If you need a personal computer for writing and simple electronic mail, even a used PC with a 486 processor will be fine.

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The mortgage lending industry is electronic, everything is available to you in writing instantly.

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Resisting the urge to cheat -- it's daunting dining alone, without an electronic companion -- I take out my journal and start writing about my day.

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Writing on the blog of digital rights lobby group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Peter Eckersley, said the attack posed a "dire risk to internet security".

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