All that is needed to run it is a mass-produced hand-held computer.
Potentially even more significant is the year-old Symbian alliance a joint-venture between Psion, an innovative British hand-held computer firm, and the three biggest mobile-telephone makers, Nokia and Ericsson of Europe and Motorola.
It not only created the hand-held computer category and the first workable handwriting-recognition system, it also pioneered the whole idea of doing digital tasks -- including e-mail and Internet browsing -- on a device other than the PC.
Initially the services will be prepared for users of the BT Openworld service, but eventually it will be expanded to become a portal that BTs customers can access via almost any device - be it interactive TV, hand-held computer or mobile phone.
However, other analysts point to new potential directions for the company, including smart cars that are connected to the web, and the "iWatch" - a wrist-held tablet computer made of new malleable materials.
The offence includes actions that prevent or hinder access to any program or data held on a computer or affect the reliability of its data.
To the list of job titles he's held at Apple Computer , which so far include co-founder, special consultant, interim CEO, and now just plain CEO, Steven Jobs can now add software beta-tester.
Thompson had claimed he held both accounting and computer science degrees from Stonehill College near Boston.
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Privately held companies involved in computer systems design and related services, too, are apparently benefiting from this increased emphasis by businesses, according Sageworks Inc.
If, say, a computer were used to diagnose a patient's symptoms and recommend treatment, and the result was flawed, could the computer be held responsible?
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But at least for privately held companies involved in computer systems design and related services, business remains strong, according to new sales and profit margin data from Sageworks Inc.
But soon after, the State Department said the electronic draw would have to be held again because a computer glitch caused 90% of the winners to be selected from the first two days of applications instead of the entire 30-day registration period.
More than 40% of Americans spend three or more hours a day staring at a computer or hand-held, according to the American Optometric Association.
Faculty of information and computer science, King Fahd University also held a workshop for faculty on Open Access and open source.
The Maker Faire, which is dedicated to all kinds of cool and bizarre crafts, machines, computer hacks and mousetraps, will be held September 17 and 18 in New York.
In the meantime, it is not quite clear who will actually use the library except, perhaps, local researchers using its computer systems to access works that are held elsewhere.
He held various jobs, and even earned money as a computer-security consultant, supporting his son to the extent that he was able.
It includes optical films for computer monitors, televisions, and hand-held electronics.
Where workers work at home, the company can still be held to be their employer by providing them with a computer, internet access, telephone service, furniture, supplies, etc.
He is being held at a police station on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
On his computer, Jobs sketched out a cabinet that should have held three shirts per shelf.
No longer would we have a state decreeing (as Massachusetts once did) that Apple Computer's shares are overpriced and therefore cannot be held by its citizens.
San Fransisco-based Pyra Labs launched in 1999 with the financial backing of investors such as computer book publisher O'Reilly and Associates , and privately held magazine publisher Advance Publications .
There, the court held that you could patent a strategy for managing a mutual fund with a computer.
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They had all come up with clever ideas to use the Raspberry Pi, the ultra-cheap computer developed in Cambridge, and they were the finalists in a competition held by the technology advisors PA Consulting.
It is a hand-held version of the more elaborate role-playing games that keep youngsters glued to TV and computer monitors.
Smart phones will have color screens that, when held close to the eye, create the illusion of an 18- to 24-inch computer screen suitable for Web surfing and viewing high-resolution pictures.
With two degrees from Stanford, including a master's degree in computer science, and a successful career in a male-dominated industry, Mayer is often held up as a woman to emulate.
It's best to measure your work environment, noting exactly how far your eyes are from your computer screen, keyboard and desk surface, as well as from any laptop or hand-held devices you use.
The meeting, held in Stockholm July 16-20, gathered almost 450 people from 26 countries representing the telecoms, computer, TV and consumer electronics industries to approve and issue a draft standard for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC).
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