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CORDLESS E-MAILWANT TO CUT THE CORD THAT links your laptop to a telephone jack? A new IBM product brings the convenience of a cordless phone to portable computing. In fact, the new $209 IBM Cordless Computer Connection is a modified Panasonic 900 megahertz cordless phone (a Panasonic-branded version will also be sold), and looks rather like a phone without a dialpad, earpiece, or microphone. To use it, you plug the base-station piece into a phone jack and AC power. The ''handset'' rests in the base to recharge, but when plugged into your laptop's modem, it lets you use the phone from up to 200 feet away from the base. The unit works with all modems, including the brand-new X2 and K56flex models. Just remember that although 900 Mhz phones are harder to eavesdrop on than their predecessors, it's a good idea to use encryption software for laptop transmissions with this device.
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