Information Technology
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Chinese company keeps Syria connected to InternetAug 22, 2012 6:20 pm - NEW YORK — A firm that tracks the pathways of the Internet says a Chinese company is keeping war-torn Syria connected to the Internet as other telecommunications compani...
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Why it’s critical to back up gmail, FB and twitterAug 22, 2012 4:46 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. — When I first heard of Backupify a few years ago, I thought the service sounded unnecessary at best. The company promises to back up the data you’ve s...
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Author writes about digital wisdom v. digital stupidityAug 22, 2012 4:35 pm - In “Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom,” published earlier this month, writer and consultant Marc Prensky looks to quell the fears of those who thin...
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Apple-Samsung jury has 600 questions to answerAug 22, 2012 4:17 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — The jurors who will decide the outcome of the intellectual-property trial between Apple and Samsung Electronics must answer more than 600 questions simpl...
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Basic phones propping up NokiaAug 22, 2012 4:17 pm - STOCKHOLM — Nokia, burning cash as it struggles to revive its smartphone business, is winning time for the recovery effort by gaining more customers for another product:...
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T-Mobile brings back unlimited data planAug 22, 2012 10:35 am - NEW YORK — Unlimited wireless data is back. After sliding off the menu of cellphone plans, data plans with no caps are making a comeback at smaller wireless companies tr...
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China Telecom profit down 8.3 percentAug 22, 2012 10:35 am - BEIJING — China Telecom Ltd., one of the country’s three major state-owned phone carriers, said Wednesday its first-half profit fell 8.3 percent amid intense competition...
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UOP technologist receives trade association awardAug 22, 2012 9:28 am - Des Plaines-based UOP LLC technologist Dr. Santi Kulprathipanja will receive the 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Gerhold Award, UOP, a Honeywell company, ...
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Epic patent trial over iPhone technology wraps upAug 22, 2012 6:00 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jury deliberations were scheduled to begin Wednesday in the multibillion-dollar patent trial involving the world's biggest smartphone companies. Durin...
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The thrilling (and welcome?) demise of GrouponAug 19, 2012 7:00 am - A year ago, Rakesh Agrawal, an analyst and journalist who spent many years working in the local advertising business, wrote a series of devastating articles about Groupo...