Information Technology
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EA wants its games on Windows phonesAug 13, 2012 1:30 pm - Electronic Arts Inc., the second-largest U.S. video-game maker, is in talks with Microsoft Corp. to bring mobile games to the next version of Windows as it sees the oper...
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Z Trim adds paper industry executive to advisory boardAug 13, 2012 9:50 am - Mundelein-based Z Trim Holdings Inc. has named Roger Stone, CEO of KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp, to the biotechnology company’s advisory board. Stone will assist Z ...
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Motorola Mobility loses state incentives over job cutsAug 13, 2012 6:00 am - Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility Holdings is expected to lose its state tax credits after cutting 700 jobs in the suburbs during a restructuring plan announced Monda...
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Seeking hardier breeds for drought, climate changeAug 11, 2012 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — Cattle are being bred with genes from their African cousins who are accustomed to hot weather. New corn varieties are emerging with larger roots for g...
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Iranian pilot campaigns to lift airliner sanctionsAug 11, 2012 1:43 pm - TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian pilot who guided an Iran Air Boeing passenger plane to a safe emergency landing last year despite broken front landing gear has launched a camp...
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Arm’s length: Does smartphone photography hold reality at bay?Aug 11, 2012 8:00 am - LONDON — Matthew Driller was holding a navy umbrella, blocking the view of spectators standing five deep and waiting to see the Olympic women’s cycling road race flash p...
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Obama campaign app has privacy advocates concernedAug 11, 2012 7:54 am - Forget the clipboard. Forget the field office. All the modern campaign volunteer needs is a smartphone and a smile. President Obama’s re-election team has taken canvassi...
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How to find a lost cellphoneAug 11, 2012 7:49 am - New York Times technology columnist David Pogue lost his iPhone on an Amtrak train earlier this week but recovered it last week after police found it in the backyard of ...
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Free Wi-Fi catches on with NYC’s subway ridersAug 11, 2012 7:47 am - NEW YORK — Emily Langmead was hesitant when she first heard of free Wi-Fi in the subway. Like many New Yorkers, she wondered what the catch was. But now, she says, she u...
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4 steps you should take to avoid getting hackedAug 11, 2012 7:46 am - Last Friday evening, a hacker got into Mat Honan’s Apple account, remotely erased the data on his iPhone, iPad and MacBook, deleted his Google account, commandeered his ...