Telstra expects to process more than 53 million messages across Australia, and will have a "small army" of techs on hand to monitor network performance.

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The UltraWide monitor, on the other hand, can connect the monitor to two external devices via Dual Link-up, providing consistent color across the entire screen, eliminating the bezels that typically divide the view in dual-monitor set-ups.

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Strategist Mike Murphy sits at McCain's right hand, playing hall monitor by clarifying positions and editing possible missteps the candidate might make.

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Volunteers using hand-held speed devices will monitor traffic on smaller roads and villages.

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The demonstration that Verizon had on hand was connected to a football helmet that would ideally monitor the impact a player absorbed during a collision.

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On the other hand, since more workers now do jobs that are hard to monitor, or in which they need to co-operate, share information, be creative or be nice to customers, wages may become stickier.

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They were abandoned by their parents at eight-weeks old and are being hand-fed small portions of fish twice a day and weighed to monitor their progress.

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In addition to the blimps, border officials are exploring more than 100 other types of military gear, from hand-held instant-translation devices that could be used at crossings to sensors that can monitor up to a 10-mile diameter area for days at a time.

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