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When you pick up 51¶¯Âþ you probably flick through the pages
looking for an article that catches your eye. It’s easy with paper, but
impossible with electronic publications. Now researchers at Hewlett-Packard’s
British laboratories in Bristol have found a way for computers to flick through
electronic pages. Pages are held as separate files, grouped in pairs like the
two-page spreads of a magazine. Stroking a finger left or right over the touch
pad of a laptop flips through the spreads. When something catches your eye, you
just press the pad to zoom in on the selected page.