Information Technology
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Your old, embarrassing tweets just became much, much easier to findNov 22, 2014 5:17 am - Until Tuesday afternoon, when Twitter released its first complete index, digging up old tweets - even from politicians, celebrities and other notables - was a surprising...
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Yahoo replaces Google as Firefox's default searchNov 22, 2014 5:17 am - Yahoo may be getting more serious about search again. Mozilla is dropping Google as the default search engine for its Firefox browser, replacing it with Yahoo for U.S. u...
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Twitter vows to help fight online abuse of womenNov 22, 2014 5:17 am - Twitter hasn't always been kind to its female users - much like the Internet more generally. But after half a dozen high-profile harassment incidents in as many months, ...
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Uber backlash brings privacy concerns to lightNov 22, 2014 5:15 am - An Uber executive's suggestion that the company should investigate the private lives of journalists has sparked a backlash against the popular car service, offering a p...
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Boxer-clad coders adorn Silicon Valley's billboard boomNov 22, 2014 5:11 am - Some of the most expensive property in Silicon Valley these days is about 14 feet high, 50 feet wide and overlooking the highway. Billboard sales around the region are u...
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Review: Apple's iOS 8 provides a smarter typeNov 22, 2014 5:04 am - SAN FRANCISCO - I never would have considered writing this review on my iPhone if I hadn't upgraded to Apple's new operating system, iOS 8. With the free upgrade, typing...
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Google to lease NASA's Moffett Field Airfield for $1.2 billionNov 22, 2014 4:22 am - Google Inc. has agreed to a $1.2 billion lease of NASA's Moffett Field airfield in California for 60 years, as the company invests in new technologies such as robotics a...
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Google's moonshot that missed: Google GlassNov 22, 2014 4:00 am - NEW YORK — The latest bad news for Google's dreams of putting a computer on every face came when Reuters reported that the company no longer plans to release its smart g...
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Aurora first of 6 new sites for ILoveKickboxing.comNov 20, 2014 12:01 am - Dennis de Ramos was a marketing manager at IBM in Schaumburg and had worked for the company for about 20 years. But he had longed to be his own boss. Since he enjoyed w...
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NSA Director: China can damage US power gridNov 20, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - China and "one or two" other countries are capable of mounting cyberattacks that would shut down the electric grid and other critical systems in parts of th...