1940 US Census Viewable Online After Near Freeze
Posted: 10:53 AM After being nearly overwhelmed by visitors, additional servers were added to support the newly released 1940 U.S. census website.
Posted: 10:53 AM After being nearly overwhelmed by visitors, additional servers were added to support the newly released 1940 U.S. census website.
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Updated: 7:19 AM It once dominated the smartphone market, but now the Blackberry finds itself struggling to stay competitive in a market now dominated by iPhones.
Posted: 7:03 AM Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met the Japanese prime minister to talk about Facebook's latest initiative on communication in disasters.
Updated: 8:47 AM Facebook pages--but not personal profiles--are making the mandatory switch to the "Timeline" feature Friday.
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Posted: 11:40 AM The New York Times is cutting the number of articles available for free online from 20 per month to 10.
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Posted: 10:27 AM In their efforts to screen job applicants, some employers are going beyond the usual questions about experience and references and asking for something else: Facebook usernames and passwords.
Posted: 9:16 AM SpaceX will launch the first commercial cargo shipment to the ISS in early May.
Posted: 9:12 AM Apple is finally putting its cash hoard to work, introducing a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share and starting a $10 billion share buyback program.
Posted: 2:36 PM The public radio program "This American Life" is retracting a story broadcast in January about Apple's operations in China, citing "numerous fabrications."
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