Twine creates your personal gateway to the Internet of Things.

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It might just be a matter of time until advances in miniaturization make wearable cellphones a lot more feasible, but in the interim Motorola is working on splitting up the phone up a handful of different devices (possibly using IXI's Personal Mobile Gateway technology, though the article doesn't specifically say).

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In addition, IBM announced that in May it will start supplying in volume two new 20G-byte and 30G-byte Travelstar hard drives to major notebook vendors, including Compaq, Dell, Gateway and the IBM Personal Systems Group.

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She will be replaced by Republican Rick Snyder, a founder of Gateway computers who has used his personal fortune to back start-up companies in Michigan.

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Having seen their profit margins squeezed mercilessly, some of America's biggest suppliers of personal computers, including Compaq, Dell, Gateway and Hewlett Packard, have expanded into the fast-growing hosting business.

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