Information Technology
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Google Chromebook under $300 defies PC market with growthJul 13, 2013 6:53 am - July 10 — Google Inc.’s Chromebook was dismissed as a bare-bones laptop with limited appeal when it debuted two years ago. Now it’s defying skeptics and gaining share as...
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T-Mobile to allow frequent phone upgrades for feeJul 13, 2013 6:49 am - NEW YORK — T-Mobile says it will let people upgrade phones more quickly for a $10 monthly fee. With the new Jump plan, a customer will be able to get a new phone if the ...
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India’s telegram service goes dark after 163 yearsJul 12, 2013 4:18 pm - NEW DELHI — For 163 years, lives across the vast Indian nation have been upended by the knock of the khaki-clad postal worker armed with a telegram. Families used them t...
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Dreamliner issues reported at two British airportsJul 12, 2013 1:18 pm - LONDON — Two Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes ran into trouble in England on Friday, with a fire on one temporarily shutting down Heathrow Airport and an unspecified technic...
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Icahn sweetens Dell counterproposal with warrantsJul 12, 2013 10:36 am - NEW YORK — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is offering Dell shareholders a chance to own a bigger stake in the company in hopes of thwarting an attempt by Dell’s founder...
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Dist. 211 approves three-year lease for iPadsJul 12, 2013 5:30 am - A shipment of 7,000 new, fourth-generation iPads is expected to be delivered to Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211’s five schools by August. The board of educa...
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Buffalo Grove firm promotes gas technology for your vehicleJul 11, 2013 11:00 am - Buffalo Grove-based Advanced Vehicle Technology Services Inc., also known as Advanced VTech, plans to grow at its headquarters in Buffalo Grove by using a new technology...
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Report: Google services down for some usersJul 10, 2013 9:44 am - Google users in some parts of the U.S. couldn’t access some services this morning, creating confusion on the Internet, according to CNN.com. Reports of outages in some p...
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Learn to Skype, use Facebook and more in SchaumburgJul 09, 2013 12:00 pm - Always wanted to try Skyping your grandchildren? Confused about password safety and Internet protection? Want to read your favorite newspaper on your new tablet, but uns...
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Gurnee to offer private social media for neighborhoodsJul 09, 2013 5:30 am - Gurnee has linked with a San Francisco-based company to offer private social media in village neighborhoods so residents can share useful information. Officials began pu...