Information Technology
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FCC set to unveil sweeping national broadband planMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Communications regulators are unveiling a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. Their aim: to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connecti...
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New iPhone app helps drivers find parking downtownMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Trouble finding affordable parking in Chicago? There's an app for that, and it was created by a college student from the suburbs. Nick Capizzani, 23, of Plainfield, has...
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Court forcing Comcast to loosen hold on channelsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms t...
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Apple takes pre-orders for April 3 iPad launchMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple is accepting pre-orders for the iPad, its new touch-screen gadget for reading books, watching video and surfing the Web. IPads with Wi-Fi wire...
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Nokia revises 2009 market share down to 34 percentMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - HELSINKI -- Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no g...
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Apple seeks patent allowing iPhone to unlock doorsMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Apple Inc., which on March 2 began litigation to enforce some of the patents covering its iPhone, is seeking a patent on a technology that would allow the device to be u...
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Twitter unveils tool to share tweeting locationsMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities. A new feature unveiled Thursday gives Twitter...
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VeriSign to spend more than $300 mil on tech upgradesMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $...
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Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone marketMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a slee...
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Google opens Web store for business applicationsMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rel...