Information Technology
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Review: StayAtHand is a hotel reservation app to check intoMay 30, 2015 7:31 am - A few months ago I reviewed Tingo, a service that promises to refund the difference if the price drops on hotel rooms booked through its site. I didn't score a price dro...
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Barrington High students in new coding class show off their creationsMay 28, 2015 5:30 am - Students in Barrington High School's new mobile app development course got to show off their final projects Wednesday night, functioning iPhone and iPad apps, at an even...
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Gogo receives first FAA certificate for next generation Internet serviceMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - ITASCA - Aero communications service provider Gogo has received the first of two Federal Aviation Administration certificates that will be required for Gogo's 2Ku next g...
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Vistec Electron Beam opens showroom in SchaumburgMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Vistec Electron Beam GmbH, a supplier of electron-beam lithography systems, has opened a showroom in Schaumburg to promote and demonstrate its variable-shap...
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Light bulbs that want to change your moodMay 25, 2015 7:14 am - Light bulbs used to be boring, says Consumer Reports. Dimming was about as high-tech as they got. But some LEDs have the potential to be much more, thanks to semiconduct...
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Hillary Clinton was paid millions by tech industry firms with a 2016 stakeMay 25, 2015 7:13 am - In one of her last gigs on the paid lecture circuit, Hillary Clinton addressed an eBay summit aimed at promoting women in the workplace, delivering a 20-minute talk that...
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46 percent illegaly share streaming accounts, study showsMay 25, 2015 6:33 am - A survey conducted in December 2014 by the Consumer Reports National Research Center revealed that 46 percent of American adults with streaming media accounts admitted t...
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Barclays: Driverless cars may cut U.S. Auto sales by 40%May 23, 2015 7:38 am - U.S. auto sales may drop about 40 percent in the next 25 years because of shared driverless cars, forcing mass-market producers such as General Motors Co. and Ford Motor...
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Tech giants to Obama: Reject 'backdoors' to data encryptionMay 23, 2015 7:37 am - WASHINGTON - Tech behemoths including Apple and Google and leading cryptologists are urging President Barack Obama to reject any government proposal that alters the secu...
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Icahn values Apple shares at $240, calls for bigger buybackMay 23, 2015 7:36 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Apple, which already announced it was boosting its capital-return program by $70 billion, should increase its stock buyback, Carl Icahn wrote in a letter...