It can also allow a business professional to arrive for a presentation carrying only a palm-size computer, which will be able to pull the presentation off the Web.

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Despite JSTOR declining to pursue the case, and later in 2001 making its public-domain resources freely available, the federal suit continued, with charges of computer fraud and wire fraud carrying a potential sentence of 35 years.

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Here's how it works: When a stick carrying the malware is inserted into a USB drive, the malware lodges itself in the computer by riding piggyback on the PC's "autorun" function.

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Ackroyd was due to stand trial charged with taking part in a string of cyber-attacks, but today pleaded guilty to one charge of carrying out an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977.

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Her software, which helps children understand facial expressions in real time by carrying a small computing device with them, eases the transition from computer interaction to human interaction.

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The user has nothing to install, and the use of the USB key provides the mobility and convenience of carrying a personal desktop and files that can be used on any computer.

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The device is them connected to a battery and computer which can measure and gather information about the pain-carrying nerves signalling the brain.

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