Information Technology
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Review: HTC One impresses but software disappointsApr 13, 2013 8:12 am - NEW YORK — Ready for the battle of the phones? This year’s crop of high-end smartphones is starting to emerge, like bear cubs crawling out of their burrows, sniffing the...
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Ericsson to buy Microsoft’s TV software unitApr 13, 2013 8:12 am - NEW YORK — Ericsson, the Swedish maker of telecommunications equipment, has agreed to buy Microsoft’s Mediaroom business, which makes the software that powers AT&T’s U-V...
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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...