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TD Bank Unites 85,000-Plus Workers

Built via a slew of mergers and acquisitions, TD Bank Group in recent years had seen its employees lose the ability to easily collaborate with one another as its workforce grew rapidly across the United States and Canada. Full Story »
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Steve Jobs Awarded Posthumous Grammy

Steve Jobs was awarded a Grammy Trustees Award over the weekend for his role in creating products that transformed the entertainment industry.

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In-Flight Wi-Fi, Missing Science and a Survey

At first blush, it's another one of those, "Sure, it will happen ... eventually," type of situations. I mean does anyone envision a commercial air fleet without readily available Internet service 20 years down the runway?

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Web-Based Counseling -- Telepsychiatry -- is Taking Off

Telemedicine has been around since the 1990s, but psychiatrists say it's increasingly used to treat remote patients as technology and security improves, and prices drop.

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Internet Freedom Could Turn on 'Middle Countries'

Between the free-expression camp and the hard-line regimes with strict censorship policies are a host of important, growing nations that are just beginning to delve into the work of crafting Internet policy. And those countries could hold the key.

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iPad 3: Predictions and Challenges

iFixit's Kyle Wiens has a darn good track record when it comes to Apple predictions. Here, he opines about the next iPad, foresees broken iPads everywhere, and even hints where post-Steve Jobs innovation might be headed next.

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An Argument for Keeping IT Training Budgets Intact

Many of training's benefits are intangible and won't show up in an ROI analysis

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How to Protect Online Transactions

The trusty telephone is emerging as one of the key elements in new multifactor authentication schemes designed to protect online banking and other web-based financial transactions from rapidly evolving security threats.

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Engineer's Wife 'Ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs

The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas.

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Social Media Fuels Planned Parenthood Backers in Komen Protest

Fueled by a firestorm of outrage on Twitter and Facebook, the people behind the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Friday backed off their decision to cut funding of Planned Parenthood programs.

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Vampire Power Reality Check: What Tech Gear Sucks the Most?

We break down what tech gear costs you the most on your electric bill even when it's not actively being used.

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Smart Hat Monitors Brain Waves to Watch Fatigue Levels

An Australian company plans to offer a system to check how alert drivers are by monitoring their brainwaves ...

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VMTurbo Upgrade Supports the Three Major Virtualization Platforms

VMTurbo has upgraded its operations management suite to support the three major virtual environments and to improve its capacity-planning tool.

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Cook Hires First Exec Since Taking Apple's Reins From Jobs

Apple CEO Tim Cook made his first major hire yesterday since taking over the company in August, bringing in the CEO of a struggling British electronics chain to lead Apple's own retail operation.

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FTC to Scrutinize Mobile Payment Technology

Will mobile payments become common, and what will the impact of that technology be?

 
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