It is limited to capturing time of call, length, battery strength, signal strength: exactly the sort of things you would quite like diagnostic software to log.

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This suggests that, at least in theory, a 50-gene microarray, together with the right software, could provide an extremely accurate diagnostic tool.

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Its curriculum-management software matches classroom lessons to state standards and can generate test items for on-the-fly diagnostic assessment.

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While some such products have shipped, such diagnostic help hasn't been widely promoted to consumers -- but Moore says some new drives might come with software for viewing the information.

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