Information Technology
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District 214 showcases tablet programs for school leadersMay 22, 2012 3:44 pm - Students and staff from Northwest Suburban High School District 214 hosted the first Mobile Computing Showcase this week to share their experiences with teachers and adm...
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ICANN resumes bids for new Internet suffixesMay 22, 2012 12:06 pm - NEW YORK — The organization overseeing a major expansion of Internet addresses has reopened its system for letting companies and organizations submit proposals. The ...
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Golden Gate celebrates 75th with help of engineersMay 21, 2012 4:18 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world’s longest suspension span and had been bu...
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Crain’s to launch online paywallMay 21, 2012 12:45 pm - Crain’s Chicago Business will launch a metered subscription plan for its ChicagoBusiness.com starting June 14, following the Daily Herald and the Chicago Sun-Times i...
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' coming out as e-bookMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Welcome, Holly Golightly, to the digital revolution. Vintage Books has announced that “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” Truman Capote's classic New York City novella,...
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SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-secondMay 19, 2012 6:25 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last...
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Search wars: Google v. BingMay 19, 2012 12:00 pm - It was astonishingly easy to quit Googling. In Chrome, Google's Web browser, I clicked a couple buttons in the Settings tab, and voilà, my default search engine w...
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Why computers still aren’t good at translating languagesMay 19, 2012 8:43 am - Recently, on the eighth floor of an Arlington, Va., office building, Rachael held her finger down on a Dell Streak touch screen and asked Aziz whether he knew the villag...
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Two schools of thought: High-tech v. no-techMay 19, 2012 7:51 am - The sixth-graders are lighting up the room with their MacBook Airs, flipped open to Google, Wikipedia and YouTube for a physics assignment. Their classroom is decked out...
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Review: Facebook snapshot doesn’t capture dynamicsMay 19, 2012 7:15 am - NEW YORK — In my five years on Facebook, I’ve shared a lot of photos, links and other tidbits about my life. I’ve commented on what my friends share, and ...