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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) is deploying an IP telephony system, a move which demonstrates the technology is moving beyond "bleeding edge" and into mainstream corporate acceptance, its CIO claims.
Chipmaker Intel has given details of new initiatives aimed at reducing the power consumption of notebook displays and at adding communications capabilities to portable computing devices.
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