Information Technology
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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...
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Intel's new chip to be called Core i7
Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. said Sunday it plans to sell its new generation of chips for desktop computers under the established "Core" brand, with the first chip...
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Hacker indictment greeted with muted response
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS - Federal authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But last week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions...
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Google feels its investment in AOL is crumbling
Aug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google Inc. believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partne...
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Reporters booted from conference for hacking
Aug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public Wi-Fi network, one place was supposed to be of...
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Social networking goes to the dogs
Aug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet. Dolce admits to being a mamma's boy. And Jake and Tycho posted a ...
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Giant online security hole getting fixed
Aug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design is allowing criminals to silently redirect traffic to Web sites under their control. The problem is being...
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Cisco earnings up 4 percent
Aug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Cisco Systems Inc. said Tuesday that sales would be weaker than analysts had forecast in the next few quarters, but investors who had expected worse were che...
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With automated tagging, Web links can surprise
Aug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- It wasn't what anyone expected to see while perusing a news article. But there, in the final paragraph of an online story about the call girl involved in the...
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What's next for Nintendo? More interactivity
Aug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - TOKYO — After overseeing several years of rapid growth at Nintendo Co., President Satoru Iwata faces new challenges: how to keep players of the company's videogames in...