Information Technology
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Google's pivotal IPO launched a decade of big betsAug 23, 2014 7:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Google's IPO, a decade ago this week, launched the company on a trajectory that continues to reshape its business and much of the world in its orbit. And...
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Why some parents are keeping kids off FacebookAug 23, 2014 7:22 am - NEW YORK - Behold the cascade of baby photos, the flood of funny kid anecdotes and the steady stream of school milestones on Facebook. It all makes Sonia Rao, a stay-at-...
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Google buying photo-analysis startup Jetpac to expand tech toolsAug 23, 2014 6:59 am - Google Inc. is buying Jetpac Inc., a software developer for analyzing digital pictures, as it seeks to organize the world's information and deliver it alongside advertis...
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Two Europe navigation satellites in the wrong orbitsAug 23, 2014 1:01 am - PARIS - European space officials say they're investigating whether the inaccurate deployment of two satellites will complicate their efforts to develop a new Galileo sat...
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Report: Tesla building I-80 supercharger stationAug 23, 2014 1:01 am - TRUCKEE, Calif. - Tesla Motors Inc. is building a supercharger station in the Sierra Nevada north of Lake Tahoe where drivers of the company's electric cars can recharge...
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Oregon sues Oracle over failed health care websiteAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - SALEM, Ore. - The state of Oregon filed a lawsuit Friday against Oracle Corp. and several of its executives over the technology company's role in creating the troubled w...
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Lawsuits challenge FAA drone, model aircraft rulesAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Model aircraft hobbyists, research universities and commercial drone interests filed lawsuits Friday challenging a government directive that they say impose...
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After Jewel, UPS, how do consumers stay safe from data hacks?Aug 21, 2014 1:00 am - Recent data breaches at Jewel-Osco and at UPS stores added more worry on already whipsawed suburban consumers. Along with those, other hacks have included Target, Mich...
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Online sites shake up hidebound retailing in IndiaAug 17, 2014 7:22 am - MUMBAI, India - Finding a way into India's vast but vexing market has long frustrated foreign retailers. Now, overseas investors are pouring billions of dollars into e-c...
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Amazon takes on Disney's superheroes in pricing fightAug 17, 2014 7:12 am - Amazon.com Inc. is taking on Walt Disney Co. and its superheroes in its quest to gain more control over pricing online. Amazon blocked preorders of Disney's summer hit m...