Information Technology
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Make summer the season for saving energyJul 28, 2013 6:55 am - Whether replacing light bulbs or unplugging your unused cellphone charger, small changes can make a big impact on your electricity bill this summer and beyond. Kristinn ...
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Building homes that make more power than they takeJul 28, 2013 6:00 am - NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Homes being built in this Hudson Valley cul-de-sac offer prospective buyers wooded lots, pretty views and — oh yes — the promise of thumbing your nose ...
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It takes a ‘war room’ to launch Netflix’s seriesJul 28, 2013 5:02 am - LOS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix’s Internet video subscription service works around the clock, but it’s unusual for more than two dozen of the company’s engineers and top man...
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Federal fee for air show miffs pilotsJul 27, 2013 8:34 pm - Associated Press MILWAUKEE — One of the nation’s largest air shows begins Monday in Wisconsin, and for the first time, the federal government is charging it an air traff...
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China, EU reach settlement on solar panelsJul 27, 2013 1:30 pm - BEIJING — The Europe Union and Chinese solar panel exporters said Saturday that they had reached a settlement in their long trade dispute, with the exporters agreeing to...
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NBC developing Hillary Clinton mini-seriesJul 27, 2013 1:28 pm - Comcast Corp.’s NBC broadcast network is developing live-event programs and mini-series to draw audiences when programs air as opposed to recording them to watch later o...
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A smartphone physical in your futureJul 27, 2013 7:55 am - As my attending physician walked in with the next patient, I quickly stuffed my iPhone into my pocket. There was a strict “no cellphone” policy in the pediatric clinic w...
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Facebook mobile-ad success shows model to Twitter, SnapchatJul 27, 2013 7:23 am - Facebook Inc.’s success in mobile advertising, which is making it a stronger rival to Google Inc., is also providing a model for other social-networking sites such as Tw...
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NeverWet? More like OftenkindawetJul 27, 2013 7:19 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — In 2011, LancasterOnline, a news website covering Lancaster, Pa., published a story about a seemingly magical invention by a local company. The produ...
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Why Instagram is even more depressing than FacebookJul 27, 2013 7:17 am - It’s a truism that Facebook is the many-headed frenemy, the great underminer. We know this because science tells us so. The Human-Computer Institute at Carnegie Mellon h...