Archive for April, 2014
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Tech Files outtake: Roku gadget’s rough edges
Roku’s new Streaming Stick is a great bargain, but it does have some rough edges; in particular, I found Roku’s built-in search to be disappointing and, at times, frustrating to use.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce to set up Silicon Valley outpost
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the powerful Washington, D.C. business lobbying group, will set up an outpost in Silicon Valley to broaden its membership, according to an article in the […]
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Marissa Mayer revs up Yahoo’s video ambitions
Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer clearly sees online video as a key to her company’s turnaround. And now there are some intriguing reports that she wants to challenge Google’s popular YouTube service […]
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Smile! April Fool’s jokes that appeal to our vanity
OK, we can take a joke. But 196 April Fool’s Day pranks? It’s tough to crack wise about all of them, so we’ll settle on a big theme this year: […]
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On topic: Tech news to know now
Happy birthday, Gmail. Yup, it’s in the double digits now. Oracle overtakes IBM to become No. 2 software vendor, according to Gartner. Researcher says remote access to Tesla cars — […]
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HP settles suit over Apotheker’s missteps
Hewlett-Packard reportedly has agreed to pay $57 million to settle a lawsuit claiming its former CEO, Leo Apotheker, hurt shareholders through his abrupt shifts in the company’s focus. The suit, […]
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Quoted: Software patent question gets its day in the Supreme Court
“Why isn’t doing it through a computer not enough? I mean, was the cotton gin not an invention because it just means you’re doing through a machine what people used […]
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Off topic: Garamond not their type, street typography, Dunkin’ Donuts in S. Korea, favorite baseball teams
Will it or won’t it? That is the question. Two explanations rebutting a 14-year-old kid’s declaration that switching exclusively to the Garamond font will save the U.S. government almost half […]
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