Information Technology
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Bing to duel Google with Facebook-friendly formatMay 12, 2012 7:30 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft's Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook's social network and Twitter's messaging service to showca...
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Pentagon says cyber-threat sharing may reach 1,000 contractorsMay 12, 2012 7:30 am - The Pentagon predicts as many as 1,000 defense contractors may join a voluntary effort to share classified information on cyber threats under an expansion of a first ini...
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Take-Two delays ‘BioShock Infinite’ to FebruaryMay 12, 2012 7:30 am - NEW YORK — Take-Two has delayed the release of “BioShock Infinite,” an eagerly awaited shooter game set in 1912. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said Wednesday that ...
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China’s Huawei hopes to make a name for itselfMay 12, 2012 7:30 am - NEW ORLEANS — Will Americans buy a Chinese smartphone? We’re about to find out, as Huawei, one of the world’s biggest phone makers, is planning a big push into U.S. cell...
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Digital ‘wallets’ proliferate at cellphone showMay 12, 2012 7:30 am - NEW ORLEANS — Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that’s the opinion of electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card is...
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Internet address suffixes expansion back on trackMay 12, 2012 7:30 am - NEW YORK — The organization overseeing a major expansion of Internet address suffixes hopes to resume taking proposals on May 22 following a technical glitch that shut d...
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AT&T looking to introduce family data plansMay 12, 2012 7:30 am - NEW ORLEANS — The head of AT&T’s wireless business says he’s looking to introduce plans that share a data allowance among family members, similar to the way it sells fam...
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Survey: We want simple technologyMay 10, 2012 9:03 am - What do people want most from their smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices? Simplicity, at least according to a new Ketchum Digital Living Index survey of abo...
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Gogo to acquire Airfone, 1 MHz spectrum from LiveTVMay 08, 2012 9:38 am - Itasca-based Airline Wi-Fi provider Gogo said it has acquired the Airfone business unit from LiveTV, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways Corporation. Terms...
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Restaurant.com launches Android app, mobile versionsMay 08, 2012 9:38 am - Arlington Heights-based Restaurant.com, has released an Android App and advanced mobile Web platform versions of its native iPhone App, which launched earlier this year,...