11.   Sometimes those intelligent agents are little pieces of software that you commission to go out on the Internet and find good deals for you.

12.   Such filters and agents are becoming available, even if none can yet be considered the ultimate intelligent agent.

13.   The addition of an intelligent agent feature could help Yahoo compete in the tough Internet search service market.

14.   While so-called intelligent agents have long been held out as one of the most compelling aspects of the power of modern computing, they have been slow in coming.

15.   And a French intelligent agent described finding James Bond-like weapons while hunting Carlos, including a pen that fired bullets.

16.   But, if the push approach is augmented with intelligent agents, it can be more subtle.