In addition to being able to scan images onto the included SD memory card, the scanner accepts other popular memory cards (SD, MS, MS Pro, MMS, XD) and can also be connected directly to either a Mac or PC computer via its mini-USB port.
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Mr. Wisniewski suggested this might be due to the type of decision maker within a company liable to have an Apple computer rather than a PC: "Executives and VPs are more likely to have Macs, " he said.
With many users starting to use computer monitors to play console games, if the Xbox can run Explorer, Office, Skype and most if not all the other 3rd party apps, then a lot of people might just buy an Xbox instead of a PC as their primary computer at home.
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Also, calling a tablet a PC means that we are acknowledging a tablet is a real computer, not a dismissing it as some limited-use mobile device.
Microsoft's FreeStyle platform lets PC-makers ship a computer with a TV tuner, TV-recording software and a remote control.
From the Windows desktop theme to the exterior of the PC a MLB Series Commodore Gaming computer is decorated with the team artwork.
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The built-in mini-USB On The Go (OTG) port provides a way to connect directly to a computer for easy file transfers (Mac and PC compatible), supports a number of peripherals, such as both wired and wireless-via-dongle mice and keyboards, hubs, and thumb drives, and can also be used to re-charge the internal battery.
If you need a personal computer for writing and simple electronic mail, even a used PC with a 486 processor will be fine.
Alternatively, they will have the option to connect to a computer and download it via PC companion.
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When employees log in at a remote computer, laptop or pocket PC they can connect directly to their office computer.
"The Samsung Series 7 Slate PC was designed for on-the-go users who need a slim, lightweight computer but can't afford to sacrifice true PC functionality, " said Scott Ledterman, director of mobile PC marketing at Samsung Enterprise Business Division.
First up is a new offering which lets you upload your own tracks from your PC and listen to it online from any other computer with a broadband internet connection.
Standard and high-definition videos will be available for download from the Zune Marketplace online storefront, or "side-loaded" from a computer running the newly revamped Zune PC software.
January 2009 will mark the first anniversary of Apple's switch in positioning Apple TV from something that transferred computer-based content to a PC to a video vending machine that allowed direct ordering over broadband.
In 1997, shortly after Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the struggling computer maker to lead a turnaround, PC kingpin Michael Dell was asked what he would do if he were running Apple.
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For example, Dell, a computer company, established its leadership of the PC market by allowing customers more or less to assemble their own PCs online.
Eben Upton, the UK-based University of Cambridge professor and inventor behind the wallet-friendly PC, says he set out to create a computer so affordable that every child in Britain could have one.
The MacBook Air Dock allows users to incorporate the MacBook Air into a desktop setup or home theater system, so users get the best features of a laptop, desktop and media center PC all from one computer.
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The rapidly growing tablet computer market appears to be taking a toll on PC demand.
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Symantec's Hacker Protection utility, like Shields Up, scans your PC for open ports--electronic gateways into a computer--that hackers can exploit to access a system and files.
It would now be following 12 "tenets to promote competition, " and let computer makers remove any Microsoft products when shipping a PC with the upcoming Vista operating system.
Included: a palmtop computer (touted as the smallest Windows-based PC), a DVD player and a personal digital assistant that is phone, fax, modem, pager and electronic organizer all in one.
But HP, a company synonymous with the birth of Silicon Valley, and Compaq Computer, a Houston-based firm which once pioneered PC price-cutting, may yet have to restructure their deal or abandon it entirely.
For answers to questions about upgrading to Windows XP without buying a new computer, Microsoft's MP3 audio quality and running PC programs on an emulator, check out my Mossberg's Mailbox column in Tech Center.
The PC power supply is probably the most failure-prone item in a personal computer.
Dell ( DELL), for instance, is another computer maker that is developing both a cell phone and a tablet PC.
Using wi-fi it can also be paired with a computer containing one of Nvidia's GeForce video cards to run PC games.
Anyone controlling your PC with administrator access can turn on a microphone or camera to convert a computer into a convenient bug.
Apple is primarily a consumer-oriented company with little presence in the enterprise PC sector, where computer makers like Dell, H-P and Lenovo dominate the business notebook market.
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