Information Technology
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New iTunes prices take effect
Apr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- The era of one-price-fits-all-songs on iTunes came to an end Tuesday as Apple Inc., the Internet's dominant digital music retailer, began selling some of its ...
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Suburban companies post layoff noticesApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Twenty-two companies, including six in the suburbs, are expected to lay off about 2,500 workers through May, according to documents posted Monday by the state of Illinoi...
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Twitter has Captain Kirk, Dell Tweeting for revenueApr 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Twitter Inc., the online messaging service derided by comedian Jon Stewart as "inane chatter," is being taken seriously by big business. Dell Inc. is using Twitter to se...
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Motorola develops totally Wi-Fi campus at Lewis UniversityApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. combined some of its key wireless network products to create an all-WiFi campus at Lewis University in Romeoville. The campus is perhaps t...
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BlackBerry maker launches application store
Mar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry phones, is set to launch its one-stop shop for add-on applications on Wednesday. While third-party programs...
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Doing the worm: Tweak in 'Conficker' sparks fears
Mar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Even if it's not an April Fools' joke, the latest moves by the dreaded Conficker worm are by no means an Internet Armageddon, either. The worm's alarmin...
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Microsoft to shutter Encarta this year
Mar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft says it is shutting down its online encyclopedia, Encarta, in October and will stop selling Encarta software by June. "People today seek and ...
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Illinois keeps tech jobs, but growth has slowedMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - While Illinois has added jobs in the high-tech industry, that growth has slowed and the deepening recession likely will affect the industry even further, according to a ...
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Romanian citizen sentenced in phishing scheme
Mar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Romanian citizen was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison as the first foreign defendant convicted in a global crime ring that stol...
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TomTom to pay Microsoft to end patent fight
Mar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, on Monday said it settled a patent dispute over car navigation technology with TomTom NV for an u...