Jobs and his partner Steve Wozniak put together the first small, cheap easy to use computer: the Apple II.
Done badly, it can make it laughably easy to outwit computer-controlled opponents.
He later worked on 3-D graphics at gamemaker Atari, compact computing systems at Apple Computer and easy-to-use interfaces at Disney.
Clickfree has evolved traditional storage technology applications into a modern-day solution that makes saving digital content as easy as connecting your computer via USB cable to the Clickfree backup drive.
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IBM's "brick" initiative which creates data storage farms out of cheap blocks of hard discs and the broader push for "blade" servers that make adding computer power easy to add were evidence of this move to commoditisation, said Mr Findlay.
The built-in mini-USB On The Go (OTG) port provides a way to connect directly to a computer for easy file transfers (Mac and PC compatible), supports a number of peripherals, such as both wired and wireless-via-dongle mice and keyboards, hubs, and thumb drives, and can also be used to re-charge the internal battery.
It's easy to grow blase when computer graphics do all the work for you.
However, many of the tools available on the Internet are so easy to use that any computer novice can become a dangerous hacker, he said.
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"You see a lot more people on Facebook during exams since they are already at the computer and it is easy to access and procrastinate, " the student said.
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In contrast, Windows Live Mesh and SplashTop HD ran like a dream and made it easy to access and control the computer from a Windows laptop, Macbook Pro, HTC Flyer and various Android smartphones.
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Plus, with analog and optical connectivity, it's easy to get 3D sound from your computer, tablet, game console, mp3 player or any audio gear.
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The system has also been designed with a "two-click mantra" in mind, making the content easy to access for those with low computer literacy skills.
"It is clear to us that criminals are moving into computer games piracy as an easy means of funding other illegal activities and laundering cash, " he said.
"The SanDisk ReadyCache is an easy, affordable way to turbocharge a desktop computer, " said Kent Perry, director, product marketing, SanDisk.
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Its staff are required to climb out of helicopters to do the job - it is easy to understand how a hands-free computer would be useful in these circumstances!
Because communication settings can be made from within a dedicated menu on the camera, by connecting to a smartphone, it is easy to send images without ever using a computer.
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The company is working with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on a scientific version of the computer called PERCS (Productive, Easy-to-use, Reliable Computing System).
So, it was easy for them to look it up on the computer, and my money was ultimately refunded.
The drive is easy to install-simply plug it into a computer's SATA port.
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But a couple of relatively new products aim to digitally collect your important data in all these categories in one easy-to-access place: either on your computer or on the Web.
New HTC Sync Manager also makes it easy to manage and sync your music collection from your computer to your smartphone to ensure your entire library is as mobile as you are.
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If an individual investor likes the long-term outlook of Dell Computer or Cisco Systems, it's easy to purchase a "call" on those shares, which gives the investor the right to buy them at a set price in the future.
When not helping seniors to rest easy or designing Lego robots, Summer and Catherine both enjoy computer programming and rock climbing.
It can be difficult to imagine not having affordable, relatively easy access to the internet or a public education system that teaches computer skills.
It might fill another gap, he said, because there was currently no easy way to run apps for the iPhone on a Mac desktop computer.
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Also, they're light, easy to carry, generally easier to learn than a smartphone or computer and don't require much typing -- considerable benefits to people with arthritic hands or joints.
And any new corporate enterprise software like the kind sold by Oracle and SAP will only be successful if it is designed to be as easy to use as Intuit?s Quickbooks, Google or Apple Computer 's iTunes.
Measuring on a computer how much and how well students are reading is relatively easy, but what about testing problem-solving skills?
Easy to use, Clickfree products use a patented EASY RunTM feature to automatically start, search, organize and backup a computer's data as soon as they are connected to a PC or Mac.
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But despite the industry's best efforts to create an easy-to-navigate "smart" television, an old-fashioned computer is still the easiest way to search for and discover TV shows and movies at your convenience.
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