Information Technology
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How to save and protect your digital afterlifeMay 31, 2014 6:35 am - We live increasingly virtual lives. We are our Facebook profiles, our iTunes libraries, our Amazon wish lists, our Dropbox files, our Twitter feeds. Online, we're perman...
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Digital thieves say pay up or iPhone's deadMay 31, 2014 6:23 am - Proponents of equipping smartphones with obligatory kill switches to prevent theft should heed a new type of fraud that has spread from Russia and Ukraine to Australia i...
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Review: New kiddie fitness band more toy than techMay 31, 2014 6:07 am - NEW YORK - Wearable technology is all the rage these days for adults. Now, the concept is spreading to kids. LeapFrog, the maker of kids' tablets and other education...
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Apple's Beats buy joins tech and street-wise styleMay 31, 2014 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Beats Electronics' colorful, oversized headphones serve as a fashion accessory to cool kids riding the New York City subway, but as tech companies such as App...
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France: Non-Europe media must pay to cover D-Day anniversaryMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - PARIS - Millions of viewers worldwide could miss live coverage of the commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day next week because the French president's offic...
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Zuckerberg, wife gift $120M to CA schoolsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - MENLO PARK, Calif. - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $120 million to the San Francisco Bay Area's public school system. The coupl...
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What to do with all those unearthed Atari games?May 30, 2014 1:01 am - ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - Officials in southeastern New Mexico began work on a plan this week to divide a cache of Atari video games dug up from an old landfill last month. Jo...
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Motorola to close Texas smartphone factoryMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - FORT WORTH, Texas - Google's Motorola Mobility handset unit announced Friday it will shutter its North Texas factory by the end of this year, barely a year after it open...
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DuPage County bureau offers augmented reality with new visitor's guideMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - The Oak Brook-based DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau is giving new life to its visitor's guide. In fact, it could change before your eyes. The DuPage County Visitors ...
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Europe's move to rein in Google would stall in U.S.May 26, 2014 1:00 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Europe's moves to rein in Google — including a court ruling this month ordering the search giant to give people a say in what pops up when someon...