In South Korea postal workers handling international mail have started using gas masks and gloves.

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Investigators raised a number of sterilization and "cross-contamination" alarms -- such as "unauthorized, unlicensed" employees using IVs to sedate patients and improper handling of needles.

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He had conducted a detailed study of his company's fortunes and found that his income had increased by 70% in the six months after he started using a mobile phone in 2006, because basic activities such as stock handling and negotiating prices with suppliers become much more efficient with a mobile phone.

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Instead, as the long-term costs of handling radioactive waste and decommissioning reactors have become apparent, nuclear power has turned out to be no cheaper than using fossil fuels.

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Using a hands-free headset or placing it on speakerphone would be simple way to avoid handling and touching the smartphone surface.

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Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no question that tablets aren't capable of handling the same rigors (with the same efficiency levels) as a full-on laptop, and Intel's using that very point to promote the Ultrabook category as a whole.

ENGADGET: Intel's Ultrabook portal jabs at limited functionality of tablets