Many home users, however, will spend a lifetime cranking out documents without ever resorting to one.
The new TS-x12 models also improve the multimedia experience and capabilities for home users.
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This compares with 7.6 million active home users in March, out of a total 16.9 million.
While many businesses are being affected, Sasser has also hit home users, especially those with broadband connections.
That's why Intelligentsia Coffee is developing a program to train home users to make the ultimate cup.
But the detailed data that could be mined from home users could intrude on private life, commentators warned.
Instead of having to launch the Facebook mobile application to access their social networks, Home users are constantly connected.
So far, the fault has mostly affected home users, as many businesses in the region have back-up plans for such problems.
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Generally though the virus is not hitting workplaces are much as home users who have not taken anti-virus protection he said.
However, on the other side of the equation we have the home users, the amateurs, and the prosumers who use Adobe products.
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It's a natural fit for office systems and business-oriented notebooks, but home users can stay with Win 98 (or 95) for now.
He stressed it was crucial that XP users, business and individual home users, switched on their auto-updated so that machines could download SP2.
While some analysts see the Sun suite as being directed more towards home users, Grabau believes the software is also suitable for business use.
VirusScan Handheld is essentially the same product the company already offers for home users, but is now priced and packaged for businesses, McGee says.
In the latest study, Dr. Wolinsky said he chose to use the updated Double Decision game in part because it is available for home users.
Back when Microsoft released its Office 365 subscription service for home users, it said the business version would be arriving on February 27th.
Business and home users of wi-fi are being advised to at least enable the security settings on the software they install to keep hackers out.
The worm has mostly attacked home users who are less likely to update antivirus software or use firewalls that block IRC traffic, according to Carey Nachenburg, chief researcher at Symantec Corp.
The router also has a handful of interesting features aimed at home users, particularly parents who want to keep a close eye on the activities their kids engage in while using the Internet.
Rupert Goodwins, editor of IT publication ZD Net, said that while Linux remained too complex for most home users, its growing foothold in the workplace would help it gain widespread popularity as soon as more user-friendly versions were developed.
Google's Gmail currently lacks a calendar function, and some believe the firm would like to add one - albeit perhaps a limited version that could serve home users well without meeting the requirements of corporate users, thus avoiding a head-on challenge to Microsoft's business model.
While a lot of attention has been paid on wireless networking in recent months--Apple Airport and Lucent Technologies ' (nyse: LU - news - people) Orinoco products come to mind--some of the products have been criticized for being difficult for the average home users to set up.
Upgrades will be tier-for-tier, with Vista Home Premium users getting to switch up to Windows 7 Home Premium when the time is right, Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional, and Vista Ultimate users getting an upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.
The new model for home media users is called HD PVR 2 model 1512.
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On one hand, unlike with Facebook's native app, Home requires users to make a choice around how their phones work.
Home requires users to make a choice around how their phones work.
Alternatively, home office users can transform their workstations and work from their television monitor, accessing email, business applications and Internet browsing features.
Cluley says a personal firewall should be installed by home broadband users.
Truly an audio solution for the whole home, users are able to stream different music to different rooms or the same music to multiple rooms by linking LIVE 5000 units.
The app provides a wireless interface with the Spotify program on a home computer so users can manage their music on the go.
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