General Magic is using XML as part of its new voice agent technology, code-named Kenya.

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In October, Excite, which is evolving from the second-largest Internet search site to a fully fledged online service, bought NetBot in order to acquire the firm's shopping-agent technology, with which it hopes to create a virtual megastore.

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Employed by Wipro, a technology firm and agent for the UID project, he has to get through 40 to 50 residents a day.

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Adam Goldstein, the 23-year-old Hipmunk co-founder, has been dabbling in travel search since he became the de facto travel agent for his debate team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Now, now: Wine has marched forward with technology since prehistoric Robert Mondavis began coating their clay jugs with resin as an antibacterial agent.

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Spectrum has also signed an exclusive collaboration with Allergan (AGN), a technology-driven global health care company, for the development and commercialization of Apaziquone, an agent aimed at treating non-muscle bladder cancer.

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The company's technology platform allows transfers to be delivered to banks quickly, obviating the need to pick up money at agent locations.

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How Mr. Klein became a fixer at News Corp. partly reflects his importance in the eyes of Mr. Murdoch, who views education technology and the reform-minded Mr. Klein as vehicles to both profits and a legacy as an agent of change in the U.S. education system.

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