Thanks to an innocuous radio technology invented in Sweden, traders at Deutsche Bank in London can finally go to the bathroom or slip away for a cigarette and not miss a beat.
The hard-pressed bankers, who until recently were glued to their desk-mounted trading screens, can roam around the office with a tiny handheld computer version of their desktop screen which is hooked up to a wireless access point using Bluetooth technology.
Already, major Japanese laptop computer makers have fitted their top-of-the-range models with Bluetooth so they can wirelessly hook up with printers, cellphones, mice or even a digital camcorder from Sony Corp ( news - web sites). Microsoft has announced it will soon ship Bluetooth mice and keyboards.
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