He got wind of Harvard chemist George Whitesides' success in making tiny fluid-handling devices with the same type of rubber used in household caulk.

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He helped to create a generation of consumers who would to a large degree communicate and self-educate and even comprehend the world via information-handling devices.

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Their opposition to Ms. Williams' ban was tempered by the fact that it does not prohibit such so-called "anti-handling devices" -- just America's free-standing "smart" APLs.

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Organizations should also have a strict process for notification and handling lost and stolen devices so that corporate data can be cleansed immediately so that it is not compromised.

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The jury is now hearing from Samsung, which is arguing that Apple has infringed its wireless communications patents as well as those having to do with photo handling in email on mobile devices.

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Back at IFA we spent most of our time handling new tablets and Win 8 devices, but, given that the show has grown into something of a mini-CES, there was news in almost every product category, portable audio included.

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We'll do advanced video for medium-sized devices with three- to five-inch screens, advanced video for larger devices like the Kindle Fire in a different way, and lower quality video for devices like the Samsung Galaxy S2 that aren't quite so capable of handling high-end video.

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Handling such chores has been a strong suit for Research in Motion's BlackBerry and rivals selling devices based on Windows Mobile.

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