Information Technology
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Review: Samsung tablet offers PC-like multitaskingOct 12, 2013 6:53 am - NEW YORK — Remember when people used personal computers — desktops and laptops — to check email, view video and keep tabs on Facebook? Back in that faraway era, I’d have...
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Microsoft’s $7.2 billion Nokia bet leaves developers coldOct 12, 2013 6:36 am - Microsoft Corp.’s $7.2 billion pairing with Nokia Oyj’s handset business is failing to win over the software developers who are crucial to its success. Consider Tommy Pa...
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Tweets on twerking seen as lifeline to lure pay-TV viewersOct 12, 2013 6:00 am - Meredith Parker, a 23-year-old sales rep in New York, spends most nights out meeting friends or attending work events. Any night but Monday. That's when she rushes home ...
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Wild acceleration cases appear winnable for ToyotaOct 11, 2013 4:18 pm - LOS ANGELES — Toyota Motor Corp. still faces dozens of lawsuits claiming that defective electronics caused some of its cars to accelerate uncontrollably, often with trag...
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Google changing terms to use your identity in adsOct 11, 2013 4:13 pm - Google wants your permission to use your name, photo and product reviews in ads that it sells to businesses. The Internet search giant is changing its terms of service s...
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Facebook no longer lets users hide from searchOct 10, 2013 4:32 pm - NEW YORK — Facebook is getting rid of a privacy feature that let users limit who can find them on the social network. Facebook Inc. said Thursday that it is removing a ...
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T-Mobile to eliminate international data feesOct 10, 2013 6:56 am - NEW YORK — T-Mobile is eliminating fees for using data and texting services in more than 100 countries and capping charges for international voice calls. Starting Oct. 3...
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Yahoo’s email becomes more like Gmail in redesignOct 08, 2013 9:04 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo’s free email service is becoming a bit more like Google’s Gmail as part of its second makeover in less than a year. The similarities to Gmail proba...
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Google unveils new HP laptop for $279Oct 08, 2013 8:32 am - Associated Press NEW YORK — Google is introducing a new, cheap laptop based on its Chrome operating system. Hewlett Packard Co. is making the new HP Chromebook 11. It st...
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Utilities, solar companies in fight over ratesOct 06, 2013 6:56 am - ATLANTA — Sunlight is free, but if you use it to make electricity your power company wants you to pay. Utilities in many states say solar-friendly rate plans, conceived...