The job description on the ad said Valve was "frustrated" by the lack of innovation in computer hardware and wanted to change that state of affairs.
Competition between the two is expected to heat up now that Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems has put it in the computer hardware business.
The Department is apparently way behind in getting its computer hardware and software fortified against the so-called Millennium Bug: Unless replaced or adjusted, computers at the turn of the century will behave as if the numerals 00 are 1900 rather than 2000 and may possibly crash.
Companies in computer software, cable television and computer hardware have a more than 10% chance of default.
Microsoft is struggling to reassert its dominance in the computer software and hardware market, but one of its biggest success stories of recent years has undoubtedly been the Kinect camera.
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As with home and office computer hardware, in-car technology is rapidly getting cheaper, though it is still pricey.
Only the work horses of servers and its operating system software hold their primacy, but with computer hardware shipments in decline, even software profits could be challenged.
In both cases clever designs of computer hardware and software played a role.
Computer Station in Llanelli will provide the hardware and Swansea joinery company David Sparkes is building the kiosks.
For certain, the computer hardware sub-sector is in decline and this impacts components producers like Intel and Texas Instruments.
In the computer industry the value has migrated from hardware to software.
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It issues 1% to 2% in options annually, handily outperforms its peer group of computer hardware producers and has reduced outstanding shares 13% since year-end 1995.
HP, two leading computer makers, is only the beginning of consolidation in hardware.
As his business evolved, Thakkar started flying to Dubai to stock up on computer hardware and then sell it for a profit in Kampala.
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Outside of computer hardware, the other area of notable M100 selling was in managed care companies.
Clothing sales made the biggest breakthrough last year, with apparel and accessories displacing computer hardware and software as the top non-travel category in online retail.
Johnson and his team work with computer scientists to look at the current state of the art in hardware, software, and algorithms, as well as the research coming up.
Computer hardware companies believe scaled-down laptops will mean big profits in the next two to three years.
With the acquisition of Sun Microsystems in January 2010, Oracle began selling hardware products and services, primarily comprising computer server and storage products.
Rather than pour money into new hardware to expand the computer lab, he decided to invest in a new network infrastructure to support increased computer use by students, faculty and administrators.
For example, in the mid-1970s, I raised a second round of equity capital for a computer hardware company by calling 75 venture capital companies.
While Apple's designs are unique, its hardware is powered by the same Intel microprocessors you'll find in any computer sold by Dell or Hewlett-Packard.
While unit sales of most of Apple's computer lines were down in the fourth quarter of 2002, sales in its "peripheral and other hardware" category, into which the iPod falls, grew by more than 50% versus the year-ago quarter.
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