Information Technology
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Review: Google’s Chromebook evokes warmth for WindowsJun 18, 2011 6:00 am - It isn’t often you come across a computer that makes you wish it ran Microsoft Windows. The new Chromebook Series 5 laptop manages that impressive feat. The Chromebook, ...
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Copious looks to be the eBay of the Facebook eraJun 18, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — A group of Silicon Valley veterans is building a shopping service around the idea that Facebook’s real-identity system is good for building trust in online co...
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5 e-book readers for less than $175Jun 18, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — When Amazon.com’s groundbreaking Kindle e-book reader came out in 2007, it cost $399. Now, some e-readers, including the most recent Kindle entry, can be had ...
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Study: Risky online behavior commonJun 18, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Big companies such as Citigroup and Sony have been the targets of major hacking attacks. Yet a new survey finds that regular people are also prime and often u...
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Facebook helps itself by helping RockMelt browserJun 18, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has updated its status to include a relationship with RockMelt, an upstart Web browser that revolves around Facebook’s online hangout. The busin...
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New TV options coming to a screen near youJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - The way you watch television will be changing in coming months with more Internet-based technology. The cable industry continues to be in transition — from analog to dig...
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Quiet China giant embodies technology aspirationsJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - SHENZHEN, China — China's quietest multibillion-dollar Chinese success story began when a former soldier founded a company in the 1980s to sell imported phone switches....
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Dolby sues Blackberry maker RIM over patentsJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Dolby International, a unit of audio equipment maker Dolby Laboratories Inc., is suing Research In Motion Ltd. for patent infringement in the U.S. and G...
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Siemens to invest €150 million in DenmarkJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - BERLIN — German industrial giant Siemens AG says it plans to invest more than €150 million ($217 million) over the next two years to expand its wind-power operations in...
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Motorola Solutions to add 400 jobsJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - Motorola Solutions said Tuesday it plans to add about 400 workers to its operations in Chicago over the next 1½ years — and didn't take any government tax incentive pack...