Information Technology
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Apple updates iMac line, adds 'multitouch' mouse
Oct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Apple Inc. updated its iMac desktop computer line Tuesday and introduced a mouse that responds to the touch of fingers instead of using buttons or scroll whee...
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IPhone helps Apple profit rise 47 percent; stock leaps
Oct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Apple Inc. increased its net income 47 percent in the most recent quarter as more people bought Mac computers and gave in to the iPhone craze. The results se...
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Key 'net neutrality' vote this week
Oct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- With Democrats in charge in Washington, supporters of so-called "net neutrality" rules seem poised to finally push through requirements that high-speed Int...
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Gartner: Tech spending will rebound in 2010
Oct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- Research group Gartner Inc. says the information technology industry is closing its worst year on record, with worldwide tech spending on track to decli...
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Verizon's big ad push for Moto's Android takes on iPhone
Oct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the mos...
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Web site offers to match painters and businessesOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - To help painters connect with homeowners and businesses, a Glendale Heights painter has launched PainterStaffing.com. The Web site offers about 1,500 listings of painter...
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Google to launch Google Editions book reader
Oct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - FRANKFURT -- Google Inc. is launching a new online service for booksellers next year called Google Editions, which will let readers buy books and read them on gadgets ra...
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PC shipments gain in 3Q, a good sign for holidays
Oct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Worldwide shipments of personal computers edged back up in the third quarter, according to researchers, a promising sign for the industry as it heads into th...
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Man who posted controversial comment fights to protect IDOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - A man who posted an anonymous comment on dailyherald.com directed toward the teenage son of Buffalo Grove Trustee Lisa Stone is fighting to keep his identity a secret. "...
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8-state Cyber Consortium gets $2.7 million grant
Oct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY -- The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community colleges that is work...