Information Technology
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Motorola Mobility defeats Apple ‘finger swipe’ patent claimMay 01, 2012 12:02 pm - Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. defeated an Apple Inc. “finger swipe” patent-infringement claim when a federal judge in Chicago found that tapping an item on a touch scr...
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Facebook to make it easier to become organ donorMay 01, 2012 10:00 am - Facebook wants to help you share your organs. Users in the United States and the U.K. can enroll as organ donors via links to official registries on the world's biggest...
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Louis C.K., Bjork among Webby Awards winnersApr 30, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — When Louis C.K. released his comedy special “Live at the Beacon Theater” by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than a cautiously optimistic exp...
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Can technology fix a nation? India tries to find outApr 29, 2012 5:45 am - RAYAGADA, India — The dreams of modern India rarely make it to Rayagada. The Indians of these eastern forests forage for sago leaves and wild mango to survive. Barely a ...
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IBM raises dividend, approves stock buybackApr 28, 2012 8:13 am - IBM Corp. is raising its quarterly dividend and repurchasing $7 billion more of its stock under a new buyback program. IBM said this week that it is raising its quarter...
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Intel launches first chips of new generationApr 28, 2012 7:03 am - NEW YORK — Intel Corp. said that PCs with chips from its new generation of processors, featuring a revolutionary design, will be available this week. The new generation,...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook emerges from Steve Jobs' shadowApr 28, 2012 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook has long seen as the humorless and unemotional guy running the show from behind the scenes. But he is beginning to reveal a more assertive ...
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New board member says RIM turnaround to take yearsApr 28, 2012 7:00 am - The newest board member of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said that a turnaround could take three to five years. Prem Watsa, RIM's third-largest investor, said...
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Number of active users at Facebook over the yearsApr 28, 2012 6:55 am - How the number of active users at Facebook has grown: December 2004: 1 million. December 2005: 5.5 million. December 2006: 12 million. April 2007: 20 million. October 20...
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Logitech soars as earnings beat analyst estimatesApr 28, 2012 6:19 am - Logitech International SA jumped the most in more than four years as earnings beat estimates and the world’s biggest maker of computer mice announced measures including ...