Information Technology
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Verizon offers unlimited music downloads
Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody's subscription music service Monday, allowing i...
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Gates stepping aside at Microsoft after today
Jun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader. But as G...
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Virgin Mobile to buy Helio for $39 mil
Jun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is buying Helio LLC, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones to the U.S...
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Facebook to users: Tell us your sex
Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The online hangout Facebook is getting more serious about grammar. No more will users see jarringly incorrect declarations such as "Debbie changed their prof...
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Net group paves way for new domain names
Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".c...
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ISPs still considering tracking Web use
Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Although a large Internet service provider has backed away from technology that tracks subscribers' Web use in order to deliver personalized advertising, two...
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Palatine firm says Google stole trade secretsJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A Palatine company has sued Google Inc. claiming the world's most popular Internet search engine misappropriated trade secrets of a product the startup company built for...
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High-tech industry shows some growth, but future could be slowJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The high-tech industry in Chicago has grown at a modest 1 percent rate and shows some signs of staying competitive, said a report that will be released today. "Cyberciti...
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Yahoo addresses e-mail concerns with new domains
Jun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts under two new designations in an effort to attract Web surfers unhappy with their current addresses. The Sun...
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Federal court protects privacy of work communications
Jun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco has made it more difficult for employers to legally access e-mails and text messages sent by their workers on c...