Information Technology
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New technology is making us more like the AmishDec 29, 2012 6:41 am - TEMPE, Ariz. — We’re becoming a bit more Amish. I know. You own a slim titanium ultrabook computer, an eye popping LCD 3-D HD television, an iPhone with a custom-designe...
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Classic fashion brand Burberry goes digitalDec 29, 2012 6:38 am - Angela Ahrendts may be CEO of Burberry, but one of her favorite accessories is an Apple iPhone5 that she’s used to oversee a mobile makeover at the 150-year-old company ...
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Indian land program shows tech’s limitsDec 29, 2012 6:24 am - BANGALORE, India — For years, Karnataka’s land records were a quagmire of disputed, forged documents maintained by thousands of tyrannical bureaucrats who demanded bribe...
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Post-Christmas recycling saves older iPods to TVs from dumpDec 29, 2012 6:09 am - After two decades in the software business with companies such as Oracle Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co., James Kao grew disillusioned by the waste created when people dit...
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Review: Making Facebook a warmer, smaller spaceDec 29, 2012 6:02 am - NEW YORK (AP) — A woman I haven’t spoken to in six years is pregnant with her second son. Another college acquaintance reads the Bible a lot. A high school classmate lik...
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FCC eases U.S. licensing rules for Internet access on airlinersDec 29, 2012 6:00 am - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today moved to ease licensing requirements for in-flight Internet services. “These new rules will help airlines and broadband ...
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Facebook's pokey chat appDec 29, 2012 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — It's pretty brassy to call your sexting app Poke. That was my first reaction to the news last week that Facebook had launched a clone of Snapchat, th...
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The 8 best technologies of 2012Dec 29, 2012 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — 2012 wasn't a breakthrough year for tech. We didn't get an innovative new category-bursting device — the Apple TV remains a pipe dream and Microsoft'...
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St. Charles business makes your image 3-DDec 28, 2012 8:45 am - North Aurora resident George Walrath, CEO and co-founder of 3D FigureWorks in St. Charles, aims to make you, or even your pet, into a 3-D star. He's using a proprietary ...
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China tightening controls on InternetDec 27, 2012 5:34 am - BEIJING — China’s new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports ...