Information Technology
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Review: Windows Phone advances with 8.1 updateApr 19, 2014 8:42 am - NEW YORK - Microsoft's new Windows system for smartphones addresses many of the shortcomings in previous versions. Before, voice search lacked the natural language inte...
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Review: Forward to the past with Windows updateApr 19, 2014 8:22 am - NEW YORK - Even as Microsoft prepares for a future dominated by touch-screen devices, it is steering its Windows system to embrace more of the past. The divide between o...
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Technology stock slump fuels concern startup values may followApr 19, 2014 8:14 am - SAN FRANCISCO - The decline in publicly traded technology stocks is fueling concern that Silicon Valley startups will follow with plummeting valuations. In the past mont...
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Smartphone apps remind patients to take their medsApr 19, 2014 8:11 am - Medicine only helps if you take it properly. And adhering to an exact schedule of what to take, and when, can be challenging for patients who are forgetful or need to ta...
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Review: Siri-like Cortana fills Windows phone gapApr 19, 2014 7:03 am - NEW YORK - "Yay, it's Nick! How can I help?" Thanks for asking, Cortana. And thanks for making the Windows phone software better, Microsoft. With the new Cortana virtual...
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Review: S5 features useful, less about gimmicksApr 19, 2014 7:03 am - NEW YORK - There's a lot to like about Samsung's new Galaxy S5 smartphone - among them, its relative lack of features. Don't get me wrong. The company's new flagship sma...
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Customers hit with expensive Del Taco billApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - SANTA PAULA, Calif. - What was supposed to be a cheap bite at Del Taco turned out to be small fortune for some Southern California customers. About 150 people who ordere...
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Uber meets local lookalikes in Asia taxi-app warsApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - MUMBAI, India - Riding on its startup success and flush with fresh capital, taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia. There's a twist, though: Ins...
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Largest solar farm on Superfund site goes onlineApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - INDIANAPOLIS - The nation's largest solar farm built atop a federal Superfund site is now generating power on a tract of land in Indianapolis tainted by a long-shuttered...
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White House updating online privacy policyApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - A new Obama administration privacy policy released Friday explains how the government will gather the user data of online visitors to WhiteHouse.gov, mobile apps and soc...