MIT, Cambridge U. to stage cyber war

The brightest young minds on either side of the Atlantic will wage pretend cyber war in a "Cambridge vs. Cambridge" competition as part of a joint effort announced yesterday by President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron to bolster cooperation...

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Boston braille press puts out ‘Frozen’ book, CD

What more fitting book for children to curl up with on these bone-chilling days and nights than "Frozen," Disney's wildly popular icy adventure. But the more than 50,000 blind children in the United States have largely been left out of the fun — until...

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Hot Property: Ride Currents to Waltham complex

Developer Hines Interests, best known for its large, big-city projects around the world, has just opened a stylish apartment complex on a former parking lot along the Charles River in Waltham. The 200-unit Currents on the Charles takes advantage of...

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Heslam: New Boston.com editor needs cred

Boston Globe's beleaguered online sister site, Boston.com, is reeling from its latest viral blunder, and it's high time the rudderless ship finds an experienced captain. Boston.com yesterday fired Victor Paul Alvarez, an associate editor who posted...

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Cambridge to get Charlie Hebdo mag

Cambridge's Out of Town News so far is the lone Massachusetts retailer slated to receive the "survivors edition" of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine that yesterday released its first issue since last week's deadly attack by Islamic extremists...

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Buyers to make recon missions

GM president Charles "Engine Charlie" Wilson, chosen in 1953 to be secretary of defense for President Dwight Eisenhower, was famously misquoted as saying, "What's good for General Motors is good for the country." In 2014, GM sold more than 2.9 million...

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Device makers pin hopes on pols

Massachusetts' medical device industry is banking on a now-Republican-controlled U.S. Senate to repeal a federal tax that costs Bay State companies hundreds of millions of dollars per year. A bipartisan group of senators led by Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)...

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Uber steering data to Boston

Boston will be able to mine a treasure trove of data on every Uber trip in the city to help craft transportation polices after the ride-sharing company yesterday said it had agreed to share the information in a ground-breaking partnership. "This is...

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Massachusetts ranks fourth-worst for hospital readmissions

The Bay State had the fourth-worst rate of hospital readmissions in the nation last year, according to a Kaiser Health News report. Medicare penalized 80 percent of the state's hospitals for unplanned readmissions, with the average penalty for the 55...

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Obama calls for data theft rules

Companies would be required to notify consumers of data breaches involving their personal information within 30 days of discovering a breach under new federal legislation proposed by President Obama yesterday. "Almost every state has a different law...

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Inspector Gadget: Good concept, bad execution

The Ubi: Voice of the Internet ($299, theUbi.com) Ubi is short for "ubiquitous computer," which is what this device seeks to be. Billed as a voice assistant and smart-home add-on, Ubi connects wirelessly to certain home automation devices as well as...

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Booting Up: LinkedIn isn’t connecting with its aspirations

LinkedIn's just-announced expansion of its publishing platform is a bid to become more than just a professional stalking tool. And it's a sea-change for a company that two years ago claimed its goal was to become "a digital representation of every economic...

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Use an automatic battery charger when storing a car

I am the proud owner of a restored 1969 Pontiac GTO. This past summer I purchased a new battery from Sears. The salesman said for winter storage to remove one lead and leave it in the car. I have always believed in removing the battery and recharging...

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City eyes rules for Airbnb

Boston is turning its attention to Airbnb, scheduling a public hearing later this month to help determine what, if any, regulations are needed for the booming short-term rental service. "This is a fast-growing industry here in the city of Boston; we...

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