Information Technology
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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...
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Retailers try virtual reality to lure shoppers back to storesMay 16, 2015 7:32 am - John Goodwin has never been sky diving before. But here he is, staring out over a craggy, sun-drenched canyon in Moab, Utah, lurching toward a gutsy jump off a 420-foot ...
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How smart mirrors boost sales at upscale retailersMay 16, 2015 7:31 am - NEW YORK - Imagine a fitting room with a "smart" mirror that suggests jeans to go with the red shirt you brought in. It snaps a video so you can compare the image side-b...
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Dist. 200 board OKs technology spendingMay 14, 2015 5:30 am - The Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 board of education approved several large technology purchases Wednesday that will bring noticeable changes to schools across t...
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Stevenson High launches app for students, parentsMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - Stevenson High School students and parents can use a new mobile app to check grades, get assignments and take care of other important tasks. The app, called SHS Now, is ...
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With mobile apps, first aid enters a new eraMay 09, 2015 7:39 am - When 911 dispatchers get a call that someone has collapsed and stopped breathing, they quickly notify first responders. In hundreds of communities across the country, th...
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Long-awaited virtual reality headsets to be available in early 2016May 09, 2015 7:38 am - Get excited, futurists. The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is coming soon to a store near you. Really. Oculus VR announced Wednesday that it finally has a shipping ...