The tiny super-computer also boasts an impressive array of mega-hot software like Word, Excel, a picture browser, an e-book reader, paint brush -- the list literally goes on and on.

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As E-Trade struggles to recover from a near-death brush with the mortgage meltdown, and big wirehouses oust their bosses for losing billions, TD Ameritrade is basking in the glow of a share price up 14% over the past year.

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The E-Conflict World Encyclopedia, a one-man website run by David Driggs in Brush Prairie, Washington, provides much of the same information as CountryWatch and charges nothing.

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