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| When General Motors introduced OnStar in some of its Cadillac models in 1996, it was pioneering an industry known as location-based services ?or LBS. Because of the existence of global positioning satellites that can triangulate the position of a GPS transmitter anywhere in the world, GM had the idea that roadside assistance and other services could be delivered to drivers in their cars on a subscription basis. |
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Software as a Servic |
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| Barely are any of the problems encountered in the day-to-day use of a computer or network the fault of the hardware. The glitches, stops, starts, and crashes are the result of bad software ?programs that are too complex, poorly written, crammed with too many features, or that conflict with other programs. |
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The Fabulous World o |
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| Malaria kills 853,000 children under the age of five every year. Some 3.2 billion people in 107 countries are potentially at risk for catching malaria. Up to 500 million people contract the disease every year, and more than a million deaths are directly caused by it. |
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The World Is Swimmin |
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| An old saying tells us, ��쏽ou can never be too thin or too rich.��� But the truth is that you can have too much cash. Today, the developing world and Europe are spending less money than they are taking in, and the result is a surplus of savings that the global economy must somehow learn to use effectively.
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The Graying Planet R |
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| For anyone seeking to understand the future and exploit that knowledge to his or her own advantage, there is no greater truth than the saying, ��쏡emography equals destiny.��� |
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