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Touch-screen laptop, iPhone service highlight DEMO 09; WiMAX cuts through highway fog

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Touch-screen laptop, iPhone service highlight DEMO 09

Jon Brodkin By Jon Brodkin
A sleek touch-screen laptop, a voice-to-text service for the iPhone, and various tools to help employees work more efficiently are being unveiled this week at Network World's DEMO 09 conference in Palm Desert, Calif. Read full story

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03/02/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Verizon Wireless takes aim at pesky 'Rabbit'
  2. Best Mac mod ever
  3. Cisco unleashes a dozen security updates
  4. Commerce chief faces five Internet emergencies
  5. $100 PS3 price drop coming by June 'at the latest'
  6. Turning 5,000 discarded cell phones into art
  7. Economic downturn not taking the fight out of Microsoft
  8. The 25 most dangerous cities for offshore outsourcing
  9. 40% of geeks surveyed really work fewer than ... say what?
  10. Obama's broadband stimulus: Will wireless fit the bill?
  11. Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX dialog system for in-car infotainment


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