Finally, TravRoute has created a voice-enabled software program that works with a Global Positioning System to allow hands-free, eyes-free directional information in a car.

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Wellinghoff is well aware of the new threats posed by a multi-directional flow of information and electricity.

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However, when it comes to knowing how to handle a changing multi-directional flow of information as it is happening before us, tends to challenge some of the best of us.

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Hand it to the publisher and editors at Forbes that they are moving Forbes.com from an on-line magazine to a bi-directional, real-time site for information and insight to the world of business and economic news.

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