But he only offers vague assurances of "pull-through, " as the customers who load up on Compaq's industry-standard Web-servers and related equipment also turn to Compaq's services arm to link it all together.

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They may even use harmless bacteria as a transport link to arm other harmful bugs that pass by.

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Check a video of the arm in action at the read link -- it's even niftier than it sounds.

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Shares of ARM Holdings soared by 10% in London this morning after Microsoft confirmed its long-awaited link up with the British chip designer.

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