Information Technology
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Facebook members nab 5.75 million user names in two daysJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Facebook Inc., the most-popular social-networking site, said 5.75 million people registered user names in the two days after the company let members claim a personalized...
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Former Motorola executive Mitchell dies, key player in wirelessJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - John F. Mitchell of Inverness, a key architect of wireless communications and one of the original patent holders on Motorola's DynaTac portable phone prototype, died Thu...
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Area holdouts rush for converter boxes as local stations switch to DTVJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago area television stations switched to digital Friday, after using analog systems for about 60 years. But that left about 96,000 statewide - including 70,000 in th...
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Company alleges Chinese software has stolen code
Jun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- A California company claims the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming co...
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'Carfax meets LinkedIn' on new Web siteJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A new Web site is expected to launch in the next two weeks that provides a virtual file cabinet for your records on a car, and later, possibly the house, boat or anythin...
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Palm appoints ex-Apple iPod executive Rubinstein as new CEO
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Google unfazed by 3 U.S. government inquiries
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Comcast gives Internet TV a whirlJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, will offer some television shows over the Internet to a test group of subscribers in the coming weeks, Chief Operating Of...
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'Sims 3' sells 1.4 million in first week
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Robots take over Rosemont this weekJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The white shiny robot, only 4-foot-9, walked slowly up the stage, extended his arms, propped up his trumpet and began to play "It's a Small World" and "Limelight." His c...