With all the hoopla around the iPhone 3G, the finger has taken center stage as the input device of choice on the go.

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Saturday's failure was caused by a software malfunction, while the error earlier in the month, which caused the system to shut down for 20 minutes, was caused by incorrect input by an adjoining air traffic control center.

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In creating the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment report, input was collected from a variety of application spaces (servers, data center networks, high-performance computing, financial markets, carrier and cable operators, Internet exchanges, the scientific community, etc.) and from different geographic regions.

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The navigation system further affords the ability to input destinations using fingertip handwriting recognition via a laptop computer-like touchpad on the center console.

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