\b0 The UK's National Health Service has chosen Microsoft's Exchange e-mail software as its communic
ations software. Exchange will connect to the BT/Syntegra X.400 service and NHSnet backbone, and will allow trust hospitals to communicate with the NHS Messaging Service. \par
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\b All in a mobile\par
\b0 Mobile phones that hold all your personal n
ames and addresses, or wallets that contain electronic cash, are all on the horizon as Microsoft puts the final touches to Gryphon, the code name for a cut-down version of Windows for small, hand-held consumer devices. \par
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Microsoft is already in
discussions with leading consumer electronics device manufacturers to include a future version of Windows CE on small hand-held devices. We'll keep you posted. \par
software, is now in beta testing and should be on general release soon. \par
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Version 5 includes support for important Internet standards - POP 3, NNTP and HTTP - and will be tightly integrated with the company's BackOffice suite of software. It wi
ll include improved navigation around public folders and has integrated scheduling, as seen in Microsoft's latest Outlook client.