This provides users access to all the settings and functions of the system from their home computer.
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The various sections that make up the Xbox experience now feature between nine and twelve tiles per category, each serving up a mish-mash of system functions, product advertisements and recommended content.
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They'd operate as the sum of many independent, relatively dumb processes--just like the autonomic functions of the human central nervous system, from which they take their name.
Two iPads in the rear compartment not only play movies, music and Internet content, they also control all functions of the S-Class COMAND system.
Garmin's new multi-controller concept provides a new and unique way of controlling essential functions of an in-car infotainment system, such as audio, apps, communications and navigation.
The iTech system integrates the normal functions of a gauge cluster with additional functionality, like navigation commands, climate controls and audio functions.
After some investigation, the problem appeared to be in the Linux network file system (NFS) kernel, the piece of the operating system responsible for some basic server functions.
Sleep deprivation also led to an increase in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which controls many of the body's "involuntary" functions.
The services will allow users to perform basic messaging functions such as signing in to and out of the system, sending and receiving messages from buddies, adding new buddies to their list, and finding out who is available online.
The program tiles clutter the desktop and basic system functions and information are hidden beneath layers of new links.
The large touchscreen is not only used to control all infotainment functions, but also to access the status of the hybrid system.
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Through the combination of calendar and navigation functions, for example, the system would know if the driver is running late due to traffic, so it could automatically ask if the driver wants to contact the parties of upcoming meetings and inform them about the delay.
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While you're driving, all of those functions shift to a text-to-speech system, which also recognizes commands presented in full sentences.
The trick is a single implanted power source and a distributed system of controllers that will manage several different physical functions.
Instead of sprawls of special-purpose computer servers--one for Internet applications, one for e-mail and so on--a virtualized system uses one machine to do all of these functions.
According to Volcker, the rationale for limiting the size of institutions arises from the vital capital intermediation and payment system functions they provide for the real economy.
Unlike past models, the new system functions as a hybrid, with a mainframe housed on one side of a cabinet that is twice the size of a refrigerator and space for server blades on the other.
Now Peckham is building a system that will allow a patient to control up to five of these functions at once.
The once vaunted IRS computer system has trouble accomplishing what would seem to be the most basic of functions: reconciling Social Security numbers, W-2 forms and even the number of children in a household.
We also appreciated that most functions remain governed by standard switches, buttons and dials instead of an annoyingly complex menu-driven multimedia system of the sort that tends to hamper most upscale cars these days.
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The potential benefits of addressing this IT management gap should be painfully obvious, given the impact that automating system management functions has had.
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No, the share and spectate functions of the PS4 and its new controller should open some new doors for competitive eSports on the next-gen system.
This improvement is likely due to a growing array of new features and services being offered that are providing a seamless product experience between the operating system functions and third-party apps.
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The remotes also enable the bulb function for long shutter applications, as well as functions of the camera that are affected by a half-press of the shutter, including the engagement of the AF system or starting and stopping video capture.
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