Information Technology
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BlackBerry diehards finally get a keyboardApr 27, 2013 8:17 am - This is for the BlackBerry die-hards. You know who you are. You’re the ones who scoffed at those newfangled iPhones back in 2007, and still do. You turned your back when...
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Review: Galaxy S4 decent, but filled with gimmicksApr 27, 2013 8:17 am - NEW YORK — I’ve seen Android phones get better and more powerful over the years, as Google and phone manufacturers pack devices with more and more features. There comes ...
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Tech geeks invate Japan as bankers retreatApr 27, 2013 8:17 am - TOKYO — The champagne used to flow at Heartland, the bar in Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills complex that drew bankers from the Japan headquarters of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and ...
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Chip shortage looms as Samsung courts rivalApr 27, 2013 8:14 am - Samsung Electronics Co. spent about $24 billion in the past two years beefing up the world’s biggest maker of memory chips to meet demand. It wasn’t enough. Surging sale...
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Review: BlackBerry Q10, the keyboard strikes backApr 27, 2013 8:14 am - NEW YORK — The BlackBerry has finally caught up to the world of touch-screen smartphones. It took time — six years, from the launch of the first iPhone — and it may be t...
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Hack of AP twitter account exposes social media’s weaknessesApr 27, 2013 7:56 am - Less than a month after social media received regulators’ blessing to be a source for market- moving news, the hacking of The Associated Press’s Twitter Inc. account is ...
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Why iPad is Apple's most valuable productApr 27, 2013 7:00 am - The iPad has always labored under the shadow of its little brother the iPhone. When Apple launched the tablet back in the spring of 2010, everyone thought it was derivat...
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Stocks stall on tepid economic growthApr 26, 2013 4:53 pm - NEW YORK — The stock market stalled Friday after the U.S. economy didn’t grow as much as hoped and earnings from a handful of big companies failed to rev up investors. T...
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Smartphones overtake ‘dumb’ phones worldwideApr 26, 2013 3:24 pm - NEW YORK — Research firm IDC said more smartphones than “dumb” phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that’s putting computing power and Internet access...
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Samsung profit at record high on smartphone boostApr 26, 2013 10:48 am - SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its first quarter profit jumped to a record high as smartphone sales remained strong despite the April launch of...