Information Technology
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Conn. AG investigating Facebook hackingFeb 14, 2011 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. — Attorney General George Jepsen wants Facebook to say how it detects and disables fake accounts after a Connecticut lawmaker complained that her identit...
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Groupon to seek operations head for expansionFeb 14, 2011 10:00 pm - Groupon Inc., owner of the largest website for daily deals, is ramping up hiring of managers who can help spearhead expansion abroad, according to two people involved in...
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AOL CEO Armstrong snaps up $10 mil of AOL stockFeb 13, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is making a $10 million bet that his turnaround strategy will pay off. He just invested that amount of money in 477,000 shares of t...
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Nokia CEO under gun to justify Microsoft switchFeb 13, 2011 10:00 pm - BARCELONA, Spain — Investors have panned his shake-up strategy and employees are rankled. Now, Nokia Corp.'s Stephen Elop, the first non-Finn to lead the world's larges...
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Verizon to sell Sony Ericsson's PlayStation phoneFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - BARCELONA, Spain — The first "PlayStation phone" is coming to Verizon Wireless in April, the CEO of phone maker Sony Ericsson said Sunday. The Xperia Play phone will hav...
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Forest preserve caters to smart-phone usersFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Smart-phone users who venture into any of eight Lake County forest preserves will find some old information available in a new format. What appear to be square blotches ...
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Pandora tunes up for IPO, looks to raise $100MFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Popular Internet radio service Pandora is tuning up for an IPO later this year. In documents filed Friday, Pandora indicated it would raise $100 million ...
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Wheeling High School tech program earns honorFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Wheeling High School’s technology curriculum was recently granted the 2011 High School Program Excellence Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educato...
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New Heat Tracker app turns up the heat at local sitesFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - If you’re eager to know if a restaurant, bar or nightclub is crowded and who’s there, you’re likely using any number of check-in, location-based social networking apps. ...
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Yahoo to open tablet newsstand in bid for more adsFeb 09, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. is culling material from its website to create a mix of digital publications for computer tablets and other mobile devices, in its latest atte...