Information Technology
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Rosetta Stone case against Google may go to trialApr 14, 2012 8:01 am - RICHMOND, Va. — Foreign language education company Rosetta Stone Inc.’s lawsuit against Google Inc. over use of trademarks in its advertising search terms may be headed ...
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Loyal Instagram users fret about Facebook’s reachApr 14, 2012 8:01 am - NEW YORK — Poor Instagram users. First, their beloved photo-sharing application moves from iPhone-only exclusivity to the Android phone masses. A week later, Facebook s...
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Five cellphone service companies suedApr 14, 2012 8:01 am - LINCOLN, Neb. — An Omaha company is suing five cellphone service companies for, it claims, violating its patent on security technology that helps smartphones, tablets an...
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Texting offers promise but also peril to campaignsApr 14, 2012 7:45 am - NEW YORK — Text messaging is posing both new opportunities and dangers for America's political campaigns. The most widely used form of mobile communication, it has beco...
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Sony CEO tunes out TVs in rebound strategyApr 14, 2012 7:30 am - Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai plans to win back customers from Apple Inc. by concentrating on mobile devices, games and digital imaging. TVs aren't on his list. Hirai is fa...
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Review: No wires necessary with Doxi Go scannerApr 14, 2012 7:30 am - For most of us, the paperless life remains just a dream. We're awash in memos, documents, photos. It would be far more convenient, not to say environmentally friendly, i...
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‘Marley’ to stream on Facebook while in theatersApr 14, 2012 7:20 am - NEW YORK — The Bob Marley documentary “Marley” will stream on Facebook simultaneously during its theatrical opening, a signal that social media may also play a role in s...
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”.Oops”: Glitch forces extension for new suffixesApr 14, 2012 7:15 am - NEW YORK — You're probably familiar with “.com” and “.org.” How about “. oops”? A technical glitch forced the abrupt shutdown of a system for letting companies and organ...
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Review: Warming up to InstagramApr 14, 2012 7:00 am - NEW YORK — I was skeptical, even horrified, when I first heard about the photo-sharing craze Instagram more than a year ago. As a journalist trained to reject alteration...
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Barnes & Noble lights up e-reader screenApr 14, 2012 6:45 am - NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble says it's tackling one of the shortcomings of black-and-white e-readers, by creating a screen that can be read in the dark. E-readers with blac...