Information Technology
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Interest in Fox Valley robot competition skyrocketingMar 08, 2014 12:01 am - By the end of the morning events at the Illinois VEX Robotics state championships, several members of four different teams had gathered around a monitor with a scrolling...
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Austin tech firm had 20 employees on missing planeMar 08, 2014 12:01 am - AUSTIN, Texas - An Austin, Texas, technology company says 20 of its employees were aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing over the South China Sea. Jacey ...
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Ex-NAACP president wants minorities in the tech worldMar 07, 2014 10:00 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. — Just months after stepping down as head of the nation's largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his car...
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Schools raise concerns about social app Yik YakMar 07, 2014 4:15 am - In the wake of concerns raised by city and suburban high schools, a new social-networking app that allows users to post comments anonymously has reportedly been shut dow...
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Snowden, Assange top bill at Texas tech gatheringMar 07, 2014 12:01 am - AUSTIN, Texas - Surveillance. Online privacy. Robots. Food processing. Wearable computers. To get a sense of what's on the minds of the tech industry's thinkers, leaders...
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Illinois commended for renewable energyMar 07, 2014 12:01 am - CHICAGO - Illinois has more cities providing 100 percent renewable energy than any other state, which has reduced pollution by the equivalent of removing a million cars ...
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Credit industry headed for cards with chipsMar 07, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Visa and MasterCard are forming a group that's intended to help the retail and banking industries come together on more-secure credit card payments. Credit ca...
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Wake up and smell the bacon ... with Oscar Mayer's appMar 06, 2014 12:01 am - MADISON, Wis. - Want to wake up to the sound of bacon sizzling on the stove with its aroma drawing you out of bed? There's an app for that. Oscar Mayer says it has creat...
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New app offers consumer protection for devicesMar 06, 2014 12:00 am - Bob Hanson of Cary wants to make sure consumers have enterprise-quality protection on their devices. That means, get a free download of ViaProtect, an app that offers te...
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Beleaguered Sony counting on new game machineMar 02, 2014 5:43 am - TOKYO - PlayStation stands out among the long list of famous Sony brands as one that hasn't faded or succumbed to a nimbler competitor. Months after hitting global marke...