The free hardware will only be for existing customers who apply within four months of when your provider rolls out the basic cable encryption.
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While Seton Hall students will love being handed free hardware, my guess is that they will quickly tire of having to lug multiple phones or tablets around in their backpacks.
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Google licenses the Android software free to hardware makers such as Samsung.
But while Microsoft held to its hardware-free promise, the company had something else up its sleeve.
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They were engaged in a lucrative border trade in gems, logs and products such as shrimp, in the process swelling the bank accounts of local commanders whose compliance was required for the free flow of military hardware and commercial goods.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gives away its Android operating system for free, and lets many hardware makers use it to power their devices.
Google licenses Android to hardware manufacturers essentially free, doesn't get a cut of device sales and takes only a small share of revenue generated from app sales for Android devices.
Addressing concerns expressed by many in the smartphone industry, executives for the companies say Motorola will operate as a separate business unit for now, so Google will be free to partner with competing hardware makers.
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Military video games have long been thought of as free advertising for many military hardware and gun manufacturers, though both the game companies and the gun companies say that neither side pays the other to use the likeness of the products in the games most times.
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Townsfolk can grab the free Patriot at the grocer, hardware store or convenience shop--anywhere White has a rack.
Hardware and software purchased within the last two years are for the most part bug-free or "Y2K compliant, " although there are so many hardware and software permutations there are no guarantees any system is 100% safe.
Instead of having an application running on a dedicated tower of hardware power, apps are now free from the limitations of the infrastructure underneath.
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This tool is free and gives you a good overview of your hardware and software.
By comparison, Linux is practically risk-free for vendors of Intel or non-Intel hardware.
Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) today announced that it plans to take its free GoPayment mobile credit card app and card reader hardware global, with the first implementation in Canada.
To understand which firms are going to end up dominating the market for tablets and mobile phones, it helps to notice that we now live in an era in which every successful company selling hardware and content is giving something away for free.
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Without a legacy in proprietary hardware designed for older legacy networks, Huawei is free to design equivalents that can be easily upgraded and reconfigured for new functions and business models in software updates.
What that means is that the PS3 is now as free to modify as any PC, with the only limits being the hardware under the hood.
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Unlike traditional hands-free solutions, the suite eliminates the need for a lengthy tuning process and dedicated hardware, lowering production costs and increasing design flexibility.
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Why spend the money on new hardware that only boasts a newer processor and a slightly bigger screen when the free iOS 6 download streamlines legacy iPhones?
The thinking is similar to how Square originally started with its free Square Reader for accepting payments on iPhones, Dorogusker says, aiming to get the hardware in as many hands as possible.
In recent years Sun has put together a sizeable portfolio of these free programs written by communities of developers, hoping that firms using this software would then buy its expensive hardware.
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