Information Technology
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Yahoo expected to announce plans for Nebraska facility
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - LA VISTA, Neb. -- In what's possibly the worst-kept secret in the state of Nebraska, Yahoo Inc. is expected to announce plans to build a new facility in La Vista. A sour...
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Samsung Blu-ray players hooking up with Netflix
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung Electronics Co. is equipping Blu-ray DVD players so they can retrieve movies and TV shows from Netflix Inc.'s Internet streaming service, acceler...
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New Amada high-tech center caters to manufacturersOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - A new center that features high-tech equipment for manufacturers has opened in Schaumburg. Amada America Inc. opened its second North American Solution Center, which off...
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Microsoft profit up 2 percent, but outlook soft
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Microsoft is still churning out big profits, but its decision to trim its sails shows that even the world's largest software maker is feeling the effects of t...
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Motorola opens pre-orders for its $2,000 Aura phoneOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The Aura boasts a sapphire crystal lens and hand-sculpted stainless steel case. Its gears protected by tungsten carbide - the same coating used in high-performance racin...
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Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - TOKYO -- A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher's sudden divorce from her online husband in a virtual game world made her so angry that she logged on and killed his digita...
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Yahoo to dump 1,500 workers as slump deepens in 3Q
Oct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc.'s leaders still have jobs despite investor misgivings about their decision making, but at least 1,500 workers will be laid off after the slum...
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Cell phone CPR: Reviving it after the plungeOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - When Debora Munczek's BlackBerry slipped off her folded newspaper and into the toilet one morning, she suspected it wasn't the first time in history that a cellphone got...
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Apple's profit up 26 percent on iPhone boom
Oct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Booming sales of the newest iPhone led Apple to a stellar fiscal fourth-quarter report, defying predictions that the tumultuous U.S. economy would hold the company back....
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Samsung withdraws bid to acquire SanDisk
Oct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea _ Samsung Electronics Co. says it is withdrawing a bid to acquire U.S. flash memory card maker SanDisk Corp. In a letter released Wednesday, Samsung ...