Transferring files onto a home PC, for instance, can be a recipe for disaster.
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However, added AzzerUK, there was no way as yet to save a copy of a city to a home PC.
"In the U.S., multimedia applications and the Internet have been the driving force behind the boom in home PC sales, " says O'Reilly.
The integration of the home PC with its Internet connection and the TV and stereo will open up new opportunities for companies large and small.
It becomes a technical challenge, involving latency, compression and robustness, to shift the relationship from home PC and handset to always-on remote server and handset.
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The biggest selling home PC supplier in the U.S. last year, Packard Bell is said to be facing cash-flow problems as a result of too aggressive price cutting.
This software would tap cable content, and be the base for other applications that could link with a home PC, manage saved content like previous Sopranos shows and movies.
PopBox makes it simple and affordable to play all the movies, music, home videos, and photos from your home PC and network-connected devices, and content streamed from the Internet, on your HDTV.
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Home theater PC fans will tell you that one of the reasons they do what they do is because of the flexibility that comes along with a roll your own home theater PC.
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Every time a new gene is linked to a disease, people will be able to search their genomes using their home PC to learn whether they are at risk and decide what, if anything, to do about it.
Other slick features include the ability to send an address to the device from a home PC using the "Send2Dash" feature and, of interest to a more technically adept crowd, the ability to subscribe to RSS feeds of locations.
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Just load-up Skype and Novac's software onto your home PC, slip in their USB stick with integrated analog tuner, and voila, you're ready to stream the sweet, sweet TV out the Internet to any of the newer Skype clients capable of video calls.
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Rather than streaming music from an anonymous server in the cloud, Audiogalaxy piped music (including playlists and album art) to your smartphone from your own home PC -- all this after returning from the ashes of its previous iteration as the best music file sharing service ever.
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Unlike previous projects at Microsoft and the University of Washington, the team at UNC used a home PC (albeit one with four GPUs) to process millions of images pulled from the Internet and construct 3D models of such landmarks as the Colosseum and the Roman baths at Sagalassos (above).
The BulletTrain Express is a wireless keyboard lap tray, perfect for your Mac Mini-as-Home Theatre PC.
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The IdeaCentre Q700 home theatre PC and IdeaPad U450p laptop are available immediately through business partners and www.lenovo.com.
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Lenovo's DVD-like IdeaCentre home theater PC connects with multiple devices, including digital cameras, smartphones and more so consumers can watch videos in full HD resolution, view photos and listen to music all on their TV.
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Titled the Jewelry PC, Moneual's unit will be in one of two styles by jewelry designer Lee Charles Buckingham, and will include real diamonds and other precious jewels on top of what looks to be an otherwise boring home theater PC.
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That said, if we assume the as yet unknown price isn't stereotypically high -- and that audiophiles don't mind a big, potentially noisy desktop as a home theater PC -- the Hi-Fi Z77x could be a treat for those who want to wring every nuance out of music and movie soundtracks.
And if you have a home network, any PC in the home--up to a limit of 255 computers--can get access to those files.
There are also devices designed to connect your PC to your home entertainment system so you can play MP3 music from the Internet over your home system, not just on your PC.
In the accessories category, wireless and tablet accessories were up, while home entertainment and PC accessories were down.
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If and when the time comes to buy a PC at home, familiar typically wins.
If her household had some money, she had a PC at home, and joined Internet chat rooms with her high school friends.
Perhaps the most exciting feature, according to AAS, is the inclusion of UPnP, which allows content to be streamed to and from the phone from any number of compatible PC and home theater devices.
Any PC in your home can share a single connection, as long as it has the ability to connect to a network.
The successor to Windows 98 focuses on four main areas, according to a Microsoft spokesperson: digital media, online experience, PC health and home networking.
The greatest percentage (14 percent) bought a PC for a home-based business, followed by educational purposes for adults (12 percent) and children (11 percent).
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