The protocols used to encode and transfer e-mail messages are simple and are not owned by anyone.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

Postal services are being liberalised around the world as new services such as e-mail, fax and data transfer have begun to erode traditional markets.

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According to daily logs posted on NOAA's website, others followed the exploration remotely using e-mail, on-line chat rooms, video streams, and file transfer sites to exchange information.

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It will use software written just for the purpose to ease the transfer of e-mail addresses, datebook appointments and stored messages.

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As we know, that's not the whole story, because there are lots of one-off factors acting to pull down the final figure for 2012-13, including the Royal Mail pension fund transfer and the debt interest now being transferred to the Treasury by the Bank of England.

BBC: More red ink for Chancellor George Osborne

Royal Mail says mail deliveries will not be affected by the transfer of services because the Slough delivery office will remain at the Slough Mail Centre site - which is owned by the company.

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