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Who’s Paying For the Free Airport Wi-Fi?

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With banks of blinking slot machines situated just past the security check, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas will never be a “normal” airport. But the tourism and convention money that...

Toshiba Completes OCZ Acquisition

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Toshiba has announced that it has completed the purchase of the assets left over after OCZ field bankruptcy last year. OCZ is a maker of SSDs and the purchase landed Toshiba all of the assets the...

Startup Silentium is on to a Billion Dollar Opportunity

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From the thrum of heating and ventilation units to the thump of home theaters, the noise of fellow humans at work and play is increasingly hard to escape. Even in remote areas, such as the wilderness...

Verizon buys Intel TV Unit

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Verizon prepares to deliver mobile TV service after buying Intel Media unit LOS ANGELES (AP) — Someday, the full lineup of channels from Verizon's FiOS TV service may be available on your phone. That...

This is the Typical Bitcoin Shopper

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When Overstock began accepting Bitcoins on Jan. 9, it immediately grossed $100,000 in Bitcoin orders, according to its CEO Patrick Byrne. As he told CBS affiliate KUTV in Salt Lake City, “I’ve been...

SeatGeek Ticket Platform Jumps 10% After Strangling Its Competition

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About three months after skewering a competitor on its acquisition-spear, ticket search firm SeatGeek is seeing a 10% jump in traffic and revenue. The company had acquired and shut down a chief rival...