Information Technology
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Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1May 30, 2013 2:03 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It’s making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users...
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Google helps suburban business owners get web readyMay 30, 2013 10:00 am - Allison Thurman didn't know what to expect when she walked into a website workshop billed as a totally free event in Schaumburg. She came armed with a list of questions....
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$40,000 could buy small house, new Mercedes or this TVMay 30, 2013 5:15 am - Back in the days before I had a wife, kids, mortgage, 401(k), PPO, lawn mower, colonoscopy results and other trappings of a severe case of adulthood, I owned a $700 VCR....
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Amazon workers in Germany stage strikeMay 27, 2013 6:20 am - BERLIN — Amazon’s German workers are staging a short-term strike in a push for higher wages. The ver.di union said Monday employees in Leipzig are walking off the job in...
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With high-tech guns, users could disable remotelyMay 26, 2013 5:41 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being mo...
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U.S. envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offlineMay 26, 2013 5:00 am - HAVANA — The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well. Dozens of young bloggers and tweeters...
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Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000May 25, 2013 1:11 pm - BERLIN — An auctioneer says one of Apple’s first computers — a functioning 1976 model — has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000). German auction house Breker...
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Automaker Tesla takes fight to North CarolinaMay 25, 2013 1:09 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against ...
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Will Tumblr be like Google or Craigslist?May 25, 2013 8:43 am - Yahoo has concluded that Tumblr, the social blogging service, is worth a whopping $1.1 billion. Will the bet prove a good one? The answer depends on whether the combined...
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Is Yahoo a media or tech company?May 25, 2013 8:43 am - Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr for $1.1 billion is a big gamble by Marissa Mayer, the company’s recently-hired CEO. The microblogging site is a valuable asset, but media ...