So if you've been yearning for your very own Wowwee companion, but just don't have the coinage required to own the real deal, feel free to click on over and bring home the Robone, X-Robot, Robosaur, or Robodog now for just... well, nothing, considering even the "add to cart" function of the sketched-out website doesn't always work.

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Online storage and sharing site, Dropbox, could add a web page sharing function as well.

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Instead, Forrester thinks that smart phones that add data features to their voice function may dominate the scene.

ECONOMIST: Waves of the future

SAP's tool, called Gravity, lets users design business processes in Wave, while Novell's Pulse, a stand-alone product that will be released in 2010, will add security features, an improved chat function and live editing of Microsoft Office documents.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

The foot-friendly furry rug makes the floor exciting. (Money-saving tip: Use a large, inexpensive sisal rug as a base, and layer it with a small version of the pricier rug you love.) Windows with wow factor: Embroidered Roman shades add warmth and contrast and function as art against understated blue walls.

CNN: Amazing room makeovers

Some stations also sound better than others, which is a function of how much audio processing that stations add to the music before it's broadcast.

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Google's Gmail currently lacks a calendar function, and some believe the firm would like to add one - albeit perhaps a limited version that could serve home users well without meeting the requirements of corporate users, thus avoiding a head-on challenge to Microsoft's business model.

BBC: Analysis

The photos at the top of each summary add colour, but they suggest an obligation to aesthetics more than the fulfilment of any sort of function.

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