Can everybody please give Lidia a big round of applause for the wonderful introduction. (Applause.) Give it up for Sheila E. (Applause.) I was backstage.

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But did he give up his privacy by sending an e-mail to all the attorneys at his firm?

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He experienced a similar scenario after his grandmother died, and he tried to get the password for her e-mail account -- only to give up because of the hassle.

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They will make calls, listen to both e-mail and voice messages and give spoken instructions to pull up stock prices.

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When users give up their names to the Web site--the coveted currency of any e-merchant--Vignette's tools automatically toss all kinds of customized information in front of them to keep them engaged and buying.

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The general consensus among observers is that they haven't caught up to the dedicated e-readers in text quality quite yet, but give them time.

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