Michalski says that as more appliancelike devices proliferate, better, more intelligent synchronization services will be needed.

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"We should give serious consideration to exploring rocks representing subsurface environments in future missions, " Michalski said.

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With Windows CE, " says Michalski, "I don't see a lot of grass-roots software or cool new stuff.

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Tytus Michalski of Fresco Capital is one of the more active angels here.

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"That is really cool because rapid burial is the scenario that is most advantageous for preservation of organic material, if any was present at that time, " Michalski said.

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"Maybe my data should be centralized on a server where I can simply access it from any computer with a browser, " says Jerry Michalski, former editor of Esther Dyson's "Release 1.0" newsletter, who recently started a company called Sociate.

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The ingredients for life the researchers describe, "including energy sources, would have been more available early in Mars' history, but it doesn't take too much imagination to picture a scenario in which the subsurface is habitable today, " Michalski said.

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