The program also blocks cookies and prevents Java scripts and ActiveX controls from running on your hard drive.

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Mr. Perrottet tells of two authors, Dave Eggers ( A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) and Nora Ephron ( I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections), who use a computer program called Freedom that blocks Internet access for up to eight hours.

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Some may argue that we are beyond hardware and that the real building blocks are knowing how to code and how to program, but I believe that the next wave of true innovation will come from the intersection of new hardware and new software.

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