Ms. White fought to break down long-standing barriers between government agencies pursuing terrorist cases, including information sharing between the intelligence community and law enforcement, according to Patrick Fitzgerald, one of her top prosecutors.

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The company began developing Sendgine in 2009, growing out of a system allowing lawyers to communicate with clients and one another, sharing information on cases with corresponding documents, Goens explained.

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Is used to explain declining sales, demonize file-sharing or, in some cases, lauded as a means to an end in that piracy leads to more record purchasing.

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The FBI said Sentinel is being deployed for use by analysts and employees from intelligence and other agencies who work on terrorism cases with the FBI, to aid information sharing.

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It also shows the growing impact and large potential of collaborative consumption companies, which are redefining the meaning of economic activity in a highly Internet-connected population where sharing and renting among peers in some cases replaces ownership and buying.

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FreedomPop has a service for sharing and receiving mobile Internet access through its iPod Touch cases (iPhone coming soon).

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Personal touchscreen devices aren't as bad as the self-checkout screens in grocery stores, but he knows of rare cases where people contracted a serious skin disease called Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, from sharing a cell phone with bacteria on it.

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Compilation and sharing of up-to-date information and best practices and conducting international missions and investigations into particular cases can be highly beneficial.

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