Information Technology
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Google, Sony launch 'smart' TVMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. believes it has come up with the technology to unite Web surfing with channel surfing on televisions. To reach the long-elusive goal of turni...
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Suburban website offers discounts, help to charitiesMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - A new suburban website that will donate a portion of its proceeds to nonprofits will launch today. Mulamu.com, a website that plays off the word mula, or money, is expec...
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FTC clears Google purchase of mobile ad serviceMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are clearing the way for Google to buy a mobile ad service called AdMob. Regulators concluded that the $750 million deal is unlikely to ...
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Adobe upgrades Flash, aiming to prove Jobs wrongMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Adobe Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen introduced a souped-up version of his flagship software that's designed to make video run more smoothly on mo...
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Microsoft Kin concerts lead fans on chaseMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Free concerts. Open bar. Big names. Small venues. The catch? You've got to find them first, and only a string of tweets, texts, Facebook updates and blog pos...
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Google to polish Chrome with Web apps storeMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. will open a Web applications store later this year in an attempt to make it easier to find and set up programs within the Internet search le...
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ACLU fighting to keep Tweets anonymousMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. -- An American Civil Liberties Union lawyer said Thursday his organization is helping two anonymous Twitter users fight an effort by prosecutors to unmas...
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Yahoo buys freelance news site Associated ContentMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. is buying freelance news site Associated Content in a deal that will add a more folksy touch to one of the world's biggest Web sites. Financi...
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PayPal plans more local bank partnerships, CEO saysMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - PayPal Inc., the online-payment service owned by EBay Inc., plans to forge more partnerships with banks to tap local consumers as it expands into new markets such as Chi...
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Google faces criminal probe in Germany on wi-fi dataMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Google Inc., the owner of the world's largest search engine, is facing a criminal probe by German prosecutors on data it said was erroneously gathered for its Street Vie...