It's possible, we guess, though such a tablet would be counter to the arguments made at the iPad launch where Jobs and Co praised the device for being purpose-built to excel at specific tasks -- TechCrunch's device sounds like a general purpose machine.

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In explaining the stabilising purpose behind its proposed new co-operation with America, Japan has been able to strike up a more intensive discussion than hitherto on security issues with all its regional neighbours, and especially with China.

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Kotlikoff is a professor of economics at Boston University, president of Economic Security Planning, author of Jimmy Stewart Is Dead--Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague With Limited Purpose Banking, and co-author, with Scott Burns, of Spend 'Til the End.

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Much more recently, I co-founded Avaaz and Get Up, which inspired the creation of Purpose.

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"We live in an era of rapid change where pressures and challenges co-exist, but we must not forget our purpose and keep in mind the premise of 'Customer First', " Mr Lu said in a statement.

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