After being spoken to about what have been called overly friendly e-mails, Foley was told to stop communicating with the boy in question.

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At the same time, responding to what may seem like a friendly e-mail or an appealing marketing offer can have serious consequences.

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U.S. officials said the FBI discovered Petraeus was involved with Broadwell, a woman who was under investigation for sending allegedly harassing and anonymous e-mails to Jill Kelley, a Tampa socialite who was friendly with Petraeus and his wife.

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They're friendly enough that when their companies do deals they e-mail each other to iron out details--who needs lawyers?

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The system can keep track of both friendly forces and the enemy, and allows troops to communicate by e-mail -- a feature that could come in handy if units have radio failures or move out of transmission range.

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Still in its early prototype stages, the device is an attempt to do for 3D scanning what the Replicator and its ilk have done for printing -- i.e. democratize the process in such a way that makes it affordable and user-friendly enough to make it an appealing prospect for hobbyists and later consumers.

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Its business has been built on chat-rooms for teenagers, e-mail, craftily packaged information and an unremitting quest to make its on-line services friendly to even the most technophobic web neophyte.

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Jobs also reviewed plans, first detailed in March, to build new, business-friendly features into the iPhone, such as support for push e-mail, via Microsoft Exchange, and tighter security.

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