*Source: ComputerWorld (
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August 01, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Are you ready to keep working "untethered" -- with no power, network or phone wires physically leashing you to your environs?
Although there's a lot of doodad overlap, untethered isn't necessarily the same as "mobile/on the road," as the clusters of notebook users around AC outlets in airline gate areas testifies. Untethered means that you're encumbered by no wires at all, such as power cords, phone wires, and mouse and network cables. And it means that you can keep working, even when the power fails.
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