Information Technology
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Twitter: Govt. requests for user data increasedAug 02, 2014 7:33 am - NEW YORK - Twitter said government requests for user data grew sharply in the past six months as more countries asked for a greater amount of information about users. M...
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Facebook tries to ease your privacy concernsAug 02, 2014 7:33 am - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg once famously said that privacy was no longer a "social norm" in a society that seemed compelled to share everything. But recent moves from ...
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Facebook trades gift feature for buy buttonAug 02, 2014 7:33 am - Facebook Inc. is ending a service that lets friends send digital gift cards to each other, as the social-networking service revamps how users can buy goods and services....
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Facebook's Internet.org expands in ZambiaAug 02, 2014 7:33 am - NEW YORK - Facebook's Internet.org project is taking another step toward its goal of bringing the Internet to people who are not yet online, launching an app this week i...
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Review: 3Doodler is fun but quirky '3-D pen'Aug 02, 2014 7:30 am - NEW YORK — 3-D printing is all the rage. You can hit a button on your computer, which sends a file to a printer, which produces a small 3-D object out of plastic. It's a...
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Bitcoin tax-free transactions face court testAug 02, 2014 7:01 am - BRUSSELS - Tax-free trading of bitcoin faces a legal test at the European Union's top court after Swedish authorities sought to extend existing levies to virtual currenc...
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Dismantling California nuke plant to cost $4.4 billionAug 02, 2014 1:01 am - SAN DIEGO - Dismantling the San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California will take two decades and cost $4.4 billion, but spent radioactive fuel will be held at...
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Law changed to allow 'unlocking' cellphonesAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - It just got a little easier to swap cellphone providers. President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Friday making it legal once again to unlock a cell...
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MoxieJean.com grows by selling used kids clothingJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - Arlington Heights-based MoxieJean.com, an e-commerce site for buying and selling used children's clothing, is just two years out of its incubator and already has garnere...
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CDW sales rise 12 percent in second quarterJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - Vernon Hills-based technology services provider CDW Corp. said net sales for the second quarter of 2014 rose almost 12 percent on strong sales in its education and healt...