Information Technology
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People want more medical tech advancesDec 21, 2013 5:47 am - If the results from a new survey conducted by Intel are any indication, the future of health care is going to be weird. Of 18,000 adults polled across eight countries, 7...
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Twitter adds new advertising format as analysts downgrade stockDec 21, 2013 5:43 am - Twitter Inc. introduced a new advertising format for marketers to boost their presence on mobile devices, the latest product update since the microblogging company’s deb...
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Facebook post a valid reason for firing, Australian board rulesDec 21, 2013 5:06 am - Credit Corp., an Australian debt collection company, was justified in firing an employee who made comments critical of one of its clients in a posting on a Facebook Inc....
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Can you delete that thought on Facebook?Dec 21, 2013 5:03 am - This rash is getting wor It’s at this point that you reconsider your status update. A couple of months ago, a friend of mine asked on Facebook: Do you think that faceboo...
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Bolivia celebrates its first telecoms satelliteDec 20, 2013 2:47 pm - LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivians are celebrating the launch of the country’s first telecommunications satellite with indigenous rituals dedicated to Pachamama, or Mother Eart...
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District 214 WildStang Robotics Team captures awardsDec 19, 2013 10:25 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214’s WildStang Robotics Team is part of an alliance that took first place in the FIRST Technical Challenge Competition (FTC) at ...
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Naperville Realtor uses homemade drones to capture images for listingsDec 19, 2013 10:00 am - Scott Gerami, a 52-year-old managing broker for Re/Max Professionals Select in Naperville, wanted his for-sale listings to capture attention and stand above the rest. So...
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Spain fines Google $1.2 million over privacy lawsDec 19, 2013 9:47 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ MADRID — Spain’s data protection agency says it has fined search engine giant Google $1.2 million for three serious bre...
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Once-frothy Nasdaq tries to reach dot-com peakDec 15, 2013 6:04 am - NEW YORK — It takes a long time to recover from a bad hangover, especially when you party like it’s 1999. The Nasdaq Composite is up 35 percent this year, but while othe...
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Campers help Amazon keep up with holiday rushDec 14, 2013 2:51 pm - CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Twinkling lights, ornament-strewn trees and bustling campgrounds. Those are signs of the Christmas season in this Kentucky town, where the Amazon.c...