Information Technology
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Daily-play fantasy sports luring Wall Street tradersJan 12, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Drew Dinkmeyer spent seven years as a senior investment analyst in Tampa, Fla., before deciding to pursue fantasy sports professionally. Dinkmeyer, who's 31 a...
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Sony to sell waterproof phone through T-MobileJan 11, 2014 6:46 am - NEW YORK — Sony has unveiled a waterproof smartphone that sports a 21 megapixel camera and expands what users can do with it underwater. Sony Corp. said the new Xperia Z...
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Sharp unveils TV positioned between HD and 4KJan 11, 2014 6:32 am - LAS VEGAS — Japanese electronics maker Sharp is bridging the gap between expensive 4K TVs and HD versions with an in-between solution that’s also priced in the middle. ...
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New software battle coming to smart TVsJan 11, 2014 6:25 am - NEW YORK — More choice — and confusion — is coming to the next generation of TVs. At least three new software systems were announced Monday for Internet-connected televi...
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New Dish Hopper setup can record 8 shows at onceJan 11, 2014 6:25 am - LAS VEGAS — Dish Network Corp. has unveiled a new digital recorder system that can record eight TV shows at once and can be controlled by voice. In a stunt worthy of the...
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App Watch: Query your human network with JellyJan 11, 2014 6:10 am - NEW YORK — Jelly is an app for when you walk by a tree and want to know what type of tree it is, so you snap a photo of it and ask your Facebook and Twitter friends. Jel...
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Sony plans web-based television service in U.S. this yearJan 11, 2014 6:06 am - Sony Corp. will begin testing an Internet-based pay-television service in the U.S. this year, bringing live and on-demand programming to TVs and its PlayStation game con...
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French company demos driverless shuttle at CESJan 11, 2014 6:04 am - LAS VEGAS — French company Induct on Monday showed off the first driverless vehicle to be commercially available in the U.S. The Navia shuttle isn’t ready for U.S. stree...
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LG unveils web-connected tv running WebOS acquired from HPJan 11, 2014 6:03 am - LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its first Web-connected television that runs on the software platform it acquired from Hewlett-Packard Co. last year. The world’s second-lar...
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Samsung teams up with Comcast for ultra-HD moviesJan 11, 2014 5:54 am - LAS VEGAS — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of TVs, said Monday that it is tackling the problem of getting ultra-high-definition content to its new TV...