Information Technology
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Paramount to add 500 films to YouTube rentalsApr 07, 2012 7:09 am - NEW YORK — YouTube and Paramount Pictures have reached a deal to make nearly 500 films available to rent online, even while their parent companies continue to feud over ...
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Photo app Instagram launches on Android phonesApr 07, 2012 7:07 am - NEW YORK — IPhone-less hipsters rejoice: The popular photo-taking and photo-sharing app Instagram is now on Android. The app has already been available on the iPhone and...
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Patton Oswalt to host 16th annual Webby AwardsApr 07, 2012 7:02 am - NEW YORK — Patton Oswalt will host the 16th annual Webby Awards. The actor-comedian will emcee the May 21 event, it was announced Tuesday, where winners are famously re...
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Facebook files patent countersuit against YahooApr 07, 2012 6:57 am - NEW YORK — Facebook is stepping up its patent dispute with Yahoo by filing its own lawsuit against the struggling Internet icon. Facebook’s lawsuit comes just weeks afte...
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Review: Wi-Fi bunny improves, still seeks purposeApr 07, 2012 6:55 am - ATLANTA — Six years ago, a white plastic rabbit that was connected to my home Wi-Fi network read some news headlines and played a few songs. Colored lights on his belly ...
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Magazine seeks entries for entrepreneur contestApr 07, 2012 6:22 am - The call for entries has begun for Entrepreneur magazine’s Entrepreneur of 2012 contest presented by The UPS Store. For the fifth year running, Entrepreneur is searching...
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Google Art Project premieres upgrades in ChicagoApr 07, 2012 6:21 am - High technology merged with high culture Tuesday at The Art Institute of Chicago when Google Inc. announced an upgrade to its Google Art Project initiative, adding thous...
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Qualcomm, Intel provide source code in patent fight, Apple saysApr 07, 2012 6:17 am - Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. have provided U.S. lawyers with source code that will help prove Apple Inc. isn’t infringing patents of Samsung Electronics Co., an Austral...
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Google ads in Australian searches misled users, court saysApr 07, 2012 6:08 am - Google Inc., owner of the world’s most-popular search engine, misled Australian consumers in 2007 by including paid advertisements from competitors in search results for...
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Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in biopicApr 07, 2012 6:08 am - LOS ANGELES — He’s already a titan of social media, so it only makes sense that Ashton Kutcher would play the late Apple founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biography. Kut...