Information Technology
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Barnes & Noble falls on guidance cut, Nook reviewJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble is considering options for its quickly growing but expensive Nook e-book reading business, its latest attempt to regain profitability as the pu...
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Ill. man charged in $500 billion social media scamJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Regulators are warning the public to be wary of social media sites that could be offering bogus investment schemes. The warning follows civil charges filed...
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Rupert Murdoch joins TwitterJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — Rupert Murdoch has begun the new year by setting up in a new field of communications — he’s started tweeting. The media mogul, who is recovering from perhaps hi...
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Restaurant.com holiday program nets $22 millionJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — Restaurant.com said participants in its holiday giving program, Feed It Forward, gave away more than $22 million in Restaurant.com gift ca...
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A year of optimism in the gadget worldDec 31, 2011 7:00 am - As far as years in technology go, 2011 was one for the record books. It wasn’t just about big battles like Apple vs. Samsung, Microsoft vs. Google, AT&T vs. the world, o...
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France Telecom agrees to sell Orange SwitzerlandDec 31, 2011 7:00 am - PARIS — France Telecom says it has agreed to sell its Swiss mobile phone subsidiary to a British private equity group. France Telecom and Apax Partners, which advises a ...
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Tribe’s high-interest online lending venture boomsDec 31, 2011 7:00 am - HELENA, Mont. — An Indian reservation in the heart of Montana’s farm country may seem an unlikely place to borrow a quick $600, but the Chippewa Cree tribe says it has a...
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Viacom disputes $383M earn-out bill to HarmonixDec 31, 2011 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Viacom Inc. has filed a lawsuit to dispute the finding of accountants appointed to resolve a contract battle between it and the maker of the “Rock Band” video...
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2011 'best holiday ever' for Kindle, Amazon saysDec 31, 2011 7:00 am - SEATTLE — Online retailer Amazon says 2011 was the best holiday ever for its Kindle-brand e-readers and tablet computers. Amazon.com Inc. said this week that people boug...
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As websites come and go, so could your digital treasuresDec 31, 2011 7:00 am - The Washington Post= As a flood of family photos, videos and holiday greetings hits the Internet this time of year, online users will be swarming the social networking a...