While its drives were a boon in 1995 and 1996, when the internal hard drives of most PCs were much smaller, ever-bigger hard drives have taken a lot of steam out of demand.
If any one company had a lot of steam to blow off today, not to mention a lot of new kit to unveil, it was Samsung. (Potentially) rounding out the barrage of Blu-ray players, printers, DVD recorders, and just about everything else we could imagine is a svelte new digicam that pulls double duty as a PMP.
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Priskin had the ball in the net with a spectacular overhead volley but he was offside and the Hungarian striker missed with a long-range strike as Ipswich worked up a head of steam against a sluggish Arsenal side.
And so, really, this is really building up a head of steam here in the press and in the public, but is putting a lot of pressure on Tony Blair and his government to really start to resolve it and to get those 15 personnel home to Britain.
Having built up a head of steam with intelligent use of possession, the visitors were inches away from making a breakthrough after 20 minutes.
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Bill Richardson, one of America's most experienced politicians, does believe there is a head of steam growing up once again behind the idea of expanding rail travel in America.
The result will be a second, smaller crater, a cloud of dust and, with luck, a plume of steam.
Defensive end Corey Liuget grabbed Tebow's shoulder pads and started pulling him down, but not before Vaughn Martin, a 300-pound defensive lineman, came barreling at Tebow with a full head of steam and used the crown of his helmet to pound Tebow like a veal cutlet.
The carving of a steam engine in black granite rests on top of a plinth, which includes a montage of images representing the railway industry.
You wouldn't notice it but for a constant stream of steam billowing up to the sky from a rusty derrick.
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We were unable to build up a head of steam or get any quick ball.
The film is frankly far too long and loses quite a bit of steam in its second half.
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As the railroad lovers rebuild their trains, work on Train World is building up a head of steam.
Last summer an 83-year-old pipe in Manhattan burst, sending a geyser of steam and debris into the air.
Before our meal, Hallgrimsdottir lifted one of the metal plates and a rush of steam immediately rose from the exposed hole.
But while stuck, Spirit had a breakthrough: it found soil rich in sulfates, which are a component of steam.
At first there will be a stream of steam coming from the rocket.
Originally a manufacturer of steam engines and propeller wheels, the company turned to shipbuilding and eventually sold everything from steel to cabinets and benches.
Indeed, China had built a form of steam engine before James Watt.
But slowly but surely we are building up a head of steam.
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The Black Cats fans were doing all they could to help their players and gradually the home side settled before building up a head of steam.
Malone's perceptive long pass gave Brown time to build up a head of steam and the full-back showed great strength to break two tackles and send Luscombe over, Malone converting.
It's also a kind of Steam for drivers, if you will, in that it automatically maintains an updated list of drivers for your PC's various parts, only requiring the user to click the install button.
Then there are the IPOs by buyout firms themselves, a trend that started this spring with Fortress Investment Group but which picked up a lot of steam when Blackstone floated 10% of its management company in June.
For sure the exploration activities now ongoing onshore in many western and eastern parts of the United States (think upstate NY, PA, Ohio, The Dakotas, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas et. al. ) are picking up a head of steam.
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