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PDAs are basically beefed-up organizers or toned-down laptops. They have small LCD screens, some form of pen or keyboard input, and software for organization, OCR, and contact management. Some have even more features, such as Web browsing or Internet e-mail. Most PDAs are designed to fit in one hand while you use the other hand for input.
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Personal Digital Assistant - By Andy SullivanWASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - More airlines than originally thoughtsecretly provided passenger data for a U.S. government screeningsystem in possible violation of privacy laws, the Bush administrationsaid on Wednesday.Two big reservation systems also provided names, addresses, creditcard numbers and other data, said the Transportation SecurityAdministration's acting administrator, David Stone.America West (NYSE:AWA), Frontier Airlines , ContinentalAirlines , and the Sabre and Galileo International reservation systems gave passenger data to the TSA or companiesworking for the agency in 2002 and 2003, Stone said in a signedaffidavit released at his Senate confirmation hearing to head theagency.JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU), American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) and NorthwestAirlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) have previously disclosed that they also sharedpassenger records with government researchers, despite promises tokeep them private.Delta Air Lines provided artificial passenger records butasked for them to be deleted five days later, Stone said. The TSA alsoordered Delta to provide passenger records to the U.S. Secret Serviceduring the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, he said.Frontier Airlines had no immediate comment. None of the otherairlines, and none of the reservation systems, were immediatelyavailable for comment.Under a 1974 privacy law, government agencies and contractors arerequired to notify the public when they collect personal information.Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT), HNC Software Inc., InternationalBusiness Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Infoglide and Ascent Technologycollected passenger data to develop screening prototypes, but TSAofficials determined that public notice was not needed, Stone said.- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42133123
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