Information Technology
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Click it: Remember to check computer for malwareJul 08, 2012 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — Internet users scanning their Twitter feeds or Facebook accounts Sunday might want to add one more quick click to check their computer for malware. Thousand...
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Boeing hopes for year of the Max at air showJul 07, 2012 1:27 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — A big air show is all about bragging rights. It’s where airplane makers announce large jet orders, dazzle customers with aerial displays and show off their...
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How to make sure you won’t lose all Internet access on MondayJul 07, 2012 7:56 am - If you want to make sure you’ll still be able to use the Internet when you wake up Monday morning, go to this website right now (http://www.dcwg.org/), click “Detect,” a...
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How Google’s new tablet computer compares to othersJul 07, 2012 7:37 am - Google Inc. said last week that it will sell its own tablet computer, the Nexus 7, based on its Android operating system. Google is the latest challenger to Apple, maker...
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Apple needs to give us something newJul 07, 2012 7:31 am - Five years ago, after waiting in line at the Apple Store for much of the day, I finally got my hands on the first iPhone. I rushed home, plugged it into iTunes, signed m...
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VidCon attracts online video makers and their fansJul 07, 2012 7:30 am - ANAHEIM, Calif. — A long line of teenagers has formed inside a cavernous convention center. They’re waiting to nab an autograph from Rebecca Black, the girl who achieved...
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Google phasing out ‘iGoogle’ in latest purgeJul 07, 2012 7:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Google is phasing out a service that allows millions of people to personalize its home page with applications such as weather updates and stock quotes. T...
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Can you be fired for what you post on Facebook?Jul 07, 2012 7:00 am - On a Saturday morning in October 2010, Mariana Cole-Rivera, a domestic violence advocate at the group Hispanics United of Buffalo, began the Facebook thread that would g...
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The problem with cloud computing: CloudsJul 07, 2012 7:00 am - Thanks to the cloud, websites and apps around the world can tap into vast, remote stores of data and computing power. And thanks to the cloud, one good blow to one of th...
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RIM cutting carrier fee shows 'spiral' concernJul 07, 2012 7:00 am - TORONTO — Research In Motion, the BlackBerry maker whose stock has dropped 95 percent since 2008, is under pressure from mobile phone companies to reduce carrier fees th...