Internet
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YouTube at 10: How an online video site ate the pop culture machineFeb 21, 2015 6:43 am - It's a fact easily forgotten, in light of all the fame and the folly that's followed. But before Justin Bieber was a tabloid fixture, a Calvin Klein model and a teen cul...
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Naperville might offer Craigslist buyers, sellers safe place to meetFeb 18, 2015 12:00 am - Naperville soon may create a "Craigslist safe zone" similar to those popping up at police stations across the nation as law enforcement agencies offer space and a watchf...
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'Bosch' another doleful detective, but this one just might have a caseFeb 16, 2015 5:00 am - Like all detectives of his literary ilk, Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch isn't easy to warm up to. Brought to life from the pages of Michael Connelly's crime novels ("City of B...
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The case of the Facebook page that posts the same thing every dayFeb 14, 2015 6:42 am - Once a day, every day since Aug. 21, some fan with a weird sense of humor has posted the exact same photo of Italian pop singer Toto Cutugno to Facebook. It's not a new ...
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Constable: Clowns, farmers among online Valentine's dating optionsFeb 10, 2015 4:30 am - The Daily Herald email filter quarantines the flirty message in my inbox before I even have a chance to explain things to my wife of almost 27 years. Literally clowning ...
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FCC chair proposes strict net-neutrality rulesFeb 08, 2015 6:34 am - WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed regulating Internet service providers like public utilities, moving closer to ...
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There is no better illustration of smartphone addiction than this appFeb 07, 2015 6:43 am - Welp, so, this is what we've come to: We now need to use apps ... to control our app use. Pocket Points, a recent-ish invention by students at California's Chico State, ...
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The political potential of InstagramFeb 07, 2015 6:35 am - WASHINGTON - Twitter and Facebook are old news; Instagram is where it's at. And that matters, politically speaking. While much of the political world and official Washin...
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Review: 4 different ways to rate potential datesFeb 07, 2015 6:31 am - Dating apps put a lighter, faster-moving spin on the traditional online dating scene. But while it's certainly fun to make a flick judgment on the profile on your smartp...
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Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi banJan 31, 2015 6:43 am - HAVANA - Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across Havana, letting them chat w...