Information Technology
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Report: Dell likely to receive more takeover bidsMar 23, 2013 1:35 pm - Michael Dell may face some competition in his effort to take over the computer maker he founded. The Wall Street Journal reported on its web site Saturday that buyout sp...
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Is Google Fiber too powerful?Mar 23, 2013 9:00 am - In January I traveled to Kansas City, Kan., to talk to people who have been using Google Fiber, the search company's effort to wire a large American city with 1-gigabit ...
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In Twitter era, new pope not a social media mavenMar 23, 2013 8:53 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pope Francis has 1.2 billion followers in the Roman Catholic Church, but he’s not following a single one of them on Facebook or Twitter. In a ...
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EBay CEO’s 2012 compensation nearly doublesMar 23, 2013 8:51 am - NEW YORK — EBay Inc. CEO John Donahoe’s compensation nearly doubled to $29.7 million in 2012, a year that saw the e-commerce company’s stock gain 68 percent thanks to gr...
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How the Galaxy S 4 stacks up against iPhone, S IIIMar 23, 2013 8:22 am - Samsung Electronics Co. revealed its new top-of-the-line smartphone last week, the Galaxy S 4. Here’s how it compares to the competition and its predecessor, the S III. ...
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Good riddance, Google Reader, Manjoo saysMar 23, 2013 8:16 am - I’ve made it pretty clear that I don’t like RSS readers. When you subscribe to your favorite sites and read all their articles in a single, text-heavy interface, you’re ...
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The cash register rings its last saleMar 23, 2013 8:00 am - NEW YORK — Ka-ching! The cash register may be on its final sale. Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky machines and having salespeople — and e...
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Video game publisher leaving Electronic ArtsMar 23, 2013 7:51 am - NEW YORK — Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said that its CEO, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30. The company has named Larry Probst as executive ch...
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Podcasts talk in your ear through entire movieMar 23, 2013 7:24 am - Last fall, as the science-fiction thriller “Looper” was building up steam in theaters, it wasn’t surprising to see fans lining up to see it a second time — the better to...
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What will come after the computer chip?Mar 23, 2013 7:16 am - TEMPE, Ariz. — Intel co-founder Gordon Moore famously wrote about how the number of transistors on silicon chips would double roughly every two years — an observation no...