Information Technology
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Digital film switch daunts historic movie housesFeb 17, 2012 11:00 pm - BUFFALO, N.Y. — The license plate on movie projectionist Arnie Herdendorf's Buick is 35MM MAN, a nod to his work in the booth at the 1925 Palace Theatre, with its velvet...
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Local emergency alert service sees growthFeb 17, 2012 4:30 am - Jacob Hargrave of Grayslake and Glenn Graham of Vernon Hills are planning to grow EverybodySafe.com, a site that allows first-responders and hospital personnel to quickl...
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FCC plans to nix wireless network that may jam GPSFeb 14, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Federal officials plan to kill a private company's plans to start a national high-speed wireless broadband network after concluding it would in some cases jam...
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Swiss craft janitor satellites to grab space junkFeb 14, 2012 11:00 pm - GENEVA — The tidy Swiss want to clean up space. Swiss scientists said Wednesday they plan to launch a “janitor satellite” specially designed to get rid of space junk, th...
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Who’s hiring? Think techFeb 12, 2012 5:03 am - Employers across a range of industries have stepped up hiring. The economy gained 243,000 jobs in January, the most since last April. The hiring spree helped lower the u...
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Love gone wrong? Go digital to get over an exFeb 11, 2012 7:11 am - NEW YORK — You thought you found your one true love online, but now you’ve been dumped by text or defriended on Facebook without a peep of explanation. Hours of bad TV i...
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Key events involving Yahoo and its performanceFeb 11, 2012 7:01 am - Key events involving Yahoo Inc. and its performance leading up to this week’s board shakeup: Nov. 17, 2008: Yahoo Inc. says co-founder Jerry Yang will step down as C...
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Looking for work? There may be an app for thatFeb 11, 2012 7:01 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you’re apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphone...
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Review: Soulo converts iPad into karaoke machineFeb 11, 2012 6:42 am - LOS ANGELES — Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public. Enter Soulo, a...
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Facebook’s Saverin agreed to sell shares to Digital Sky in 2010Feb 11, 2012 6:02 am - Eduardo Saverin, the co-founder of Facebook Inc. and former Harvard University classmate of Mark Zuckerberg, agreed to sell some of his stock to Digital Sky Technologies...