Information Technology
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Review: Can a smartphone camera do it all?Aug 13, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — If you’re anything like me, your cellphone and its built-in camera is always on you, while your digital camera gathers dust at home. This wasn’t always t...
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Indonesian tech frenzy tantalizes venture capitalistsAug 13, 2011 6:00 am - JAKARTA, Indonesia — Venture capitalists from Silicon Valley to New York all have the same question about Indonesia’s come-from-nowhere tech frenzy: Are the young entrep...
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Sears debuts interactive, online seriesAug 12, 2011 8:00 am - Hoffman Estates-bases Sears on Sunday will debut an interactive online series called “Screw D,” about a totally inept guy sent to Craftsman boot camps to learn do-it-you...
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First ‘green’ businesses recognized in Hoffman EstatesAug 10, 2011 12:00 am - In March 2011, the village of Hoffman Estates unveiled the Green Business Recognition Program. The program recognizes Hoffman Estates businesses that are focused on sust...
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Skype releases online calling app for iPadAug 06, 2011 6:47 am - Skype has announced the release of its online calling app for Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet. The new app, which can be downloaded at Apple’s iTunes store, lets users make fre...
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Poor in India add Facebook before tap waterAug 06, 2011 6:47 am - In a two-room shanty with no running water in northern Mumbai, Darshana Verma makes tea on a small stove. On a bench nearby, her 18-year-old son, Vishal, messages Facebo...
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AOL launches personalized magazine app for iPadAug 06, 2011 6:11 am - SAN FRANCISCO — AOL is trying to snatch a larger portion of the tablet computer audience by launching free iPad software that presents a customized, daily e-magazine tha...
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Google says Apple, Microsoft and Oracle waging ‘hostile campaign’Aug 06, 2011 6:11 am - Google Inc. has accused Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. of waging a “hostile, organized campaign” against its Android mobile software, a sign of escalating tension in t...
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Report: Global cyberattack under way for 5 yearsAug 06, 2011 6:08 am - NEW YORK — A computer security firm says cybercriminals have spent at least the past five years targeting more than 70 government entities, nonprofit groups and corporat...
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Insulin pumps, monitors vulnerable to hackingAug 06, 2011 6:08 am - LAS VEGAS — Even the human bloodstream isn’t safe from computer hackers. A security researcher who is diabetic has identified flaws that could allow an attacker to remot...