The company claims that performance of the new drive and media should improve a bit on the current batch of Zip drives (except for the faster Zip Plus drive, which is being discontinued).

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Ford also used the keynote to announce My Ford Mobile, a smartphone application that links up with the computer in Focus Electric, providing a information like how far the car will drive on its current charge, individual driving trends, and the location of nearby charging stations.

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But one element of the current development drive is bound to leave its mark on the Mekong: dam-building.

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The player will support several digital video formats, including MPEG 2, which is the current standard for digital video used on DVD discs and in hard-drive TV recorders like ReplayTV and TiVo (nasdaq: TIVO - news - people ).

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If so, far from a weight on growth, a strong, stable euro would attract the investment that would drive company formation and job creation that would bolster the ability of both governments to remain current on interest payments.

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