Word 97 : When formatting regular text, Word limits you to a piddly selection of standard colors.

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Using a Bluetooth connection, it syncs with phones and alerts users when they receive text messages, reads them out loud and allows users to respond with a selection of standard pre-written messages without taking their hands off the wheel.

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If you're wondering what working group these guys are going to side with, that much is still up in the air -- it's remaining "agnostic towards the selection of an ultimate standard" for now.

ENGADGET

TD-SCDMA, an immature standard for which there is only a limited selection of handsets and equipment.

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Like inexorable improvements in microprocessor speed, standard expectations and trajectories are set by the mere selection of metrics.

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It is not the case in every one of those teams having had the proper training and gone through the proper selection, but all the new ones that are arriving will meet that new standard.

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