Information Technology
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Bye bye, bile? Websites try to nix nasty commentsDec 26, 2013 3:48 pm - NEW YORK — Mix blatant bigotry with poor spelling. Add a dash of ALL CAPS. Top it off with a violent threat. And there you have it: A recipe for the worst of online comm...
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Itasca’s Eaglewood completes $1.2 million facilities renovationDec 26, 2013 9:16 am - Daily Herald news services Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca has recently completed a $1.2 million renovation, the resort’s parent company announced. Houston-based Benchm...
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Experts' 2014 tech predictions: high-tech shopping, life in the cloudDec 26, 2013 9:00 am - We're poised for a new year and more tech advances that will help you to shop and work smarter, store more data on the cloud and see chips become more of your personal l...
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Chicago’s Tribune Company acquires Gracenote music firm from SonyDec 26, 2013 8:51 am - Tribune Company announced it will purchase music technology and metadata company Gracenote from Sony Corporation of America for about $170 million. Gracenote is the larg...
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Gallagher acquires McIntyre Risk ManagementDec 26, 2013 8:50 am - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. of Itasca said it has acquired McIntyre Risk Management LLC in Cherry Hill, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 20...
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Obama pushes more oil production to clean up coalDec 25, 2013 5:30 am - DE KALB, Miss. — America’s newest, most expensive coal-fired power plant is hailed as one of the cleanest on the planet, thanks to government-backed technology that remo...
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HealthCare.gov site builder mishandled previous projectsDec 25, 2013 5:30 am - WASHINGTON — CGI Federal, the company responsible for building the problem-plagued website for the Affordable Care Act, won the job because of what federal officials dee...
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Man’s 10,607 video games secure Guinness titleDec 24, 2013 1:24 pm - BUFFALO, N.Y. — Maybe it was getting his first video game, Cosmic Avenger, for Christmas at age 12, and then having to wait an entire year for the hard-to-land Colecovis...
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Americans uneasy about surveillance; use snooping toolsDec 24, 2013 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Julie Beliveau’s 16-year-old daughter, a new driver, was heading from her home in Ashburn, Va. toward a job interview the other night when she found herself...
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Gift Guide: E-readers do less, but no distractionsDec 24, 2013 5:47 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Until I tried one, I never understood the appeal of e-book readers, given that tablets can do much more. The e-reader’s ease and comfort became apparen...