Information Technology
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Local businesses are Ryder winners, but big gain could be future for DuPageSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Lynfred Winery in Roselle had its bed-and-breakfast suites booked, wine-tasting rooms packed, more food added to its menu and staffing increased at least 50 percent....
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Slate: Solving the Internet radio royalty messSep 29, 2012 7:51 am - If you are like most of the millions of people who listen to Sirius XM satellite radio or Internet radio services like Pandora or Last.fm, you probably don’t give much t...
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Celebrities to play ‘Words With Friends’ for charitySep 29, 2012 7:45 am - LOS ANGELES — Look out, Alec Baldwin. Edward Norton, Jonah Hill, Snoop Dogg and several other stars are slated to play in a celebrity tournament of the popular online ga...
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Apple IOS 6 moves toward a Google-free futureSep 29, 2012 7:35 am - Editor’s note: Rich Jaroslovsky is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. The new version of iOS, the software that runs Apple’s iPhones and iPa...
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Twitter is bad at measuring online influence, and that’s goodSep 29, 2012 7:34 am - Twitter cofounder and board member Ev Williams suggested this week that the microblogging site de-emphasize users’ follower counts in favor of some better algorithm for ...
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App Reviews: Google Sky Map, DroplrSep 29, 2012 7:33 am - Google Sky Map: Handy reference to the heavens, day or night Make the most of early fall’s cool, clear nights with Google’s Sky Map app, an open-sourced guide to al...
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Windows 8 bugs hurt Microsoft, Intel CEO said to tell staffSep 29, 2012 7:33 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan — Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini told employees in Taiwan that Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is being released before it’s ful...
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6 Questions on cybersecuritySep 29, 2012 7:23 am - Two decades after the first warnings about “hackers,” the threat has only grown with individuals, companies and even nations at risk. Washington Post reporter Robert O’H...
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Review: TV Guide app impressive, but could be moreSep 29, 2012 7:17 am - NEW YORK — I grew up in a TV Guide household. I’d flip through the magazine each week to see what was on. Keeping track of what to watch was pretty simple with only thre...
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Who’s watching? 3-D TV is no hit with viewersSep 29, 2012 5:50 am - LOS ANGELES — Phil Orlins knows everything about producing TV in three dimensions. The ESPN producer has captured the undulating greens of Augusta National and the flyin...