Information Technology
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Review: Sifteo a fun but pricey new way to playAug 27, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — I am sliding three little cubes around my desk. My goal is to help a penguin named Booker collect a bunch of eggs and avoid being eaten by a horrific creature...
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Blackberry to synch with Android apps as RIM seeks sales boostAug 27, 2011 6:00 am - Rolling Meadows-based Research In Motion Ltd., seeking to boost the appeal of its BlackBerrys and revive slowing sales, plans to enable models expected next year to run ...
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Amazon brings new local deals site to more citiesAug 27, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its new local deals site to New York and other parts of the country, hoping discount-happy consumers will flock to its offer...
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7 products Steve Jobs got wrongAug 27, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Steve Jobs pushed the envelope many times when it came to product design, and the results weren’t always pretty. Here are seven products created under his dir...
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Review: Apple fine-tunes MacBook Air, making best betterAug 27, 2011 6:00 am - Is it possible for any Apple Inc. product to suffer a lack of attention? Probably not, but if it were, it might be the recently revamped MacBook Air. Released at the sam...
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China becomes biggest PC marketAug 27, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — China has passed an important technological milestone: It became the world’s biggest consumer of PCs in the second quarter, according to new market resea...
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People and other magazines added to NookAug 27, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — People, Fortune and other leading magazines are coming to the Nook. Barnes & Noble, Inc. announced Tuesday that it had agreed with Time to make all 21 of its ...
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CEO says Groupon isn’t in troubleAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - Groupon Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mason said the digital coupon company is growing and widening its lead over rivals, addressing concerns raised about the busi...
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Google shuts business it bought in 2010 for $200 millionAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - Google Inc. said it’s shutting Slide, the social-gaming business it bought for about $200 million last year, and that Max Levchin, the chief executive officer of the acq...
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Cook to be Apple’s new ‘gravitational force’Aug 25, 2011 12:00 am - Steve Jobs had a theory about what makes some technology businesses succeed while others fail. “Lots of companies have tons of great engineers and smart people,” Jobs to...