Information Technology
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Google buys about 1,000 IBM patentsJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Google Inc. has bought about 1,000 pending and issued patents from IBM Corp. in its quest to shore up its defenses against suits by other technology companies...
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Phone companies present rural broadband planJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and four other telecom companies are offering a proposal to overhaul the $8 billion federal phone subsidy program to ...
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AT&T to throttle data speeds for ‘unlimited’ hogsJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — AT&T Inc. said Friday that it’s going to start limiting speeds for the 5 percent of its customers with “unlimited” data smartphone plans who clog the airwaves...
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Motorola Solutions sees Schaumburg as growing hubJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Motorola Solutions Inc. CEO Greg Brown said Thursday he's forming a new global services organization, aiming to further grow the company and continuing to staff the 400-...
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Motorola Mobility disappoints on smartphonesJul 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility Holdings, the maker of cellphones and cable set-top boxes that split off from the rest of Motorola in January, posted a loss for the...
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Tellabs losses lead to 330 job cutsJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - Tellabs Inc., a global company that makes equipment for the telecommunications industry, said Tuesday it plans to cut 330 workers, or about 10 percent of its staff, incl...
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Services today for retired U.S. Cellular CEO RooneyJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - Wheaton resident John “Jack” Rooney, the retired president and CEO of U.S. Cellular, has died. He was 69. A company spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that Rooney died last F...
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Apple’s Lion operating system available for $30Jul 23, 2011 6:13 am - CUPERTINO, Calif. — Having just reported a blowout quarter, Apple Inc. began selling its latest operating system, Lion, as a download for $30 on Wednesday. The company a...
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Threatened by iPad, PCs start to look like tabletsJul 23, 2011 6:13 am - NEW YORK — The response by computer makers to the iPad stealing sales from them: Make their PCs more like iPads. The “if you can’t beat `em, join `em” strategy” is promp...
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Rebooting the PC industry: Tablets force a shiftJul 23, 2011 6:13 am - SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The personal computer industry needs a jump-start — and it’s counting on a rescue from emerging markets and a late-to-the-party push into tablet co...