Information Technology
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Motorola aims to produce more phonesJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - A small profit? More phones? Are we talking about the beleaguered Motorola Inc.? The Schaumburg-based company Thursday posted a $4 million profit in the second quarter,...
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Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps
Jul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA - With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes...
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Internet companies shun U.S. images in global expansions
Jul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - AOL splashes images of Bollywood celebrities on its new home page for India. MySpace accepts sign-ups from mobile phones in Japan. Google departs from its cus...
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Popular Scrabble knockoff suspended on Facebook
Jul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The creators of a Scrabble knockoff responsible for countless hours at the online hangout Facebook suspended their word game Tuesday after being hit with a l...
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Verizon 2Q profit up 12 percent, beats expectations
Jul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc.'s second-quarter earnings rose 12 percent, the company said Monday, while revenue was slightly shy of expectations and customers ...
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Ex-Google engineers debut new search
Jul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system....
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Best Buy opening in-store music centers
Jul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Hoping to cater to everyone from the garage guitarist to a recording musician, Best Buy Co. Inc. is announcing a massive new initiative that sets aside store space for a...
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Apple's MobileMe is far too flawed to be reliableJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - People who work for large corporations are used to having their email, contacts and calendar appointments synchronized instantly among their various computers and smart ...
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Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard
Jul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a ...
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China says its Internet users is world's No. 1 at 253 million
Jul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls o...