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Published 1/7/2009 at Yahoo! News: Personal Technology
Reuters - The age of the desktop PC appears to be over as its more portable cousin, the laptop, surges ahead with consumers clamoring for light-weight computers in funky designs for use at home, in cafes and on the train to work.
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