Internet
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s misstepMar 02, 2013 6:37 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — It was nearly a decade ago that I stopped going into the office every day. I worked at a competing Web magazine at the time, and my bosses didn’t rea...
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Smart ‘stickers’ let you find things by phoneMar 02, 2013 6:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain — Jimmy Buchheim is behaving oddly. On the floor of the world’s largest cellphone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, he’s looking at the screen of his iPo...
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Wireless connections creep into everyday thingsMar 02, 2013 6:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain — A car that tells your insurance company how you’re driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your a...
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In death, Facebook photos could fade away foreverMar 01, 2013 6:04 am - BEAVERTON, Ore. — A grieving Oregon mother who battled Facebook for full access to her deceased son’s account has been pushing for years for something that would prevent...
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Army private says he leaked secrets to spark war debateMar 01, 2013 5:46 am - FORT MEADE, Md. — After almost three years in custody, the Army private accused in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history said he did it because he want...
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Groupon fires CEO, still faces underlying problemsMar 01, 2013 5:07 am - NEW YORK — Now that Groupon has gotten rid of its quirky founder and CEO, the chief question is whether the company’s underlying online deals business is promising enoug...
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Simon Cowell launches online talent contestFeb 28, 2013 11:18 am - LONDON — Simon Cowell has taken over television screens and radio airwaves around the world. Now he’s taking aim at the Internet. Cowell’s Syco Entertainment empire and ...
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Las Vegas casinos folding on poker roomsFeb 28, 2013 6:26 am - LAS VEGAS — The Tropicana hoped to step back into the big leagues when it opened its poker room in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, touting it as the coolest in town. B...
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'Much hope' as Bartlett native revamps schools in KenyaFeb 23, 2013 10:00 pm - Had Toni Maraviglia bothered to show up at Berkeley to get that MBA, she might not have time to talk these days, what with all her high-powered business meetings with mo...
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Commercial cyber spying offers rich payoffFeb 23, 2013 7:07 am - BEIJING — For state-backed cyber spies such as a Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can produce...