Information Technology
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Nasdaq enhancing network monitoring toolsJun 08, 2013 9:34 am - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. will implement a software package to track trading on its U.S. exchanges and bolster safeguards and reliability, the exchange operator said in a st...
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Former dot.com star wants entrepreneurial JapanJun 08, 2013 9:34 am - TOKYO — Takafumi Horie, the Japanese dot.com celebrity imprisoned for nearly two years on securities fraud charges, is cooking up dozens of ventures and demanding the na...
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New BlackBerry with keyboard hits U.S. storesJun 08, 2013 9:25 am - NEW YORK — The first keyboard-equipped BlackBerry sporting the company’s radically new operating system hit U.S. stores this week. T-Mobile USA started selling the Black...
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Yahoo redesigns U.S. web search as it chases GoogleJun 08, 2013 9:16 am - Yahoo! Inc. redesigned its U.S. Web search as Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer works to revive growth at the Internet portal. Search results will now load faster an...
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Google’s YouTube triples mobile salesJun 08, 2013 9:11 am - Google Inc.’s YouTube has tripled advertising sales on mobile devices in the past six months, the company said, contributing as much as $350 million to the video- sharin...
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Apple poised for hiring spree in Silicon ValleyJun 08, 2013 8:43 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple expects to expand its Silicon Valley workforce by nearly 50 percent during the next three years, signaling the company’s faith in its ability to ke...
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Apple import ban stokes smartphone patent war with SamsungJun 08, 2013 8:43 am - Apple Inc.’s first loss against Samsung Electronics Co. in a U.S. patent case could mean a ban on imports of some older devices including the iPhone 4 while lessening pr...
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Cyber experts say calling out China may be workingJun 08, 2013 8:16 am - SINGAPORE — After years of quiet and largely unsuccessful diplomacy, the U.S. has brought its persistent computer-hacking problems with China into the open, delivering a...
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Tech makes tracking cicada spawn easierJun 08, 2013 7:55 am - The last time cicadas took over the eastern U.S., researchers used pencils, postcards and paper maps to track the insects, which spawn every 17 years. Now, the tools are...
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San Francisco, New York officials to meet over cellphone theftsJun 08, 2013 7:20 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Top law enforcement officials from San Francisco and New York plan to meet with some of the nation’s largest smartphone makers next week to help thwart t...