Offering a refined take on the category, this system features a powerful 5.1-channel receiver with AirPlay and a front panel USB port for direct connectivity to iPhones, iPads, iPods and USB drives.
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The new Z-Base sound bars offer two analog audio inputs, one optical (toslink) digital input, one coaxial digital input - plus a front panel 3.5mm analog stereo input for convenient connection of an iPod or other portable audio device.
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And there was that delighfuly wild and crazily colored print, which from afar looked like a wacky Jeff Koons canvas (a closer look revealed that it is an abstracted floral print), used as a front panel on a sleek white dress and as a sleeveless jumpsuit.
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But I can't recall ever having seen one with a backlit front panel reminiscent of a Wurlitzer jukebox.
While it's easy to see how TouchPad and smartphone sales would symbiotically attract developers, it's less clear how much apps for those products would have in common with, say, those on a printer front panel or on a layer living on top of Windows on a PC -- two possibilities that HP has raised for device markets where it is particularly strong.
You'll find twin alarms for keeping couples happy, a front-panel display, iTunes tagging support, jAura speaker technology, an auxiliary line input (3.5-millimeter jack) and twin 4-watt drivers.
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Its more practical counterpart, the Pavilion Desktop PC a1630 with HD DVD prefers the AMD action, with a 2.2 GHz Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, a nVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE video chipset, up to 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and a front-panel 9-in-1 memory card reader.
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Which courts the future battles will be played out in depends on a hearing in front of a federal panel that will decide on jurisdiction.
After submitting a two-page summary, the 300 applicants that make the first cut are invited to Boston to present a 20-minute pitch in front of a panel of local angel investors, venture capitalists and CEOs.
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He pointed out that at a recent academic conference at one of Turkey's most progressive universities in Istanbul, he witnessed audience members give a five-minute standing ovation to a Turkish speaker who "slammed America" in front of a panel of visiting U.S. officials.
It features six HDMI inputs and two parallel HDMI outputs, including a single front-panel HDMI input for added convenience.
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It's a bit more modest than mine: there's an expandable frame to eliminate those awful accordion infills, a wider, lower profile and a customizable sliding front panel to hide the air vents and controls.
She gave the participants a well-known stress test, called the Trier Social Stress Test, in which they had to give an impromptu speech explaining why they were the best candidate for a job, in front of a stony-faced panel.
It doesn't advertise, and admits only students who pass an audition in front of a panel of accomplished magicians.
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Lawmakers hauling oil executives in front of a Congressional panel and berating them for earning too much money does little to control these factors.
Next Monday, it's the turn of Stephen Hester and Sir Philip Hampton in front of a panel that, oddly, includes the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
This morning, GlaxoSmithKline defended its controversial diabetes drug, Avandia, in front of a panel of federal advisers convened to decide whether the pill causes heart attacks.
To get an idea of how tough the current climate at the FDA is, just look at Amgen--which is defending its top-selling anemia drugs in front of a panel of FDA advisers Tuesday.
To get an idea of how tough the current climate at the FDA is, just look at Amgen (nasdaq: AMGN - news - people )--which is defending its top-selling anemia drugs in front of a panel of FDA advisers Tuesday.
This particular unit sported an Intel Core i5-3427U chip (capped at 2.3GHz instead of 2.8GHz), a vibrant IPS panel, a fingerprint scanner, front and back cameras, 4GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD -- twice the announced capacity, for some reason.
At the Nasdaq OMX Group, a single technician sits in front of eight flat-panel computer screens in a quiet operations center, 51 stories above the World Trade Center construction site.
Codenamed NGP or Next Generation Portable, the device will feature a touch panel in the front and touch pads in the back, along with a 3G wireless connection.
The front panel houses a duo full-range three-inch drivers, a 6.5-inch woofer (all custom tuned, aimed at delivering neutral, transparent output in terms of EQ) and a controller box, each of which are held in with butterfly screws.
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The main one is that it has a very intuitive large touchscreen panel on the front, and the strengths and sizes of products can be changed easily on the fly, making it better for when you have company over.
" The sleek brushed aluminum front panel peels back to reveal a vast interior with room for ten expansion slots, up to nine hard drives or SSD with three hot-swap mounts, four 5.25" optical drive bays, and both 2x USB 3.0 ports and 4x USB 2.0 ports for maximum expandability.
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The red finish on our limited edition model -- the first, and for the time being only, type available at launch February 12 -- combines with the all glossy front panel to give this model a more sophisticated look, and the slight taper along the sides brings not only a welcome slimming effect, but makes it more comfortable to handle in portrait mode.
The review notes that all of the media player and internet controls are the same as the aforementioned device (Cover Flow, lists, zooming, etc.), though the touch allows you to "double-click" the button on the front of the device to bring up a music control-panel, no matter what application you're in.
After Alberto Herrera , chief executive of fledgling wireless-sensor network company Medida , pitched his firm to a panel of four top-tier Silicon Valley venture capitalists--in front of a standing-room-only crowd of some 350 people-- Josh Stein of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson was so impressed that he asked Herrera to set up a meeting.
The 3D cube button on the front panel, for instance brought up -- you guessed it -- a cube that you can spin using the touchscreen.
"We are encouraging users to call us any time with questions by placing our tech support line and serial number on the front panel, " said Mike Zimmerman, vice president of customer care, in a prepared statement.
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