Information Technology
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Wireless Internet network threatens GPS signalsApr 05, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A new, ultra-fast wireless Internet network is threatening to overpower GPS signals across the U.S. and interfere with everything from airplanes to police ...
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Wireless companies beef up coverage around ballparksMar 31, 2011 12:00 am - Some of the wireless providers have beefed up their network coverage around Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field in anticipation of the baseball season. So fans heading...
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Google's ultra-fast broadband headed for Kansas CityMar 30, 2011 12:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Kan. — After seeing Facebook pleas and flash mobs, and even cities temporarily renaming themselves “Google,” the search engine giant said Wednesday it has c...
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Itasca's IDT jumps on the cloudMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - Paul Szemplinski of St. Charles founded a tech company in 1992 in Elgin that today is Itasca-based IDT. The firm did more than provide niche services with name-brand tec...
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Starz delays Netflix rerunsMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Starz has become the latest pay TV channel to pull back from its embrace of subscription video provider Netflix Inc. and treat it more like a competitor. ...
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs to be deposedMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, who is currently out on medical leave, will be deposed to testify in an antitrust suit related to its iPod music players and i...
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United, Continental expand mobile check-in, boardingMar 17, 2011 12:00 am - You'll be able to use your smartphone for mobile check-in and mobile boarding passes for international destinations now, thanks to an expansion of the technology used by...
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One bad tweet may cost 20 people their jobsMar 16, 2011 11:00 pm - AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — A Chrysler contractor who posted an obscene tweet on the Chrysler brand's official account says he's sorry his four-letter flub has cost his firm t...
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Motorola to sell Wi-Fi-only Xoom tablet for $599Mar 15, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Motorola Mobility says it will start selling a Wi-Fi-only version of its Xoom tablet computer for $599 on March 27. The Xoom is a prominent competitor to App...
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Group: Gmail inaccessible to blind studentsMar 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A complaint filed Tuesday with the federal government accuses New York University and Northwestern University of discriminating against blind students by ad...