Information Technology
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Sales of digital cameras increasingly sluggishNov 23, 2013 5:27 am - TOKYO — Sales of digital cameras have been extremely sluggish, causing many major manufacturers to revise their sales goals for this fiscal year. In addition to the prol...
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Top games for Sony’s new PlayStation 4Nov 23, 2013 5:00 am - Sony’s PlayStation 4 is now in stores, ushering in a new era of high-definition video games. Perhaps you’ve already read the largely enthusiastic reviews, pored over the...
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Oil pipeline blasts in eastern China kill 44Nov 22, 2013 8:06 pm - BEIJING — The death toll from two huge blasts caused by leaked oil from a ruptured pipeline in an eastern Chinese port city has risen to 44 with 136 others hospitalized ...
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Xbox One sales hit 1 million on first dayNov 22, 2013 7:31 pm - REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. says that more than 1 million Xbox One consoles have been sold worldwide since their midnight launch. The company says that surpasses f...
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Wind energy company pleads guilty to eagle deathsNov 22, 2013 4:47 pm - WASHINGTON — The government for the first time has enforced environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities, winning a $1 million settlement from a po...
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To spin or not to spin: Does Microsoft need Xbox?Nov 22, 2013 8:44 am - LOS ANGELES — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates donned a cool leather jacket when he first introduced the Xbox onstage in 2000. More than a decade later, the video game cons...
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Web inventor: Surveillance threatens democracyNov 22, 2013 8:35 am - LONDON — The scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web says a growing tide of surveillance is threatening democracy’s future. Tim Berners-Lee, who developed t...
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Verizon starts transforming suburban stores into lifestyle centersNov 21, 2013 10:03 am - Verizon Wireless, which has its Midwest headquarters in Schaumburg, has unveiled its first four so-called Smart Stores in the suburbs that will allow consumers to sh...
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Context 4 Healthcare to partner with DataGenixNov 20, 2013 8:41 am - NAPERVILLE — Health care industry software provider Context 4 Healthcare Inc. announced a partnership with DataGenix Corp., a provider of enterprise-class software syste...
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Xbox One a great game player — and moreNov 20, 2013 7:45 am - What is the Xbox One? If you’re a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It’s Microsoft’s latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday....