Information Technology
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Google to buy video compression firm for $106.5 milAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google says it plans to acquire On2 Technologies, a provider of digital video compression technology, in an all-stock deal valued at $106.5 mill...
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Google launches rare ad campaign to sell more apps
Aug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is so well known that it has become a synonym for search, making advertising unnecessary. Getting businesses to buy Google's online suite of...
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Google CEO Schmidt resigns from Apple board
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FCC asks why Apple rejected Google iPhone application
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Worst over for Motorola? Executives, analysts think soJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc.'s co-CEOs said Thursday that the worst could be over as the communications company posted a modest second-quarter profit, gears up for mor...
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Tollway eying restrictions on textingJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Texting while driving on Illinois tollways is coming under scrutiny by leaders with the state agency. With new data out this week on the dangers of distracted driving, I...
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Weber's first app can help you grill outJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Palatine-based Weber-Stephen Products Co., maker of the Weber grill, has debuted its first wireless phone application, with recipes, that allows you to transfer the food...
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Anti-theft software could create security hole
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Judge allows Tesla founder's lawsuit to proceed
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Yahoo's shift to Bing could be risky betJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Microsoft thinks Bing is pretty clever. And Yahoo certainly likes Bing enough to throw its own search engine overboard in favor of Microsoft's newly redesig...