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Chicago Consumers Fawn Over Netbooks, Dell Shrinks It

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:59:39 -0500

Visit Chicago big box electronics retailers & watch consumers romance the newest mini personal computers. Dell plans to shrink it further, but is there enough power under the hood?

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Computer glitch stops United flights at O'Hare

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:42:47 -0500

A United Airlines computer outage this morning at O'Hare International Airport caused massive delays in passenger check-in and grounded the airline's flights at the airport.

chicagobreakingnews.com

iPhone 3G vs 3GS speed tests in Chicago, no real difference

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:16:37 -0500

The S in 3GS that stands for "speed" seems to make very little difference with the network speed in Chicago, despite AT&T working to develop the networks in Chicago.

gizmodo.com

Twitter Has Changed Sports Forever

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:45:18 -0500

Twitter has taken the sports world by storm and forever changed the way news is disseminated and received. There are numerous examples of this and new ones arrive each day.

zonersports.com

Oak Park Public Works Center solar powered, first of kind in Illinois

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:47:06 -0500

The Oak Park Public Works Center is becoming more green with new solar panels that will provide all the heated water for the building.

thebusinessledger.com

Geeky geeks geekily track down stolen iPhone

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:57:16 -0500

Using Apple's new "Find My iPhone" feature, two friends embarked on a digital adventure on the streets of Chicago to locate a pilfered iPhone.

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Nearly $2 million given to '09 Knight News Challenge winners

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:32:35 -0500

Nine winners picked up a total of nearly $2 million, less than half as much as was given last year.

niemanlab.org

Chicago Hosts Latest Microsoft Data Center

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:38:17 -0500

What's that prominent new building being constructed just south of O'Hare International Airport along Interstate 294? It's Microsoft's latest & one of its biggest data centers!

nytimes.com

Environmental, Financial Leap of Faith for FutureGen?

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:02:35 -0500

Environmentalists & the Citizens Utility Board may squirm @ talk of increasing utility generating costs with US Senator Dick Durbin's announcement of new life for "clean coal" FutureGen, but a leap of

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Medill students tackle task of reporting on Pentagon officials with new tool

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:46:36 -0500

Medill students created a database of trips Pentagon employees took and followed up on many to see if they were legal and within the bounds of Pentagon rules.

poynter.org