Information Technology
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Review: 5 shopping apps to get you the best pricesNov 30, 2013 6:08 am - NEW YORK — Looking to save a few bucks while you shop for holiday gifts? Don’t hit the mall without these shopping apps. Many retailers, for instance, will match deals y...
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Review: HTC, Nokia offer good, giant choicesNov 30, 2013 6:06 am - NEW YORK — I find giant phones hard to carry and use, but I’m well aware that many people like the bigger images and text they offer. These so-called phablets, with scre...
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Sony seeks ‘SmartWig’ patent for hairpieces with sensorsNov 30, 2013 6:03 am - Sony Corp., which popularized portable music players with the Walkman, is seeking a U.S. patent for “SmartWig” hairpieces that could help navigate roads, check blood pre...
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As mobile gadgets become bigger, some companies abandon websitesNov 30, 2013 5:50 am - WASHINGTON —The founders of online matchmaker Hinge were struggling to recruit potential daters when they decided in February to abandon their website to focus instead o...
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Parents tech fears vary by race, political ideologyNov 30, 2013 5:45 am - Parents often fear technology. They worry that their children might be exposed to inappropriate pornographic or violent content online, or be negatively influenced or ex...
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Certified mega solar plants producing 12% of outputNov 30, 2013 5:30 am - TOKYO — Solar power facility operators that acquired government approval under a feed-in tariff system are producing 12 percent of their total authorized output capacity...
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Gift Guide: 10 games to make any player happyNov 29, 2013 5:17 am - A video game store can be daunting if you don’t know what you’re looking for. It’s not easy to tell the winners from the losers, and sales clerks typically make the same...
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Glitches keep private firm from launching rocketNov 28, 2013 8:54 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new communications satellite that has both public and government applications is still sitting on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The pr...
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Retailer tech creeps into consumers' private livesNov 28, 2013 7:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Advances in technology have never made finding deals this holiday season so easy — or so creepy. Marketers and mobile app developers have developed creativ...
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Twitter woos retailers to get into Facebook holiday pushNov 28, 2013 5:27 am - As his Twitter Inc. colleagues were celebrating the company’s initial public offering this month, J.J. Hirschle was gearing up for a bigger milestone: the holidays. Hirs...