Information Technology
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Windows 8 to bridge gap between PC, mobile deviceOct 26, 2012 6:39 am - Microsoft launched a radical redesign of its world-dominating Windows operating system Thursday, introducing a touch-enabled interface that attempts to bridge the gap be...
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UN aims to pull plug on plethora of power suppliesOct 25, 2012 1:35 pm - BERLIN — The days when every piece of home communications equipment comes with its own special power adapter could be numbered. The U.N. telecoms agency says it has take...
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Microsoft CEO hails imminent release of Windows 8Oct 25, 2012 1:28 pm - NEW YORK — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrated the imminent release of the company’s Windows operating system after two years of work. Windows 8 is the most dramatic ...
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Reflejos honors suburban businessesOct 25, 2012 11:59 am - Twenty-seven companies and organizations in finance, health and other areas were honored Wednesday during the first Reflecting Excellence Awards hosted by Reflejos Bilin...
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Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEOOct 25, 2012 6:45 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can’t afford to be wrong about Windows 8. On Thursday in New York, Microsoft will unveil a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitou...
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AT&T sees fewer new customers in 3QOct 24, 2012 8:28 am - NEW YORK — The flow of customers into AT&T’s wireless stores slowed further in the latest quarter, putting the company far behind rival Verizon Wireless. AT&T Inc. on We...
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EU sends Microsoft formal antitrust complaintOct 24, 2012 8:28 am - BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive arm formally accused Microsoft on Wednesday of failing to comply with a binding agreement to give customers a choice among Inte...
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Google cameras map popular Grand Canyon trailsOct 24, 2012 8:28 am - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smiths...
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Despite Nokia loss, Itasca leaders say business is strongOct 23, 2012 4:54 pm - Itasca will lose a 30,000-square-foot business that employs roughly 150 people when Nokia moves its Mobile Phones Xpress Internet Services group to Chicago. But village ...
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Apple’s iPad Mini much pricier than rival tabletsOct 23, 2012 4:54 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple Inc.’s pencil-thin, smaller iPad will cost much more than its competitors, signaling the company isn’t going to get into a mini-tablet price war...