Information Technology
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Motorists turn to car pool Web sites as gas prices rise
Aug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Robert Gilliland didn't think much about carpooling until gas prices got out of control. Now, he's happy to trade his motoring freedom for $120 in weekly savi...
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Alcatel Lucent Naperville leads on Visual Voice MailAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A group of Naperville engineers and technicians at Alcatel Lucent helped to develop the new Visual Voice Mail application now offered by Verizon Wireless on the LG Voyag...
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Netflix hampered by 'severe technical issues'Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Netflix Inc. said Thursday that major technical problems over the past three days have severely limited the number of DVDs it could send out. The unspec...
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Court says copyrights apply even for free software
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- In a crucial win for the free software movement, a federal appeals court has ruled that even software developers who give away the programming code for ...
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Netflix resumes normal shipping after 3-day glitch
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. resumed normal shipments Friday after its distribution centers were crippled by three days of severe technical pro...
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New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy. A fledgling Web si...
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New BlackBerry expected within month in North America
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- The new BlackBerry model should be coming to North America within a month now that Research In Motion Ltd. has started selling it in Germany and Chile. The Bl...
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Intel PCs to wake up for phone callsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet....
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Whiz looks to manage fantasy football leagues through Facebook
Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - By the time he graduated from MIT, Jeff Ma already had led a life many guys dream about. His card-counting prowess at blackjack tables during wild weeken...
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Researchers turning car's exhaust into power
Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WARREN, Mich. -- The stinky, steaming air that escapes from a car's tailpipe could help us use less gas. Researchers are competing to meet a challenge from the U.S. Depa...