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Marketplace Tech Report for Friday, December 9, 2011
Dec 9, 2011

Marketplace Tech Report for Friday, December 9, 2011

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If you follow celebrity gossip, you know about actor Alec Baldwin being removed from a recent flight because he refused to get off his electronic device. This behavior, of course, violates Federal Aviation Administration rules, but those rules may violate common sense. Is a state-of-the-art jumbo jet really affected by a little gizmo?


If you follow celebrity gossip, you know about actor Alec Baldwin being removed from a recent flight because he refused to get off his electronic device. This behavior, of course, violates Federal Aviation Administration rules, but those rules may violate common sense. Is a state-of-the-art jumbo jet really affected by a little gizmo?

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