Information Technology
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Microsoft Surface tablet running Intel chip to go on sale Feb. 9Jan 22, 2013 10:51 am - Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, said its Surface tablet computer running the new Windows 8 Pro software will be available Feb. 9, the first versions...
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Dell said to hire Evercore to seek higher bids after buyoutJan 21, 2013 5:46 am - Dell Inc., which may announce this week it’s being taken private by a group led by Silver Lake Management LLC, hired Evercore Partners Inc. to advise a special committee...
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China's Huawei criticizes U.S. security complaintsJan 21, 2013 5:00 am - BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Huawei on Monday criticized U.S. claims the company might be a security risk as trade protectionism that harms consumers. The comments came ...
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More than 140 nations adopt treaty to cut mercuryJan 19, 2013 7:22 pm - GENEVA — A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four years of diffi...
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What Facebook’s new ‘graph search’ lets you findJan 19, 2013 7:13 am - MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook unveiled a new search tool on Wednesday that gives users a chance to sift through the photos, places and other information available on the...
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BlackBerry 10 training program draws 1,600 businessesJan 19, 2013 6:59 am - Research In Motion Ltd., which is preparing to unveil its BlackBerry 10 phones later this month, said more than 1,600 North American businesses have registered for a tra...
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Hybrid computers may replace old PCsJan 19, 2013 6:41 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — In the three years since Apple launched the iPad, a once-crazy idea has grown to become conventional wisdom: The PC is dying. Every few months, marke...
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The genius of Samsung and the phabletJan 19, 2013 6:26 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Consider the phablet. Back in 2011, when Samsung first unveiled the Galaxy Note — a 5.3-inch smartphone that was big enough to be a minitablet, hence...
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Ultra TVs, digital fork make for techapaloozaJan 19, 2013 6:13 am - “Never mistake a clear view for a short distance” is my favorite line about technology. It’s especially true at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,...
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Tar sands waste said to warm climate more than coalJan 18, 2013 6:40 pm - WASHINGTON — Refining Canada’s oil sands into gasoline may speed global warming more than previously estimated after accounting for use of a waste product, which can be ...