Information Technology
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Review: Google finally gets tv right with ChromecastAug 03, 2013 6:59 am - Google has a long history of spaghetti-style product development: throw a lot of stuff against the wall and see what sticks. When it comes to television, the result has ...
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NPR host’s tweets from mother’s hospital room, shows grieving in real timeAug 03, 2013 6:44 am - On July 23, Scott Simon, the longtime host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, posted a tweet to his 1.2 million followers: “I just want to say that ICU nurses are remark...
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Google's got the best way to watch TVAug 03, 2013 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Google's Chromecast doesn't do much. But what it does do, it does so consistently well, and so cheaply, that it's quickly became a primary part of m...
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Review: Chromecast streams media at a nice priceAug 03, 2013 6:00 am - ATLANTA — A new device from Google makes it easy to stream video from several popular services to a high-definition TV. Chromecast is tiny enough to dangle from a keycha...
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North Carolina challenges Alcoa’s property rightsAug 02, 2013 4:26 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina officials filed a lawsuit Friday in a long-running fight with Alcoa Inc. over who will control the water and electric power that comes fro...
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Dell CEO ups ante in buyout battle for PC makerAug 02, 2013 3:54 pm - ROUND ROCK, Texas — Just when it looked as if he might be vanquished, Dell CEO Michael Dell has regained the advantage in a lengthy battle to buy the slumping personal c...
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Dist. 220 students to get laptops, free InternetAug 02, 2013 11:48 am - Barrington Unit District 220’s mission is to prepare its students for the future — and it doesn’t want any of their families’ present-day financial difficulties to stand...
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Review: Motorola phone notable for customizationAug 02, 2013 6:48 am - NEW YORK — In the four decades since Motorola first showed off a prototype of the world’s first cellphone, the company has watched Apple, Samsung and other innovators su...
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U.S. factory means buyers can customize Google phoneAug 01, 2013 4:28 pm - NEW YORK — With its first smartphone designed completely in-house, Google is demonstrating one of the benefits of moving production from Asia to the U.S.: It’s letting b...
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Google-funded sea research vessel sets sailAug 01, 2013 3:39 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — A $60 million research ship funded by a Google executive was scheduled to set sail from San Francisco on Thursday, on its way to study a “dead zone” in t...