We asked him on when he expected the Ultrabook to replace the laptop as the de-facto standard for a notebook computer.

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Flash-forward several years, however, and we're to the point where many won't even consider less than a 4-inch screen, and the once-unfathomable 5-inch display is quickly becoming the de facto standard for high-end models.

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Third, if Toyota's scientists win the race for either fuel cells or hybrid vehicles--races they're on the way to winning--they could establish the de facto standard for these new vehicles.

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J-AAPI will make it the de facto standard for agents on the Internet.

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Even though Iomega won the battle of removable storage--it bought out the assets of its main rival, the bankrupt SyQuest , in late 1998--and its Zip drive is a de facto standard for PCs, Porter says the company made a critical error by selling the drives at a low margin, thinking profits would come from the sale of the disks.

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With 4G LTE fast becoming the de facto standard for smartphones and carriers increasingly promoting their high-speed LTE networks, Verizon seems to be making plans for its soon to be outdated 3G network.

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With the REAL ID Act of 2005, they instituted a de facto national identity system by mandating that records be centralized and state-issued IDs be brought up to a common standard.

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