If we are to have medicines tailored to our own versions of specific diseases, rather than the one-size-fits-all type of potions and pills with which we're treated today, then each of us will need a genome scan in our medical files.

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Amazon Cloud Player eliminates the need to download files before playing them, with scan and match technology and all Amazon MP3's, even ones customers have purchased in the past, are always storied for free in Cloud Player.

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Your friend uses Xsync to scan the QR code you've created with his or her iPhone's camera, and the files are sent to your friend's iPhone.

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He was able to scan the phone's memory card (SD card) and display a list of all non-hidden files on it.

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