritating than the moment at the end of a meal when everyone breaks out their sixth-grade math skills in an attempt to fairly split the bill. ...
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Uh, you probably don't want to tweet to @POTUS, actuallyMay 23, 2015 1:00 am - Twitter, at first glance, is a magical fantasy land - a utopia where any old egg can freely converse with presidents, pop stars and kings. It is the great democratizer; ...
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CDW to offer 10 million shares of stock, buy back 2 million sharesMay 21, 2015 1:00 am - VERNON HILLS - CDW Corp. said it will hold a public offering of 10 million shares of its common stock that is being sold by current stockholders. The selling stockholder...
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Dist. 62 employee wins honor from AppleMay 19, 2015 1:00 am - Jason Hanrahan, library media specialist at Plainfield School in Des Plaines, was recently named a member of the 2015 Class of Apple Distinguished Educators. "My first ...
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Verizon will pick up more than 2 million dial-up subscribers in AOL dealMay 16, 2015 7:39 am - In its $4.4 billion deal to buy AOL, Verizon isn't just picking up Huffington Post and TechCrunch -- they are also getting more than 2 million dial-up customers. In the ...
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The curious case of .cat, the Internet's weirdest, most radical domainMay 16, 2015 7:37 am - Cat, is without a doubt, the Internet's single, all-time best domain. If .cats rule the Internet - which they do, obviously -.cat puts .com, .net and .org to shame. And ...
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Companies rush to buy Internet addresses that end in '.sucks'May 16, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON -- Apple, Citigroup and the San Francisco 49ers are among companies rushing to protect their brands from critics and pranksters by buying up new Internet addr...
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Wearable devices portend vast health, research and privacy consequencesMay 16, 2015 7:35 am - SAN DIEGO - From the instant he wakes up each morning, through his workday and into the night, the essence of Larry Smarr is captured by a series of numbers: a resting h...
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Obama administration to speed technology for self-driving carsMay 16, 2015 7:34 am - Cars that talk to one another and drive themselves may arrive on U.S. highways sooner than you think as the Obama administration launches an effort to expedite their pro...
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We test-drove the Toyota's Mirai, the car that Elon Musk hatesMay 16, 2015 7:33 am - WASHINGTON -- You expect a certain sort of magic from a car like Toyota's Mirai, the world's first mass-market, hydrogen-powered all-electric named after the Japanese wo...