Information Technology
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Sands: Some customer data stolen by hackersFeb 28, 2014 12:01 am - LAS VEGAS - Computer hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of Las Vegas Sands customers during a data breach earlier this month, the casino company...
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Tokyo bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcyFeb 28, 2014 12:01 am - TOKYO - The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars...
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Chicago investor sues over bitcoin lossesFeb 28, 2014 12:01 am - CHICAGO - Bankrupt Mt.Gox, once the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange, was sued by a customer in federal court in Chicago in a proposed class-action lawsuit representing ...
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Graphite mining increasing to meet tech needsFeb 27, 2014 12:01 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Tear apart an electric car's rechargeable battery and you'll find a mineral normally associated with No. 2 pencils. It's graphite. And experts say t...
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Suburban tech companies, others on world stageFeb 27, 2014 12:01 am - Three suburban tech companies, along with another 12 Illinois companies, are likely on their way home this weekend, after their state-led delegation exhibited for the fi...
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Suburban educators converge on tech conferenceFeb 27, 2014 12:01 am - From students blogging book reports to using digital apps to create video and art projects, suburban educators shared how they are implementing the latest technologies i...
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Review: Picking up Glass, Google styleFeb 23, 2014 6:01 am - NEW YORK - The first time I was in the proximity of Google Glass was nearly a year ago at a technology conference. The people wearing the device were like cyborg members...
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Online retailers let you try before you buyFeb 23, 2014 5:37 am - NEW YORK - The fitting room is coming home. Online retailers that sell jeans, eyeglasses and shoes are shipping their products to customers for free to try on at home be...
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WhatsApp free texts seen siphoning $33 billion from carriersFeb 23, 2014 5:12 am - Facebook Inc.'s $19 billion purchase of mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp Inc. is a stark reminder of how much money phone carriers are losing out on as competitors let ...
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Pew finds 6 types of Twitter conversationsFeb 23, 2014 5:11 am - NEW YORK - People take to Twitter to talk about everything from politics to breakfast to Justin Bieber in what feels like a chaotic stream of messages. So it may come as...