Information Technology
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Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years
Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just fi...
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MySpace Music videos to appear on Facebook
Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Social-networking site MySpace is launching a music video service that will pop into millions of profiles at rival Facebook as well. Starting Wednesday, m...
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Lisle residents learn costs drive many Navistar decisionsOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Lisle residents took another pound of flesh Wednesday night from their likely new neighbor, Navistar Inc. The village's planning and zoning commission hosted its second...
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Sun cutting up to 3,000 jobs as awaits Oracle deal
Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its worldwide work force, as it awaits a takeover by Oracle Corp., a deal be...
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Barnes & Noble unveils new e-reader: the 'nook'
Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Barnes & Noble Inc. unveiled a new electronic-book reader Tuesday that will compete with Amazon.com's Kindle in a still-small arena where some see bookselli...
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Comcast to debut cable shows online by year's end
Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- You'll be able to watch popular cable television series such as HBO's "Entourage" and AMC's "Mad Men" on your computer by the end of the year without pa...
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Yahoo profits rise in 3Q; will revenue follow?
Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. has pumped up its profits by laying off workers and weeding out unpopular Internet services. Now Carol Bartz, Yahoo's third chief executive s...
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SanDisk posts 3Q profit as revenue climbs 14 pct
Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - MILPITAS, Calif. -- SanDisk Corp. on Tuesday reported a third-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as revenue climbed by 14 percent due to stronger demand and hig...
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AP Sources: Google to unveil music search
Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Google Inc. will launch music search pages next week and include ways for consumers to buy songs for download, according to people familiar with the matte...
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Texas Instruments 3Q profit, sales decline
Oct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Texas Instruments' third-quarter profit and sales Monday inched past the improved expectations the chip maker issued last month, and its largest division, w...