If the answer is no (as some insist), then the mind may well contain the moral analogue of the Language Acquisition Device.

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They tote a computerized clipboard called a DIAD (Delivery Information Acquisition Device), which houses an internal radio that simultaneously captures and transmits delivery information.

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He has watched gleefully while Respironics stumbled trying to fix the botched acquisition of rival respiratory-device maker Healthdyne last year.

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Many speculators point to this as yet more proof that Google is working on a mobile handheld device following the company's acquisition of a company founded by wireless designer Andy Rubin.

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The market is one targeted earlier by the Sidekick, a T-Mobile device Microsoft acquired as part of its acquisition of Danger in 2008.

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There is no denying that Amazon is capable of gaining this, and with the acquisition of PushButton, it will look to expand its device reach as well.

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But the company is looking to shift into the cellphone infrastructure behind the device, such as cell towers, and has already made one acquisition to show its intent.

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