Information Technology
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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
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Cisco sued for helping China build Great FirewallMay 22, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement have filed a lawsuit against Cisco Systems and its top executives, including Chief Executive John Chambers, ac...
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Review: Eee Pad tablet transforms into laptopMay 21, 2011 6:30 am - NEW YORK — The tablet computers that compete with the iPad have mostly been uninspiring. The Eee Pad Transformer stands out with a design that isn’t just copied from the...
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Regulators seek explanations on phone location dataMay 21, 2011 6:30 am - WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are joining the growing list of public officials demanding answers from Apple Inc. and Google Inc. about the extent to which mobile devic...
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Review: Portable Wi-Fi drive turns iPad into cineplexMay 21, 2011 6:30 am - Smartphones and tablets excel at playing movies and other media on the go, but they suffer from one big drawback: They don’t hold all that much. While the flash memory c...
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Could the Internet spell the end of snow days?May 21, 2011 6:30 am - PARKVILLE, Mo. — Could the Internet mean the end of snow days? Some schools think so, and they are experimenting with ways for students to do lessons online during bad w...
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Netflix’s Internet traffic overtakes Web surfingMay 21, 2011 6:30 am - NEW YORK — Move over, Web surfing. Netflix movies now take up more of the Internet pipes going into North American homes. A study published Tuesday by Sandvine Inc. show...