"The phrase 'Renaissance Man' was derived from him, " says David S. Goyer, who has spent a lot of time studying and pondering him, and has created "Da Vinci's Demons, " a sci-fi thriller set in the 1400s.

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Riseborough, 31, who has had roles in Shadow Dancer, Never Let Me Go, Brighton Rock and Happy Go Lucky, recently finished filming with Tom Cruise in sci-fi thriller Oblivion, set for release in April.

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Ruckus Wireless, the Wi-Fi networking company she helped start in 2004, set out to change that, working to show that Wi-Fi could stand up to the demands of everyone from enterprise customers to broadband service providers.

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Bloggers who had set up more than 500 Wi-Fi base stations in the crowd.

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The Slingbox 500 features built-in Wi-Fi and integrated IR emitters for controlling a set-top box.

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In my harsh tablet battery test, where I play a constant loop of video with the screen set to 75 % brightness and Wi-Fi on to retrieve email in the background, I got almost exactly five hours, which is Asus's official battery life estimate.

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Both PENs can set up the FlashAir using the built-in smartphone connection capability for an effortless Wi-Fi connection between PEN and your smartphone.

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Draft proposals in recent months would apply the rules to a host of technologies, including Wi-Fi devices, set-top boxes, laptops, printers, telephone handsets and the switches and routers that power corporate networks.

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