But not every appliance needs to be controlled by a general computing device.

但并不是每个设备都需要通过一个常规的计算设备来控制。

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Google is announcing new features for its corporate search appliance, tying in social and cloud computing features.

谷歌宣布为其企业搜索设备推出几项结合了社交元素和云计算特点的新功能。

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Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Lucent Technologies, and other players all are jockeying to be the platform of choice for appliance computing.

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Second, while the Asus Eee PC may have been closer to a computing appliance or companion than a PC, the deluge of netbooks from large PC companies such as HP, Acer and Dell that have followed have overwhelmingly run Windows and have been embraced by consumers as small and cheap, if underpowered, laptops.

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Google is announcing new features for its corporate search appliance, tying in social and cloud computing features.

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