Information Technology
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For health care, lessons from a start-up successDec 29, 2013 6:00 am - Morris Panner’s life has many interesting parts to it. Graduating from Yale and then snagging a Harvard law degree. Hunting Colombian drug lords as a federal prosecutor....
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Linking products online increases your security riskDec 29, 2013 6:00 am - Ten years ago, the word “smartphone” didn’t exist. By necessity, neither did the word “dumbphone.” In a decade, we might talk about all of our appliances in similar ways...
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Google, Facebook collecting some of same information NSA gathersDec 28, 2013 6:46 am - Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and other Internet companies expressing outrage over the National Security Agency intercepting their users’ data pioneered mining information ...
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App reviews: Batman, Devil’s AttorneyDec 28, 2013 6:31 am - Batman: Arkham Origins Fans of “The Dark Knight” might relish the chance to fight off the baddies of Arkham in their free moments, but this game doesn’t provide muc...
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Experts discourage letting smartphones babysit infantsDec 28, 2013 6:00 am - TOKYO — Using a smartphone as a “baby sitter” may adversely affect the development of minds and bodies of babies, the Japan Pediatric Association has warned. The associa...
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Wild animals win friends on FacebookDec 28, 2013 5:51 am - Stumpy is a hulking fixture in seas around Ningaloo Reef off the coast of Western Australia. Photographed there often, he has a tranquil, inquisitive demeanor — despite ...
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Review: Options for watching TV on the roadDec 28, 2013 5:30 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If you are on the road and want to watch live TV and recorded shows on your phone or tablet, there aren't many easy options. Although services such as...
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Target: Customers’ PINs were stolen, but encryptedDec 27, 2013 5:40 pm - ATLANTA — Target said Friday that debit-card PINs were among the financial information stolen from millions of customers who shopped at the retailer earlier this month. ...
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Union chief says Boeing’s latest offer a $1 billion gainDec 27, 2013 5:20 pm - SEATTLE — The international president of the Machinists union has told members that Boeing’s revised contract offer is an improvement of more than $1 billion. In a lette...
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Textron: Too soon to say if Beechcraft faces cutsDec 27, 2013 4:59 pm - Textron Inc.’s CEO said Friday that his aviation company’s $1.4 billion purchase of Beechcraft Corp. will require “restructuring and optimization of costs.” But how the ...