Information Technology
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App reviews: Stack Rabbit, ShopSavvyNov 16, 2013 6:07 am - Stack Rabbit Disney’s burning up the App Store again with Stack Rabbit, a puzzle game that puts players on the side of Ben, a bunny with a mandate to collect enough...
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Review: Sony’s smartwatch good, but not essentialNov 16, 2013 6:07 am - NEW YORK — Sony’s new SmartWatch 2 doesn’t get as much attention — and doesn’t do as much — as Samsung’s Galaxy Gear computerized wristwatch. But for the things it does,...
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Review: Pricey iPad Mini keeps Apple premier brandNov 16, 2013 6:03 am - NEW YORK — Apple is probably one of the few companies that can pull off a price increase. The new iPad Mini starts at $399, or $70 more than last year’s model. For that ...
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Review: MacBooks, Mavericks extend Apple's universeNov 16, 2013 6:00 am - When the same company controls the hardware, software and services, it's called “owning the stack.” And no one does it like Apple. Take the new version of OS X, the Mac'...
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With 'Alpha House' Garry Trudeau again has his sights on WashingtonNov 16, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — As the church doors open, Tom Brokaw and Michael Steele pivot quickly in opposite directions, neither of them quite sure what to do with the dead man. Not eve...
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Samsung makes quiet push for new mobile OSNov 16, 2013 5:42 am - SEOUL, South Korea — Most mobile phone users have never heard of Tizen. Neither have car owners or anyone with a fridge. Samsung Electronics Co. wants to change that. T...
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Need a break from the Internet? There’s an app for thatNov 16, 2013 5:30 am - Every few weeks, a group of people — typically a dozen or so professionals, from Silicon Valley and Wall Street, academia and Hollywood — pay for the privilege of ditchi...
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The man (and machine) behind Cutler’s recoveryNov 15, 2013 7:26 pm - He helped to speed up Jay Cutler’s recovery from what quickly became the most talked about groin injury in the NFL. And, as evident by the many framed pictures of athle...
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Ex-Glendale Heights 'Hacktivist' gets 10-year sentenceNov 15, 2013 12:00 pm - NEW YORK— “Yes I broke the law, but I believe sometimes laws must be broken in order to make room for change,” he said. The Chicago computer whiz and college dropout ins...
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Suit challenging Google's digital library tossedNov 15, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — A federal judge handed Google Inc. a victory in a long-running legal battle on Thursday, tossing out a lawsuit claiming the Internet giant was violating copyr...