Apple also discussed a new iPhone operating system, version 3.0, which adds a cut-copy-paste feature to current iPhones.

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The company promised an update to its mobile Windows Phone 7 operating system that will add copy-paste functionality and the ability to switch between apps more quickly.

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It sure beats the copy-and-paste approach, not that many journalists are even doing that when writing their stories.

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Ballmer concluded the phone portion of his keynote by announcing a new feature coming soon: copy-and-paste, something every major competitor already offers.

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Both lawsuits are essentially copy-and-paste jobs of a recent Wall Street Journal article about how smartphones spy on their users.

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In brief, Hautala says that the glitches that hosed the small February update for a few customers has brought the company to pause and take the time to make sure everything's rock solid before proceeding with the so-called NoDo update -- which includes copy and paste, performance improvements, and CDMA support -- and had originally been scheduled for the early part of March.

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You can now pair up a Bluetooth keyboard, which is a fun thing to play with -- and yes, you can hit Command-C and Command-V to copy and paste.

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Gif's enduring popularity has also been helped by the fact it supports animations, making it easy for people to embed short clips into blogs, and copy and paste jokey looping video - such as odd actions by the actor James Van Der Beek - into discussion forums.

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