The pioneers of the cloud were kind enough (actually they were forced by circumstance) to put their operations into a virtual box to transport it into the Cloud.

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The game itself doesn't start until more than a third of the way through the book, so the there's plenty of room for Kettmann's set-up, before he goes into a virtual box score in the remaining chapters.

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Events include Elvis cage fighting, confessing sins at the virtual confession box, breakfast aerobics with the nuns, more nuns and priests five-a-side soccer on the beach and the Lovely Lady competition (a homage to the kitsch Irish Rose of Tralee), where girls are tested on their sandwich-making or swiss-rolling skills.

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What would happen is that an e-mail sent by virtual Jack to virtual Jane would end up in actual Jane's in-box as well.

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Many companies are still seeing social media and virtual collaboration tools as a box to be ticked rather than the corporate strategic tool it can be if done right.

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Rumors have been circulating since at least December that the chip giant is working on its own set-top box and hopes to pair it with a "virtual cable" service that offers unbundled channels.

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In one demo, a box decorated in QR-like codes opens to reveal a bouquet of virtual flowers.

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