WebCam 2000: Serve up live images to the Web from any video-capture device connected to your computer with this free program.

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The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer.

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Operation Tuleta - which deals mainly with computer hacking - is connected to Operation Weeting, the Met's investigation into phone hacking, and to Operation Elveden, which is looking at corrupt payments by journalists to public officials.

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In the future, Pasley would like to outfit couriers with a Bluetooth-connected headpiece, so even when the computer is off, they can be alerted to new pickups audibly, perhaps with an automated voice issuing instructions.

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Designed specifically for home use, the xPrintServer Home Edition works with printers that are connected directly to a computer via a USB port and can support up to two network printers.

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Gamers do not just want to view their computer or television and be limited to a mouse or controller to feel connected with the game.

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To get around the always-on requirement, some players have tinkered with the game's computer code to trick it into thinking it is connected when it is being played offline.

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The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) replaces proprietary printing services with a single method for sending print jobs from a computer to any authorized printer connected to an IP network.

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The battle between local storage and shared storage has a long history, back to the very beginnings of the personal computer industry, when small computers with local storage began to replace dumb terminals connected to centralized mainframe computers.

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