But doing so a decade too late merely let clone-makers undercut Apple's own products, while doing little to expand the Apple universe.
Putting the results of the clone-by-clone approach together is relatively simple, as the position of any chunk on its parent chromosome is known before the sequencing starts.
Zeneca ordered a "wet" copy of a promising gene, in the form of a clone -- a colony of bacterial cells whose members all carry the desired snippet of DNA. These bacterial guinea pigs can then be used to try out antibacterial chemicals.
Consumers willing to sacrifice hardware controls for a touchscreen-driven UI won't be missing out on much else -- functionally, the EOS M is a near-clone of Rebel T4i with the same 18-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, DIGIC 5 processor and 3-inch touchscreen.
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Episode II and III deliver such captivating locales as the gleaming clone hatcheries of rain-swept Kamino, and the fiery lava planet of Mustafar as well as spectacular action sequences like Yoda's unforgettable debut as a lightsaber duelist, the explosive space and ground battles of the Clone Wars, and the dramatic showdown between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.
Again, did any of the competitors suddenly produce a Jobs-clone, a marketing guru, a magical presenter?
Many people view iOS as a capable hardcore gaming platform and not the bite-sized, match-3-clone platform it launched as.
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An illustrator for comics based on Star Wars spin-off Clone Wars has designed the poster for the Highlands' only comic book convention, Hi-Ex.
Williams Communications (nyse: WCG - news - people ) is a virtual clone of the old fiber-optic company created by its parent, Tulsa, Okla.
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Once upon a time (2007) in a land far, far away (Thailand) lived the i-mobile 902, a pseudo Sony Ericsson W800 clone featuring a trick five-megapixel autofocus camera with a Sony-made CCD sensor and xenon flash.
They were able to get a clone in a stem-cell line in basically one of 17 eggs used.
The free-to-play Clone Wars Adventures has over 7 million registered users, according to John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment.
PUFs are an innovative way of safeguarding individual chips from data theft by using the unique 'fingerprint' inherent in every semiconductor device to protect its encryption key, making it very hard to clone and thus reverse-engineer and compromise security microcontrollers.
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But The Washington Post snarls, An empty-calorie clone, and The Miami Herald snaps, The worst kind of sequel, the kind that exists only to give you more, more, more of what you liked the first time around without ever justifying its existence.
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Although Disney acquired LucasArts on October 30, 2012, Disney has made some sweeping changes gradually, such as cancelling the long-running Cartoon Network television show, The Clone Wars, as well as the upcoming live-action comedy Detours in mid March.
Boisselier said 50 members of the movement have volunteered to carry the clone of a dead 10-month-old boy.
As a result, programmers can create sophisticated applications like this multi-player asteroids clone in a matter of hours.
If that is their plan, they are going to be deciding to turn their back on their partner ecosystem and becoming an end-to-end Apple clone in th mobile business.
The Veloster is seriously snouty, a consequence of it being a front-drive car with a transverse-mounted engine (the Veloster is very much a mechanical clone of the new Elantra, complete with torsion-beam rear suspension).
One possible defense application: Identify the receptors that dogs use to detect explosives, clone them and create a bomb-sniffing machine.
Nowhereelse.fr hedge its bets, admitting that while it could be a case from a new iPhone prototype, it could equally be part of a well-made Chinese iPhone clone.
The company has moved into the GroupOn clone territory, too, with its own group-buying e-commerce web site Nuomi, which rolled out in June 2010.
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Google has sought to clone the key traits of its founders through an algorithm-driven hiring questionnaire.
Intrigued by the rapid rise of Red Bull, a caffeine-laced "club drink" from Austria, 7-Eleven commissioned a supplier to produce a clone called Piranha.
Now if that news has your inner evil-overlord scheming a plot to create a clone army of intelligent prehistoric bugs, sorry, we've got bad news.
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Nguyen Thanh Van An, 37, is the chief executive and founder of Internet bookstore Vinabook.com, a clone of China's online bookseller Dangdang.com--itself a version of Amazon.
Unfortunately, once the cinematic trailers gave way to actual gameplay footage, the buzz around the game began to turn, as it seemed like yet another lackluster clone of Call of Duty, with a Red Dawn-ish plot to match.
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Surely there is someone, somewhere in the TV news business who can rescue CNN from 20-year ratings lows without turning it into a Fox News clone.
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While sub-prime has morphed into a naughty word, a near clone has stealthily infiltrated the mortgage markets, choking the breath out of many unfortunates ensnared by its enervating tentacles.
Panos Zavos , the Kentucky fertility doctor and would-be human cloner, apparently doesn't see Lucas' clone army as a problem.
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