To the function-based repurposing of natural-wonder materials, like silk and cashmere.
On the one hand, he noted that Microsoft has a long history of providing cross-platform applications. (You can run Office on the Mac, for instance.) And he also noted that you can run the limited function Web-based version of Office in a browser on basically any device at all, including iPads and iPhones, to read documents and do some light editing.
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Instead of ever more powerful machines, consumers will want cheaper, lightweight Linux-based laptops that function mostly as Web-surfing vehicles.
The ZT60 Series offers advanced network functions via VIERA ConnectTM -- Panasonic's exclusive cloud-based IPTV function.
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Perhaps the most novel non-gaming function of the tablet-esque controller is its IR-based universal remote control ability -- the GamePad can be used to control your HDTV (well, "most" HDTVs) in some basic, but very important, ways.
The GRAMMY.com-based microsite will function as a resource for consumers and audio professionals to learn about the wide array of technologies that make life-like digital audio possible, and help them enjoy music the way the experts intended.
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Merrill copes by switching many clients to fee-based accounts, making its revenue a function of assets rather than of trading volume.
Land-based wind turbines are reasonably cheap but function best in the sort of windswept beauty spots that locals like to keep unblemished, so many have stalled in the planning process.
Like all Garmin products, the BarkLimiter Series is simple to use, with a set-it-and-forget-it "autorise" function that automatically programs the stimulation intensity level based on the barking behavior of each individual dog.
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They are based on the belief that the main legislative function of the non-elected House is to act as a chamber of revision, complementing but not rivalling the elected House.
With new chip-based software, Nortel enables a cheaper semiconductor device to perform the function of a small Internet router, supplanting costly hardware of the sort Cisco sells.
"The function of the sweet is to set the aesthetic stage for that particular event, " said New Jersey-based Marybeth Welch, who has been making wagashi by hand for more than 20 years and is one of few expert practitioners of that labor-intensive art in the States.
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