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Digital Fridge Employees can munch and work on the Web at the same time with this time-saver.

By Mike Hogan

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Why, oh why, must employees stop working just becausethey're having lunch or stoking up on caffeine? They won'tif your lunchroom is equipped with the Multi-Media Refrigerator($8,000) from LG Electronics (www.lgappliances.com). A 25.5-cubic-footrefrigerator with an Internet connection and built-in LCD, thedigital fridge lets workers keep researching Web projects andreading e-mail while they munch. The fridge has a built-in TV,camera and Web radio so you can stretch videoconferences throughcoffee breaks. Here's a morale booster: Alternate photos ofyour office manager with those pencil requisition training videoson its LCD.

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