Information Technology
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Google adds feature to help China searchersJun 01, 2012 5:51 am - BEIJING — Google has fired a new salvo in a censorship battle with Beijing by adding a feature that warns users in China who enter search keywords that might produce blo...
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SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth, ends historic tripMay 31, 2012 5:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The history-making Dragon spacecraft is back on Earth. The unmanned cargo ship parachuted into the Pacific on Thursday, six hours after leaving th...
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Sprint to shut Nextel as early as June 2013May 29, 2012 11:20 am - NEW YORK — Sprint says it will shut down the Nextel network as early as June 30 next year, cutting off service for its characteristic walkie-talkie-like Nextel phones. S...
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Samsung begins Europe sales of latest smartphoneMay 29, 2012 11:15 am - SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, said its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone went on sale Tuesday in 28 Europe...
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Facebook shares retreat to new low as options trading beginsMay 29, 2012 11:15 am - Facebook Inc. shares fell to a new low, extending losses from the worst-performing large initial public offering during the past decade to more than 20 percent. The stoc...
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New cyberweapon discovered; Iranian computers hitMay 29, 2012 10:36 am - LONDON — A massive data-slurping cyberweapon is circulating in the Middle East, a Russian Internet security firm reported Monday, saying that computers in Iran appear to...
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District 214 to test iPads at Vanguard SchoolMay 28, 2012 6:55 pm - As Northwest Suburban High School District 214 works on a plan for each of its 12,000 students to have an iPad in the future, students and staff at Vanguard Alternative ...
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Free-e-book promotes fall releases with excerptsMay 28, 2012 7:20 am - NEW YORK — Summer is weeks away, but the fall book season has already started. “Buzz Books 2012” is a free e-book that came out Monday and features excerpts from 33 upco...
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SBA head looks beyond loans to help small businessMay 26, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — When Karen Mills became head of the Small Business Administration in April 2009, the U.S. was in a recession and a credit crisis. It was hard, if not impossib...
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iPad makes paper obsoleteMay 26, 2012 7:41 am - I didn’t expect to quit paper so easily. Sure, I love technology, but I also love reading, and I’ve always found paper to be the most pleasurable delivery system for the...