It's a handheld digital recorder and organizer that works in conjunction with various desktop word processing and e-mail products.

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One bit of the world I know a good deal about is the mining and processing of various minor metals.

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WePay gets its data from the payment processing it does for various charitable campaigns.

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Post processing, ambient occlusion and various lens effects complete the look.

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First, I created an identical word-processing document, with text in various styles and a photo, and then exported it to Microsoft Word on a PC and Mac.

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Moving beyond the energy use-case, big tech companies have been showcasing the various ways things like wireless sensors, analytic software, and improved processing power could help better manage any number of resources.

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Google has scooped up more than 50 tiny software firms that have created various online applications: calendars, social networks, maps, blogs, photo sharing and word processing.

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