Information Technology
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Angry Birds goes up via ChromeMay 28, 2011 6:31 am - Game developer Rovio sent its wildly popular title, Angry Birds, to the Web via Google’s Chrome browser. The game has two levels with several stages to play through. The...
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E-tracking a thief, but then what?May 28, 2011 6:31 am - This month, Sean Power, a Canadian writer, lost his computer in New York. Rather than rage in frustration and then hurry over to the Apple Store to buy a new laptop, Pow...
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Judge hears arguments over tracking software in rental computersMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - ERIE, Pa. — A judge heard arguments this week in a legal battle over whether a Pennsylvania software company must disable tracking software installed on rental computers...
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Toyota to set up social networking serviceMay 28, 2011 6:00 am - TOKYO — Toyota is setting up a social networking service with the help of a U.S. Internet company and Microsoft so drivers can interact with their cars in a way that's s...
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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...