PCs require the installation of special software that acts as a sort of electronic notary.

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Electronic media, of one sort or another, now occupy every spare moment.

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Later this year it will add computer-packaged stock portfolios (of the sort pioneered by FolioFN) and then electronic advice service, with combined debit and credit cards to follow.

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The winners in this electronic free-for-all do not resemble the sort of grand factories and infrastructure builders that are the usual beneficiaries of World Bank largesse.

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It would also go to that person's electronic medical folder, where the computer works out what sort of drugs to subscribe based on medical history, other medications taken and so on.

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The ad campaign led to a tremendous amount of "heavy volume to the electronic-commerce site, which wasn't configured for that sort of volume, " Doyle said.

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With Bluetooth capability, you can use a discreet remote control to change volume, turn the device on and off, toggle between electronic devices, answer hands-free phone calls and stream music, sort of like having a miniature wireless headset in your ear.

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"To wiretap an email, to grab it while it's in transmission, that requires a wiretap order, sort of a super search warrant, " lawyer Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.

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