Information Technology
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Tesla CEO says fire caused by impaled batteryOct 04, 2013 4:17 pm - SEATTLE — The CEO of electric car company Tesla says a battery in a Model S that caught fire this week was apparently impaled by a metal object. Elon Musk gave more deta...
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Twitter dishes tantalizing tidbits in IPO treatiseOct 04, 2013 10:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter, a privately held company built on blurbs, has finally laid itself bare in documents that read more like a treatise than a tweet. The roughly 800...
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DuPage County aims to create another tech centerOct 03, 2013 12:00 pm - DuPage County is taking another run at establishing a technology center. This time, it's doing a so-called virtual launch for Rev3, an innovation center that would inclu...
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Scribd, HarperCollins offer e-book subscriptionsOct 01, 2013 10:04 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Online document-sharing site Scribd is taking a page from Netflix’s success story as it sets out to create the world’s largest subscription service for d...
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Strap on your computer, wearable tech taking offOct 01, 2013 6:46 am - SAN FRANCISCO — The digital domain is creeping off our desktops and onto our bodies, from music players that match your tunes to your heart beat, to mood sweaters that c...
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NYC site offers one-stop booking for hotelsSep 28, 2013 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — New York City's marketing and tourism organization is partnering with the travel website Booking.com to power the city's official tourism website. Now when tr...
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Sprint joins national rivals with upgrade programSep 28, 2013 8:25 am - NEW YORK — Sprint is launching a new program that gives customers the chance to upgrade their phones every 12 months, becoming the last of the four national wireless car...
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Smartphone cameras at 41-Megapixels pressure Canon, NikonSep 28, 2013 8:17 am - The global camera business, centered in Japan, is headed for a shakeout. With industry revenue falling to the lowest level in a decade amid surging smartphone sales, Nik...
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Review: New Surface tablets make typing easySep 28, 2013 7:47 am - NEW YORK — Is Microsoft’s Surface a tablet or a laptop? I’m not quite sure, but it is a lot easier to type on than an iPad. The software company unveiled updates to its ...
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New York seeks to delete phony online reviewsSep 28, 2013 7:42 am - ALBANY, N.Y. — A perfect hotel? An amazing restaurant? Teeth whitener that leads to romance? Such things may only truly exist in online reviews, and New York’s attorney ...