Information Technology
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GPS plan will allow Palatine district's parents to track buses onlineApr 10, 2014 1:01 am - School buses shuttling Palatine Township Elementary District 15 students will be outfitted with devices that allow parents to track routes in real-time. The school board...
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Forsythe building $130 million data center in Elk GroveApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - Skokie-based Forsythe Technology is spending about $130 million to build a 221,000-square-foot data center at Touhy Avenue and Busse Road in Elk Grove Village. Forsythe ...
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U.S. penned political satire in secret Cuban TwitterApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Draft messages produced for a Twitter-like service in Cuba that the U.S. government secretly funded were overtly political, documents obtained by The Associ...
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GIV Mobil launches in Lombard, SchaumburgApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - If you shop at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, you may have noticed a new kiosk for GIV Mobile that opened last week. The Chicago-based retailer uses the 4G network of T-...
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'Cuban Twitter' - overtly political, poking CastrosApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Draft messages produced for a Twitter-like network that the U.S. government secretly built in Cuba were overtly political and poked fun at the Castro brothe...
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Work on U of I solar field could start this yearApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - University of Illinois officials said they hope work could begin later this year on a field of solar panels that will ultimately supply about 2 percent...
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Next year's high-skilled visas snapped up in daysApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - Businesses seeking highly skilled workers from overseas took less than a week to snap up all 85,000 visas available for next year. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...
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Google's April Fool's jokes changed industryApr 05, 2014 9:01 am - NEW YORK - By 2004, Google had already become well-known for its April Fool's pranks. That year, it appeared to up the ante, with not just one but two suspiciously impro...
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Review: Narrative Clip logs your life in photosApr 05, 2014 8:32 am - ATLANTA - Ever had one of those "Gosh, I wish I had a camera" moments when something novel happens in your life? The Narrative Clip is a small, wearable camera that make...
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Microsoft reveals Siri-like Windows Phone featureApr 05, 2014 8:12 am - NEW YORK - Microsoft unveiled a new virtual assistant for Windows Phone devices as it seeks to gain traction in a highly competitive and lucrative market for smartphones...