Information Technology
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Court hears challenge to $65 mil Facebook settlementJan 10, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Former Harvard University classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg want to throw out a $65 million settlement of their lawsuit that alleged the soc...
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Study: Online speech full of regional 'accents'Jan 10, 2011 10:00 pm - PITTSBURGH — Tweeting about what club "y'all" are going to tonight? Must be from the South. Looking forward to "suttin" special? Then you probably live in New York. Thi...
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South Korean film director makes movie on iPhoneJan 09, 2011 10:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — Acclaimed South Korean film director Park Chan-wook has discovered a new cinematic tool: the iPhone. The director of South Korean movies "Old Boy,"...
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Verizon big winner from having iPhone? Not so fastJan 09, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless would seem to be a big winner after its expected announcement Tuesday that it will start selling the iPhone and break Apple Inc.'s monogamou...
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What was hot at this year's Vegas gadget showJan 08, 2011 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS — Gadgets revealed at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas flop more often than they pop. This year's show, however, delivered many ...
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Sprint outlines low price-strategyJan 07, 2011 9:40 pm - Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, began touting last year that it had the country’s first nationwide, fourth-generation wireless network....
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Gadgets for free TV arrive, but will buyers bite?Jan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS — Being able to watch live TV on the go sounds like an appealing idea. Indeed, Audiovox Corp. says its RCA-branded portable, battery-powered televisions sell ...
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Apple launches app store for Mac computer softwareJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - SEATTLE — Apple Inc. is expanding the "app store" idea that caught fire on the iPhone and iPad to its line of Mac computers. Mac users who have the latest version of Ap...
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Lake Zurich experts take a look at latest consumer trendsJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - More mobility, more apps and more multimedia devices are likely to be in consumers' hands soon, judging by products unveiled this week, said two Lake Zurich-based expert...
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Microsoft CEO takes gadget show stage amid tablet crushJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - One year ago, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at the tech industry's premier gadget show to showcase a Windows tablet computer to an audience that had y...