Information Technology
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Dubai’s A380 concourse in full operationFeb 11, 2013 5:04 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai’s airport authorities say a purpose-build concourse for Airbus’ A380 aircraft is fully open after weeks of phased-in operations. The ...
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Social media keeps people together during blizzardFeb 11, 2013 5:00 am - HAMDEN, Conn. — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of the ...
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LinkedIn more complicated, but potentially more effectiveFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - LinkedIn ain't what it used to be. The business-focused social media site has “gotten so complicated,” says Michael Yublosky. But, he adds in the next breath, “There ar...
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Arlington Hts. man has app for fighting off attackerFeb 09, 2013 7:00 am - Peter Cahill of Arlington Heights wants to fight attackers with the same relentlessness the criminals themselves exhibit. He believes he’s hit upon the way to do so — no...
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Review: Microsoft makes a real PC, and it’s no iPadFeb 09, 2013 6:37 am - Someday, the Surface Pro will deserve a spot in a technology museum. Nearly four decades after Microsoft was founded, it has finally delivered its first full-fledged, ho...
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Opinion: Democracies need technocrats as well as politiciansFeb 09, 2013 6:36 am - The London School of Economics Growth Commission, a panel of academics, former government officials and business leaders, has just published a report on how to improve B...
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Review: iPhone Google Maps lags Android versionFeb 09, 2013 6:35 am - BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Every time my husband and I drive the 677 miles from New York to my parents’ house in Michigan, we dread the long stretch of Interstate 80 through the ...
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T-Mobile says BlackBerry 10 testing well for mid-march debutFeb 09, 2013 6:22 am - NEW YORK — T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest U.S. mobile-service provider, says its tests of the new BlackBerry Z10 are going well, and it’s aiming to be the first Americ...
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Dell’s founder strikes deal to turn it aroundFeb 09, 2013 6:20 am - NEW YORK — It’s easy to forget now, but Michael Dell was the Mark Zuckerberg of his day. Hailed as a young genius, he created the inexpensive, made-to-order personal com...
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9 things Apple could do with $137 billionFeb 09, 2013 6:19 am - Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company was sitting on $137 billion — and the heap keeps gro...