Information Technology
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Ecuador heralds digital currency plansSep 06, 2014 7:43 am - QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador is planning to create what it calls the world's first digital currency issued by a central bank, which some analysts believe could be a first st...
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Germans warm to crowdfunding as luxury resort attracts investorsSep 06, 2014 7:42 am - BERLIN - Millionaire Jan Henric Buettner wanted to expand a luxury resort on the Baltic coast he'd built with some of the money he'd made over 20 years as a technology e...
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'Smart Buildings' strategy put to test at GSASep 06, 2014 7:39 am - WASHINGTON - At the General Services Administration in downtown Washington, tiny white sensors pepper the windows, ceiling tiles, heating units, water tanks and fan cool...
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Driverless cars hijacked by hackers signal risk in Google pushSep 06, 2014 7:39 am - LONDON - A red VW Golf jerks back and forth as it maneuvers into a parking space in the English spa town of Cheltenham. The halting efforts resemble those of a new drive...
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Netflix unveils new way to share recommendationsSep 06, 2014 7:38 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix is giving its Internet video subscribers a more discreet way to recommend movies and TV shows to their Facebook friends after realizing most peop...
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Review: Samsung phones impress, but new apps keySep 06, 2014 7:34 am - NEW YORK - After years of promoting its phones as "the next big thing," Samsung is realizing that bigger isn't necessarily better. Two new Galaxy Note smartphones from S...
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How to protect your data in the cloudSep 06, 2014 7:33 am - NEW YORK - The theft of nude photographs from celebrities' online accounts has thrown a spotlight on the security of cloud computing, a system used by a growing number o...
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Apple said to team up with Visa, MasterCard on iPhone walletSep 06, 2014 7:32 am - Apple plans to turn its next iPhone into a mobile wallet through a partnership with major payment networks, banks and retailers, according a person familiar with the sit...
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Wealthy minorities using more technology to learn about investingSep 04, 2014 1:01 am - Lake Forest-based Spectrem Group, which advises wealthy people on investments, decided to survey three of its largest segments of minorities to learn more about their us...
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Dist. 158 parents worry kids can access porn on tabletsSep 04, 2014 1:00 am - Parents came to the Huntley-Algonquin School District 158 board meeting Thursday to express frustration after their children were able to access pornographic images on s...