But how much longer it will be allowed to keep trying remains in doubt.
The Surface RT charger is a 24 watt device which will work with the Pro, but takes much longer to reach a full charge.
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We know that lullabies were deemed important enough to be documented by the Babylonians 4, 000 years ago, but how much longer will they survive?
Apple still takes a vast share of the mobile phone industry's profits - but how much longer can that last without some radical new innovation?
For the moment, Web sites represent an exception, but before much longer the three companies that control 85% of the browser market will likely put up their own app stores.
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But, how much longer can we afford to remain stubbornly resistant to change and solutions?
The conflict has been raging for nearly three weeks but it seems much longer here.
The OpenWays trial will begin in June and run for at least two to three months, but could continue much longer.
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The Wales office, the department that represents Wales in the UK government, continues to occupy its rather nice headquarters but for how much longer?
Play-learn-work are still segmented activities, but not for much longer.
But play it very much longer and real damage begins to be done to the economy.
Dr Kluk said her research should be complete in around a year, but it would be much longer before any equipment could be put on the market.
Liverpool have not won the English league title since 1990 but Boston ended a much longer title drought when they won the World Series in 2004, two years after NESV's takeover.
They also favor naval power, but ships take a much longer time than planes to get places in the vast expanses of the Western Pacific, and the Navy has little in the way of long-range aircraft.
But perhaps not for much longer.
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But now people live much longer.
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Several firms remain on the fund-raising sidelines but probably not for too much longer.
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We're part of a large company so maybe we can sustain things a bit longer but not much.
But it no longer has much room to cut rates further if the economy takes a deep dive.
Bluetooth, as another example, has been around for a much longer time but is still increasing in popularity.
Traffic was still heavy but now spread out over much longer periods, starting at 5am and lasting till noon, say.
No tenants lived in the apartment when they bought the Upper West Side building, but nonetheless the renovation took much longer than expected.
But that no longer matters much: the browser war against Netscape that started the current fuss has in effect been won by Microsoft.
His marriage to Angelina Jolie only lasted three years, but Billy Bob Thornton lasted much longer with the home he shared with his former wife.
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Of course with Haswell on the horizon, Ivy Bridge won't be the latest and greatest for much longer, but that shouldn't derail budget-conscious silicon lovers from a good deal.
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