Information Technology
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International CES gears up in VegasJan 05, 2013 6:54 am - Think your high-definition TV is hot stuff — as sharp as it gets? At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, TV makers will be do...
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Nintendo’s TVii tops button-laden remotesJan 05, 2013 6:52 am - LOS ANGELES — Nintendo’s TV-watching tool for the new Wii U game console beats my regular remote control hands down. Called TVii, the service transforms how you watch te...
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Windows 8’s mutant spawn invade laptop marketJan 05, 2013 6:21 am - Windows 8 is more than just the most radical makeover in the quarter-century history of Microsoft’s operating system. It’s also creating a new class of mutant personal c...
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Why Apple Killed the netbookJan 05, 2013 6:20 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Netbooks are dead. Good riddance! Just a few years ago, these small, underpowered, ultracheap laptops were considered the future of the computer indu...
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Disney seeks to halt bankruptcy sale of 3-D movie technologyJan 05, 2013 6:18 am - WILMINGTON, Del. — A Walt Disney Co. unit has asked a federal judge to block a bankruptcy court ruling that would allow another company to sell patents related to three-...
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6 takeaways from Google’s antitrust settlementJan 05, 2013 6:13 am - Google Inc. has settled an U.S. antitrust probe that largely leaves its search practices alone. In a major win for Google, the Federal Trade Commission unanimously concl...
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Manjoo: My technology new year’s resolutionsJan 05, 2013 6:09 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — I write about technology for a living, but tech, and the way I use it, frustrates me all the time. I’m constantly finding technology slow or annoying...
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Nielsen becomes a Twitter followerJan 05, 2013 6:06 am - By Jessica Goldstein, The Washington Post The Twitter haters are losing the war. You know who they are, or, perhaps, who you are. Those who dismiss the snappy social net...
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Rambus barred from enforcing 12 chip patents in Micron suitJan 05, 2013 6:01 am - Rambus Inc., the designer of high- speed memory chips, was barred by a judge from using 12 of its patents to demand royalties from Micron Technology Inc. because it impr...
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American Eagle pilot fails alcohol test, suspendedJan 04, 2013 7:40 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — An American Eagle pilot was suspended after failing a blood-alcohol test as he prepared to fly on Friday from Minneapolis to New York City, authorities sai...