Information Technology
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Gadget Watch: Look around in Sony’s video headsetJan 18, 2014 7:03 am - LAS VEGAS — A virtual-reality headset from Sony almost puts you inside a video by allowing you to widen your view when you turn your head up, down or side to side. Sony’...
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3-D printing serves up food, jewelryJan 18, 2014 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS — Some of the oddest items on display this week at International CES gadget show were edible, origami-like sculptures made of sugar, their shapes so convoluted...
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Review: Niche appeal in two new Android phonesJan 18, 2014 6:52 am - BOSTON — One of the reasons Android phones have become popular is the choice they offer: Want a big screen? There’s a phone for you. Want cheap? There’s one for you, too...
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App reviews: Yahoo news, JellyJan 18, 2014 6:52 am - Delivering the news in brief, with context Yahoo’s latest news app makes use of the ideas and tech it picked up when it acquired the news aggregator Summly. Package...
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Tech meets redtape reality of working with governmentJan 18, 2014 6:52 am - WASHINGTON — The futuristic world of self-driving cars, eyeglasses that email and trash cans that call for pickup is running into the old-fashioned pace of doing busines...
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Owners can't keep up with sophisticated smartphonesJan 18, 2014 6:00 am - If Frank Washington has told his mother once, he has told her a thousand times: Do not change the account passwords on your iPhone. His mother called the other day. She ...
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Blackphone is making privacy a priorityJan 18, 2014 4:36 am - NEW YORK -- The national conversation about privacy is in high gear, and services for things like secure messaging have been popping up everywhere to try to meet demand....
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Shoppers fret about authenticity of Target emailsJan 17, 2014 3:27 pm - NEW YORK — An email sent to the roughly 70 million Target customers who may have been affected by a pre-Christmas data breach is causing panic among those who fear it co...
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Nintendo forced to study new business modelJan 17, 2014 3:02 pm - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata said the maker of video-game machines is considering a new business model after forecasting a surprise 25 billion-yen ($240 million) ...
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More fights could follow driver’s Google Glass winJan 17, 2014 8:26 am - SAN DIEGO — A California woman believed to be the first person cited for wearing Google Glass while driving won her case, but legal experts say it marks only the beginni...