Information Technology
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Instagram is Syria President Assad’s latest platformAug 10, 2013 6:13 am - BEIRUT — Syria’s embattled president already has a Facebook page, Twitter account and a YouTube channel. Now Bashar Assad is turning to the popular photo-sharing service...
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Twitter abuse stirs unease in BritainAug 10, 2013 6:12 am - LONDON — Hours after successfully campaigning to have a woman — Jane Austen — featured on a new British banknote, Caroline Criado-Perez was bombarded with rape and death...
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ITC issues import ban on some Samsung productsAug 09, 2013 6:37 pm - NEW YORK — Apple won a partial victory in its long-running patent dispute with Samsung on Friday when a federal administrative panel found Samsung in violation of two Ap...
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Schaumburg parks offer new Android appAug 08, 2013 5:41 pm - The Schaumburg Park District now offers one more way to be connected on the go. The district’s ParkFun app for Android is now available on the Google Play Store. This fr...
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GM cuts 13 percent off price of VoltAug 06, 2013 5:04 pm - DETROIT — General Motors is knocking 13 percent off the sticker price of the Chevrolet Volt electric car as it tries to keep pace with rivals in the market for plug-in v...
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GE takes stake in First SolarAug 06, 2013 4:16 pm - NEW YORK — GE and First Solar, Inc. will join their competing thin-film solar panel technologies in an effort to improve efficiency and decrease costs. The companies an...
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AT&T moves 3,000 jobs from Hoffman Estates to Chicago, other suburbsAug 06, 2013 11:56 am - AT&T announced Tuesday it will vacate its 22-year-old Hoffman Estates campus, scattering about 3,000 jobs to sites in Schaumburg, Lisle, Arlington Heights and Chicag...
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Wheaton paves the way for AT&T U-verse serviceAug 06, 2013 5:00 am - Wheaton residents and businesses are now likely months away from having more choices regarding their telephone, television and Internet providers. City council members M...
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Tablet shipments slow with no new iPadAug 05, 2013 4:40 pm - NEW YORK — Worldwide shipments of tablet computers slowed down in the second quarter because Apple didn’t release a new model of its trend-setting iPad, research firm ID...
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Amazon CEO to buy Washington PostAug 05, 2013 4:33 pm - Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos agreed to buy the Washington Post for $250 million, vaulting the e-commerce magnate into the struggling newspaper indu...