Information Technology
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Study: 12 percent of U.S. households own e-readerJul 02, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — A study finds that 12 percent of U.S. households now own a reading device for electronic books, such as Amazon’s Kindle. That’s three times the number of hous...
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Review: HP TouchPad makes a mediocre tabletJul 02, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — A year after Hewlett-Packard Co. purchased flailing Palm, the technology behemoth is rolling out the first tablet that uses Palm’s webOS operating system...
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Local man offers seminar on using tech to find a jobJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Michael Yublosky of Buffalo Grove is hoping to open your eyes to social media and how it can help you find a job. In fact, the principal behind GEM Consulting aims to he...
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AP Source: Google among firms looking to buy HuluJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Search giant Google Inc. is one of about a dozen companies involved in talks to potentially buy online video site Hulu, a person familiar with the matter s...
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Romanian man sentenced in web auction scamJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a Romanian man to four years in prison in connection with a plan to hide money obtained through an international fraud scheme. F...
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Justin Timberlake part of group buying MySpaceJun 29, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Justin Timberlake apparently wasn't satisfied with just playing a social media impresario in the movies, so now he's becoming one in real life. The pop sta...
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Comcast to cut service wait timesJun 26, 2011 6:00 am - Comcast Corp. plans to reduce the time customers wait for the cable guy after a consumer website last year voted it worst company in America. Comcast, based in Philadelp...
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White House solar panels are no-showsJun 25, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Last October, the Obama administration announced plans to install solar panels on the roof of the White House by the spring of this year, returning the powe...
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Review: 3-D silly, but EVO 3D smart overallJun 25, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — There has been a big push for 3-D at movie theaters and on TV sets, so it was only a matter of time before digitally enhanced fisticuffs started popping ...
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Yahoo, Alibaba in “constructive” talksJun 25, 2011 6:00 am - SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc., Japan’s Softbank Corp. and Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group say they remain in “constructive” talks and have made “encouraging prog...