Information Technology
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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...
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DuPont Fabros readies Elk Grove site for more data center leasesFeb 08, 2011 10:00 pm - Washington, D.C.-based DuPont Fabros Technology plans to invest about $180 million to build out the rest of the former Enesco building in Elk Grove Village and lease it ...
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New iPhone, iPad app helps you keep track of sinsFeb 08, 2011 10:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Can your iPad or iPhone bring you closer to God? A new application for the devices aims to help Roman Catholics who haven't been to the confessional b...
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Palm unveils first tablet computer, the TouchPadFeb 08, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Smart phone pioneer Palm is releasing its first tablet computer, the TouchPad. Palm unveiled the black, skinny device Wednesday at a media event in San F...
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EBay's Instant Sale to pay $200 for certain phonesFeb 07, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — EBay's electronics buyback service will purchase several smart phone models for a guaranteed $200 over the next two weeks. The move comes as Verizon Wir...
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Can Huffington transform AOL like she has herself?Feb 07, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — AOL can only hope that Arianna Huffington proves to be as adept at engineering corporate transformations as she has been at personal ones. Since she bec...
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Smart phones outsell PCs for the first timeFeb 07, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — For the first time ever, smart phones such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone are outselling personal computers, according to a report by research group IDC that was rele...
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Computer pioneer Ken Olsen dies at age 84Feb 07, 2011 10:00 pm - BOSTON — Kenneth Olsen, a computer industry pioneer and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp., has died. He was 84. His death Sunday was announced by Gordon College in ...