Information Technology
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Disconnecting in a too-connected worldMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - FRANKLIN, N.Y. — The knowledge that I’d be cut off from Internet and cellphone service in just a few hours started to relax me long before I reached the secluded, serene...
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Franken presses Apple, Google on privacyMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - Apple Inc. and Google Inc. should provide customers with “clear and understandable privacy policies” for mobile applications, a U.S. lawmaker said. Sen. Al Franken, a Mi...
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Internet bunny speaks your mind, wiggles earsMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - “If I’d asked my customers what they’d wanted,” Henry Ford supposedly observed, “they would have said, ‘a faster horse.’” From personal computers to super-smartphones an...
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Google ‘very positive’ about mobile prospects in ChinaMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - Google Inc. is “very positive” about prospects for mobile content in China and believes the country has a unique role to play in developing the market, John Liu, Google’...
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Microsoft to update Windows Phone softwareMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it plans a major upgrade to its Windows Phone software this fall, ahead of the launch of the first Nokia phones to use it. ...
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Solar power may be cheaper than fossil fuels in five years, GE saysMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - Solar power may be cheaper than electricity generated by fossil fuels and nuclear reactors within three to five years because of innovations, said Mark M. Little, the gl...
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Barnes & Noble launches touch-screen Nook for $139May 28, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — The lighter, slimmer, cheaper new version of Barnes & Noble’s e-reader has a black-and-white touch screen and aims squarely at the “grandma” demographic — or ...
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Payment startup Square rolls out iPad sales appMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — First, mobile payments service Square made it easier for merchants to accept credit cards anytime, anywhere, with just a smartphone and a tiny, plastic c...
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Cloud is here to stay for suburban providersMay 27, 2011 12:00 am - Vernon Hills-based CDW, which offers cloud computing data centers and other services, has issued its first survey about what clients are doing with this evolving technol...
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AT&T announces 5 cities for faster wireless dataMay 24, 2011 11:00 pm - AT&T announces 5 cities for faster wireless data