While doubtless the Microsoft Store will begin to stock its shelves as the popularity of the system improves, the cupboards now somewhat bring back memories of a Soviet-era store: Not much good stuff, but lots of junk.

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Not such as a good week for Apple in terms of environmental stuff.

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While open-source e-mail and calendaring software, such as Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail software and the Lightning calendaring plug in, is good stuff, it's not easy for a small office to set up messaging software of any kind without a bit of professional help, unless you're an office full of techies.

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It sounds like a good book, and it will certainly sell well, but The Casual Vacancy is not the stuff of entertainment franchises.

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You may hand over a few more euros for a single glass of the good stuff, but with dinner and a bella figura floorshow thrown in, aperitivo is not only a not-to-be missed Italian tradition, it is an absolute bargain.

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