Information Technology
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Ahead of the Bell: Apple to report earningsJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - SEATTLE — Wall Street will weigh in Tuesday on Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' announcement that he will take a medical leave of absence to focus on his health. The news cam...
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Farmers encouraged to learn about social mediaJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Farmers and other agriculture professionals in Illinois are being urged to learn how to use social media like Facebook and Twitter. To help, the Ill...
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Look for a better deal, consumer group urges as AT&T hikes land line phone ratesJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Elizabeth Krehmeyer of Mundelein had AT&T land line phone service, then switched to Comcast’s Triple Play for phone, Internet and cable TV service. As prices went up, sh...
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Goldman Sachs limits Facebook private offeringJan 16, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has prohibited U.S. investors from participating in a private offering expected to raise up to $1.5 billion for social networking si...
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BlackBerry agrees to filter out porn in IndonesiaJan 16, 2011 10:00 pm - JAKARTA, Indonesia — The maker of BlackBerry promised Indonesia on Monday it will meet the country's request to filter out pornographic content on its smartphones in th...
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Jobs leave raises questions about Apple futureJan 16, 2011 10:00 pm - SEATTLE — Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs is taking his second medical leave of absence in two years, raising serious questions about his health and the leadership of a compan...
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Cancer survivor aims to raze barriers with appJan 15, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — In the late 1990s, Marty Tenenbaum was a hotshot e-commerce entrepreneur riding high on the dot-com boom when he noticed a lump on his body. His doctor ...
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Downloads of Disney's new 'Tap Tap' game cross 6MJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co.'s newly restructured mobile game division briefly knocked the popular "Angry Birds" off its perch atop iTunes' free app store over the...
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Calif. man used Facebook to hack women's e-mailsJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a cautionary tale for users of social-networking sites, a California man has admitted using personal information he gleaned from Facebook to hac...
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Tri-Cities tech company keeps it localJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Debra Reiter traveled the world as an executive for BP, while being based in Chicago and later Naperville. But BP had her working more overseas than at home. “Working f...