You don't need that kind of industrial-strength hardware to build a home network, but you will need a piece of hardware called a residential gateway, which will do the same jobs.
Who are the partners that will build the hardware, and what will they build?
Google does not build hardware, unless we count the workshop that about 3% of its employees have access to.
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Comcast isn't opening up its set-top boxes (UI and all) in the way we'd like, but it has established a reference spec (RDK) for potential hardware partners to build their own versions of its next generation setup.
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Many would say HTC was denied its potential for years as carriers masked its involvement and told it what hardware and software to build.
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For the first time, it was easy, at least for certain values of easy, to build sensor hardware that connected to a mass-market mobile device.
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Expect Cisco to leverage its expertise in both hardware and software to build a stronghold that will become increasingly difficult for smaller companies to penetrate.
The proof of concept design was initially created some time ago, and sponsors of the project have helped build the hardware according to the students' original designs.
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When companies compete to build military hardware, they expect that once a contract is won they will be the sole supplier of a weapon system for a decade or longer.
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This hardware was used to build a simulated aircraft that ran many of the systems found on commercial aircraft and could swap data via radio with the air traffic and navigation systems used in the real world.
The most important members of the team, then, may not be the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who put up the drive and the money, nor the engineers who build the hardware that makes it all possible, but the economists who try to work out the effect on the price of platinum when a mountain of the stuff arrives from outer space.
Google controls Android, they build their own hardware through the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, and they exert a pull over the whole ecosystem.
But if we were buying so much military hardware, how could we build so many dams and bridges--103 with another 23 under construction.
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Cisco will soon start selling servers, and has formed an alliance with several smaller hardware and software firms to build, in effect, a data centre in a box.
The Canadian-based company, which was founded in 1999, plans to use this round of financing to build on its hardware success by developing more applications for its D-Wave One quantum computer system.
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It needs to control the hardware and the software, plus build out an ecosytem around them, if it is to continue to do well.
To cut spending on military hardware or increase it, to build more F-22 fighter planes and aircraft carriers, or spend more on unmanned drones and beefed-up ground forces.
Analysts have said the shift to such hardware will help cut down on the cost to build the device.
The problem has stemmed from the way giants in the Wi-Fi hardware business, like Cisco Systems and 3Com, build their antennas: They're like little computers, with a lot of networking and security intelligence in the box.
These projects took many months to build, and required us to purchase physical hardware by the truckload.
Lesswatts.org will host a group of software developers working to build Linux operating system upgrades that use server hardware more efficiently and save energy.
He said 3D printing was another way that the firm wanted to build links to that vast community of software and hardware engineers.
Not only does the team plan on releasing code and documentation for the project, but the hardware was designed with modularity in mind, so others can build their own modified versions.
By launching a vast library of exciting and attractive software titles for PS3 this holiday season and offering customers a line-up of hardware models and pricing to match their preference, SCE will build on the momentum and further accelerate the expansion of the PS3 platform.
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For example, a telephony API gives you the power of the phone network without the need to purchase expensive hardware, a mapping API makes it possible for you to build customized, dynamic maps without signing contracts with data providers, and a payments API lets you accept payments without having to worry about complying with complex financial regulations, etc.
"One of the reasons we went with custom hardware design for all our silicon is that it allows us to build security at the silicon level, " he told the BBC News website.
"We build websites, then apps, and now we are back to hardware, " Le Meur said.
The hardware's pretty badass from what we can tell, but the service is still struggling to build out -- it launched with 23 games in June, and it's only up to about 40 now.
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Still, we wouldn't scoff at a smartphone with a build quality to match the Surface -- though it might rub some of Redmond's hardware partners the wrong way.
Earlier this week the streaming hi-fi hardware maker Sonos announced that it was opening up its API (Application Programming Interface) so that music services could build apps - and those already include Spotify.
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