Information Technology
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Wheaton resident says farewell to wireless industry with a flourishMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - President and CEO Jack Rooney stood among boxes in his U.S. Cellular office overlooking the Kennedy Expressway on Chicago's North Side. The Wheaton resident was nearly p...
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Google, Microsoft, Yahoo breach privacy laws, EU Group saysMay 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. must limit the amount of time they keep Internet- search records to six months or justify the need for any longer storage pe...
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Three years later, iPhone's cool factor still a lureMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- It's been three years, an eternity for gadgets, since Apple Inc. unveiled the iPhone, and by now other phones do some things better. Yet Apple is selling mor...
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Plans announced for Lake Erie wind farmMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- General Electric Co. announced Monday that it plans to harness the power of winds blowing across Lake Erie by developing the world's first freshwater wind ...
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Amazon: Color Kindle 'still a long way out'May 24, 2010 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- A color version of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle e-reader may come eventually, but it won't be soon. Speaking Tuesday at the online retailer's annual shareholder m...
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Server crash knocks out AT&T U-Verse phonesMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dallas-based AT&T's new digital home phone service has failed across the country, illustrating continuing reliability issues with Internet-based phone servic...
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Google opens up, divulges its ad commission ratesMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google has finally revealed one of its financial secrets. It is spelling how it splits the money with other websites that show its online ads. ...
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Via says $100 Android tablets will challenge the IPad this yearMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Via Technologies Inc., the Taiwanese computer-processor company, expects $100 tablet devices containing its chips to reach the U.S. in the second half of 2010, offering ...
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Motorola continues search for new phone headquartersMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. said Monday it continues to eye different offices as potential headquarters for its Mobile Devices and Home businesses and will move about 200 workers to t...
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Hewlett-Packard recalling 54K laptop batteriesMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is recalling 54,000 lithium-ion batteries used in HP and Compaq computers after receiving reports of injuries from the batteries ov...