Information Technology
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Review: Lighter iPad Air narrows gap with MiniNov 02, 2013 8:03 am - SAN FRANCISCO — When Apple came out with a smaller iPad last year, the original version suddenly seemed heavy and bulky. The iPad Mini fit more easily in pockets and bag...
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Smartphone shipments up 39 percentNov 02, 2013 8:03 am - NEW YORK — Research group IDC says worldwide shipments of smartphones grew 39 percent in the most recent quarter to 258 million as Samsung and Apple maintained their dom...
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Review: Curved phone falls flat, literallyNov 02, 2013 8:03 am - SEOUL, South Korea — The Galaxy Round created some buzz in tech circles when Samsung announced it earlier this month, but no one in the downtown Seoul cafe where I playe...
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QR code violates patent? Industries pushing to curb ‘patent trolls’Nov 02, 2013 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — In the past few years, patent litigation has become such a widespread problem that industries traditionally outside the patent system are demanding that Con...
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Twitter’s go-it-alone app strategy boosts costs before IPONov 02, 2013 7:46 am - SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter’s operating costs are growing faster than its revenue. To understand why, consider how the microblogging service deals with would-be partners. M...
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Google updates photo and video features to rival FBNov 02, 2013 7:34 am - Google Inc. is making it easier to edit and enhance photos and videos on its Google+ social service, stepping up efforts against rival Facebook Inc. The 18 new features,...
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Report: NSA broke into Yahoo, Google data centersNov 02, 2013 7:34 am - WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washing...
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Driver expects to fight Google Glass ticketNov 02, 2013 6:57 am - LOS ANGELES — A Southern California woman cited for wearing Internet-connected eyeglasses while driving plans to contest the citation. Cecilia Abadie was pulled over for...
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Dell laptop buyers make a stink over cat smellNov 02, 2013 6:02 am - NEW YORK — A noxious feline odor has some Dell customers caterwauling. People who own Dell Latitude 6430u laptops are complaining that their pricey new computers are emi...
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Nasdaq shuts options venue for last five hoursNov 01, 2013 3:58 pm - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. closed the sixth-largest U.S. options exchange more than five hours early because of a technical error, the latest malfunction to disrupt trading t...