Information Technology
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Instagram beauty contests worry parents, privacy advocatesApr 13, 2013 7:42 am - WASHINGTON — The photo-sharing site Instagram has become wildly popular as a way to trade pictures of pets and friends. But a new trend on the site is making parents cri...
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Pandora co-founder takes on music industry elitesApr 13, 2013 7:31 am - MIAMI — The fast-talker in the plaid shirt flashes with inspiration. “I know what mood I’m in. So, so, you could have a color dial! So, you have red, blue. So, I’m in an...
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HP CEO seeks turnaround with super serverApr 13, 2013 7:31 am - SAN FRANCISCO — After a board shake-up that investors said was overdue, Hewlett-Packard’s Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman is seeking to use a new line of servers to ...
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Microsoft to use AMD chips in new Xbox to spur game-makingApr 13, 2013 7:31 am - SAN FRANCISO — Microsoft Corp. will use an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. processor in its next Xbox game console as it seeks to cut the cost of building machines and get d...
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Exec takes Silicon Valley moxie to East CoastApr 13, 2013 7:20 am - CA Technologies Chief Executive Officer Mike Gregoire, who joined the East Coast software maker in January after a career in Silicon Valley, wanted to figure out if his ...
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'BioShock Infinite' embraces history, philosophyApr 13, 2013 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Video games are called revolutionary so frequently it's easy to forget what the word means. Irrational Games, founded and led by Ken Levine, has become one o...
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Austin next city for ultra-fast Google FiberApr 13, 2013 6:12 am - AUSTIN, Texas — Google Inc. picked tech-savvy Austin this week as the next city where the search giant will wire homes with ultra-fast Internet connections, but did not ...
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American Digital expands, hunts for more acquisitionsApr 12, 2013 8:00 am - American Digital Corp., a 25-year-old technology services company, is moving its headquarters from Arlington Heights to Elk Grove Village in coming weeks so it can d...
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Society launches customizable plastic surgery iPad appApr 11, 2013 9:18 am - In response to the exponential growth of tablet use, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, based in Arlington Heights, launched the ASPS Practice Marketing App, whic...
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Wild, unregulated hacker currency gains followingApr 11, 2013 9:00 am - LONDON — With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new kind of mo...