This release supports the next generation of Dual-Mode DisplayPort enabled personal computers and Dual-Mode DisplayPort cable adaptors, expected to be available to consumers later this year.

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Although it is not a full third-generation service, i-mode already offers some multimedia services and Internet access, which has helped it to gain 30m customers in Japan in three years.

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You can only trim shots and extract stills from that latter mode, but paired with the newer generation EasyShare functionality that lets you pre-assign photos and videos for upload to YouTube and Facebook, among other services, you can almost completely avoid using your computer as anything but a dumb pipe to the internet.

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The first GM-designed and built electric motors are scheduled to debut in 2013 in its next-generation, rear-wheel-drive, two-mode hybrid technology.

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One reason that telecoms firms and handset manufacturers are so optimistic about the prospects for third-generation services is the wild success in Japan of i-mode.

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An activist-networking platform has the immediate advantage of easily engaging a young generation deeply rooted in the social-networking experience, in a new mode of 'philanthropy, ' 'giving back' or 'activism.

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In order for a microgrid to continue operating in island mode, it has to include some form of on-site power generation.

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