And that means that other countries are going to pass us by.

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Is this story close enough to our own daily lives to go deeper, or does this batch of 140 characters just pass us by along with the other data of the moment?

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If you thought that MSI would allow CES to pass it by without unleashing a veritable smorgasbord of new kit upon us, you're dead wrong.

ENGADGET: MSI at CES: Wind U115 / U120, NetOn all-in-one PC, gaming laptops galore

She tells us about Milton's recovery from a by-pass operation, about their daughter Janet's interest in boys ballooning to rival her love of horses, of how their son David became a devotee of Kipling during his father's year at Caius College, Cambridge.

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