Information Technology
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$100 bill latest in line for high-tech faceliftOct 31, 2021 6:38 pm - WASHINGTON -- After six decades in which the venerable greenback never changed its look, the U.S. currency has undergone a slew of makeovers. The most amazing is yet to ...
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Amtrak fixes ticket glitchOct 31, 2021 6:35 pm - WASHINGTON -- A computer system glitch that blocked rail passengers from buying Amtrak tickets online and at station kiosks across the country this weekend was fully rep...
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Other luxury phones could use a lessonOct 31, 2021 6:36 pm - NEW YORK -- The iPhone makes me mad. Not, mind you, at the iPhone itself, but mad at cell-phone manufacturers who have saddled us for years with interfaces that lure us ...
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Dell model for small companies falls shortOct 31, 2021 6:39 pm - Dell has been having a tough time lately. Once the widely admired leader among PC makers, it has lost its sales crown to Hewlett-Packard and has seen its once-legendary ...
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Turbine tower collapsesOct 31, 2021 6:36 pm - THE DALLES, Ore. -- A giant turbine tower at a wind farm toppled, killing a worker atop the structure and injuring another who was inside, a company spokeswoman said. Th...
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'To go where no one has gone before'Oct 31, 2021 6:30 pm - WASHINGTON -- Undersea explorer Robert Ballard leans back and smiles at the screens arrayed above his desk. One displays a view of a remote operating vessel, another sca...
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Sony and Blu-ray lose two major film studiosOct 31, 2021 5:49 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG will offer next-generation DVDs in the HD DVD format and drop support for Blu-ray, further complicating th...
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Briefs: Microsoft awards area IT firmOct 31, 2021 5:52 pm - Microsoft awards area IT firm OAK BROOK -- Microsoft Corp. announced that Oak Brook-based SWC Technology Partners, a provider of information technology solutions to smal...
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Malaysia honors DVD-sniffing dogsOct 31, 2021 5:48 pm - PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- Malaysia gave a hero's send-off Monday to Lucky and Flo, honoring the two DVD-sniffing dogs with medals as they ended a six-month assignment that ...
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Briefs: Motorola inks Leapstone dealOct 31, 2021 5:50 pm - Motorola inks Leapstone deal SCHAUMBURG -- Motorola has completed the acquisition of privately-held Leapstone Systems Inc., a communications software developer that prov...