He also announced a partnership with Dell, which will soon come loaded with Microsoft's Windows Live suite of software, and links between Windows Live and the social-networking site, Facebook.

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ZyXEL will demonstrate the device live at CES 2010 at their suite in the Renaissance Hotel.

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The hotel also contains a suite where the newly elected pope will live for a few weeks before moving to the papal apartments.

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Whether or not you'll want to wed yourself to Microsoft's live-tiled OS largely depends on its yet-to-be revealed feature suite.

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Sometimes you don't really want to wade through suite after suite of suitors to find the perfect co-picnicker -- I mean, we live in a society where we want everything from our coffee to our movies to be instant.

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