Tag: technology
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November 28, 2009 05:00 PM EST --
BOSTON (AP) — A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweatshirts during a home invasion.
Officers later receive a text message . . .
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November 28, 2009 04:11 PM EST --
CHICAGO (AP) — So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 — and you post something you probably shouldn't on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online.
Hopefully, it blows . . .
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November 28, 2009 10:04 AM EST --
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they . . .
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November 28, 2009 02:04 AM EST --
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations they will shake up a local market dominated by domestic giants Samsung . . .
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November 27, 2009 04:01 PM EST --
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) — Cell phones, the subject of tugs of war between parents, teachers and students across the nation, are taking on a new role in the classroom: learning tool.
Tech savvy . . .
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November 27, 2009 03:01 PM EST --
CORONA, Calif. (AP) — For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on . . .
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November 27, 2009 12:03 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban unlawful Internet gambling. . . .
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November 27, 2009 12:02 PM EST --
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal . . .
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November 27, 2009 07:01 AM EST --
BEIJING (AP) — Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year. . . .
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November 27, 2009 06:03 AM EST --
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating . . .
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November 27, 2009 06:01 AM EST --
SEATTLE (AP) — Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in . . .
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November 26, 2009 09:02 PM EST --
People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want.
The battery runs out . . .
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November 26, 2009 02:54 PM EST --
Walmart is seeming like the place to be if you're going to choose to be somewhere during the Black Friday 2009 sales . They're offering some phenomenal deals including the HP G60-519WM Laptop . . .
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November 26, 2009 12:00 PM EST --
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season — even as traditional . . .
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November 26, 2009 06:04 AM EST --
TOKYO (AP) — A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday.
But Sony Executive Deputy . . .
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November 25, 2009 05:01 PM EST --
Time Warner Cable Inc. is asking the public for help as it tries to curtail increases in the programming fees it has to pay to carry cable channels and broadcast stations on its systems.
The nation's . . .
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November 25, 2009 04:04 PM EST --
Covestor Investment Management and kaChing are online ventures that seek to challenge traditional mutual funds. Borrowing ideas from social networking, the startups help connect small investors with individuals . . .
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November 25, 2009 04:04 PM EST --
BOSTON (AP) — If you're unhappy with your mutual fund, you can easily find another. After all, there are nearly 8,000 to choose from.
But is that thinking too narrow? That's the case a couple . . .
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November 25, 2009 04:01 PM EST --
LOS ANGELES (AP) — New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same.
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November 25, 2009 03:04 PM EST --
MILAN (AP) — An Italian prosecutor demanded jail time Wednesday for four Google executives charged in absentia with defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing . . .
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