Once the malware infects the computer it generates a covert channel back to the cybercriminal.

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Previous to Apple, success in the computer industry was being an effective distribution channel for Microsoft Windows.

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Cendant can use Orbitz to aggregate its assets into a single sales channel that can be displayed on its customers' computer screens.

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Roku's awfully proud of its Channel Store, which has over 75 channels from services like Facebook, Pandora, Last.fm, MLB.tv, and more, but installing almost every single channel involves logging into the respective service on your computer and linking the Roku player to your account.

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But it also connects to a personal computer so the user can import custom graphics like channel icons or pictures of individual components.

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He is creating computer simulations to model the liver, so optimum channel size, flow rate and density of cells can be calculated as accurately as possible, before the artificial liver is constructed in the laboratory.

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For print publishers, the tablet computer was supposed to be more than just a new channel for doing business.

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The computer company keeps around 4-6 weeks of demand in the supply channel and consistently meets its own goals.

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The computer industry has a term for the trouble Ashford.com is stirring up: channel conflict.

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