They are, of course, not the old physical distribution people, but the people who own the electronic wire, and that's the telcos, to the extent they do it, and Comcast.

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Similar tactics already have been used in the U.K., Scandinavia and South Africa, and are part of an upsurge in wire and electronic-funds transfer thefts at financial institutions that have drastically escalated in the past year, affecting mostly small businesses and nonprofit groups.

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Longtime Forbes columnist Jerry Flint, meanwhile, thinks Toyota and other carmakers should scrap their electronic drive-by-wire systems.

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Unlike other aircraft where the pilot's controls are manually attached to the flaps and rudders, Airbus 330 airliners are equipped with a "fly by wire" system that sends electronic signals from an onboard computer to move key control surfaces.

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