Information Technology
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Google says it will shut China music serviceSep 21, 2012 5:03 pm - BEIJING — Google Inc. said Friday it will close a music download service in China, further reducing its presence in the world’s most populous Internet market two years a...
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iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwideSep 21, 2012 6:00 am - In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops across the globe to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone. Eager buyers formed long lines Friday at Apple ...
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Apple poised to sell 10 million iPhones in record debutSep 20, 2012 2:13 pm - Apple Inc. is poised for a record iPhone 5 debut and may not be able to keep up with demand as customers line up from Sydney to New York to pick up the latest model of i...
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UOP Technology to convert coal to petrochemicals In ChinaSep 20, 2012 12:24 pm - Des Plaines-based UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, said China’s Jiutai Energy (Zhungeer) Co. Ltd. has licensed Honeywell’s UOP methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology to conve...
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Arlington tech firm launches The NestSep 20, 2012 12:00 pm - For 16 years, Arlington Heights-based Digital Innovations LLC has survived the dot-com bust, the Great Recession, and massive changes in the technology industry along wi...
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Panetta talks computer hacking issues with ChineseSep 20, 2012 6:38 am - BEIJING — Despite several years of escalating diplomacy and warnings, the U.S. is making little headway in its efforts to tamp down aggressive Chinese cyberattacks again...
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Libertyville man pleads guilty in trade secret theftSep 19, 2012 3:00 pm - A 49-year-old Libertyville man who worked as a senior software engineer at the Chicago-based CME Group has pleaded guilty to theft of trade secrets that would have helpe...
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Groupon launches payments service in U.S.Sep 19, 2012 11:31 am - NEW YORK — Groupon launched a payment service Wednesday that allows businesses to accept credit cards using an iPhone or iPod Touch, becoming the latest company to enter...
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Tot tablets, retro brands are Toys R Us ‘hot toys’Sep 19, 2012 11:31 am - NEW YORK — It’s still technically summer, but for some it’s not too soon to think about what the kiddies will want for the holidays. Toys R Us has come out with its annu...
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Convergint Technologies partners with KRGSep 19, 2012 9:11 am - SCHAUMBURG — Commercial security and life safety systems integrators Convergint Technologies said it has partnered with KRG Capital Partners. Convergint said the partner...