But pair a Windows-friendly smart phone--such as a Palm Treo 750--with a foldable keyboard, and you're almost in road-warrior nirvana.

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"We're getting a lot closer to the nirvana of one-to-one marketing, " says Robert Deangelis, head of the bank's enterprise knowledge group.

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No news on who got the Nirvana album but if you're wondering how early-ish budget talks are going, you can now assume one thing: Plaid has clear a negotiating strategy, one that says 'we'll continue to talk but you now know we can't strike a deal unless our influence on the final budget is significant and clear for all to see'.

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