Previous projects included designing an electronic travel agent that was able to act in the same way as a high street travel agent, producing the best holidays for clients based on their expressed preferences.

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May an agent search electronic devices with less storage space than a laptop say, a cellphone or a thumbdrive without reasonable suspicion?

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After talking it over with his agent, who suggested electronic publishing might be the way to build a loyal readership, Ponzo decided to give it a try.

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And because the company uses capsules rather than beads, it can mix them with a binding agent and print its electronic ink on to almost any surface, just as though it were real ink.

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But the fact that the prosecution won its computer sabotage case last month sends out a good message, according to Ed Lugo, a special agent in the U.S. Secret Service's Electronic Crimes Branch.

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