Information Technology
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Microsoft's future riding on Windows 8Feb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's left of its kingdom. Since the company released its Windows operating system in 1985, most of the sequels hav...
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Apple expected to announce iPad 3 launch at meetingFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Apple is inviting reporters to an event next Wednesday in San Francisco. An image on the invite showing part of an iPad screen suggests it's to announce a new...
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Moto Mobility to offer business smartphone trade-in programFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire LIBERTYVILLE — Motorola Mobility will offer up to $200 cash back for a business user’s old smartphone when they purchase a Motorola Business Ready smartphone....
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TechMag turns to Vasco technology to protect serversFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire OAKBROOK TERRACE — Vasco Data Security International Inc. announced that TechMag, a distributor of Vasco’s solutions in Brazil, has rolled out Vasco’s Digipas...
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Philadelphia museum automaton has link to Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’Feb 26, 2012 6:09 am - Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The scien...
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Facebook insiders limit IPO by pushing $100 billion valueFeb 25, 2012 7:03 am - Facebook Inc. is already trading like a public company as insiders and wealthy investors use private marketplaces to buy and sell stock in the social-networking company ...
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Cable companies shut down interactive ad ventureFeb 25, 2012 7:03 am - NEW YORK — The country’s largest cable TV companies are shutting down the bulk of a venture that let viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees. Four-year-ol...
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Calif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosuresFeb 25, 2012 6:31 am - SAN FRANCISCO — California is clamping down on nosy mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling sensitive inform...
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T-Mobile USA to make data network work with iPhoneFeb 25, 2012 6:31 am - NEW YORK — T-Mobile USA will revamp its wireless data network this year, with the side effect of making it compatible with iPhones and some other smartphones sold by com...
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Pandora, Spotify to face more competitionFeb 25, 2012 6:18 am - NPR’s newly updated music app makes it a strong competitor for music services such as Spotify and Pandora. Users were already able to listen to songs and programs from N...