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<p>Smartphones: 'A toxic clump of hydrocarbons and rare metals... yet also a mystic portal in our hand'. Photograph: Yonhap/epa/Corbis A quick burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Fascinating extract from Paul Allen's book Idea Man about the very early days of Microsoft : paper tape and 7168 bytes of memory.</p>

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