As with the rest of the offerings within the Canvio Basics 3.0 line, software setup is not necessary.
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Oracle, notably, is finally selling its Fusion line of software that promises to be the best of the old stuff with the ease-of-use of the new.
Symantec has an added advantage of a line of security software focused on enterprise solutions.
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Microsoft has its own application platform, called Azure, and Citrix offers its own line of virtualization software.
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Of course, that seems like the goal of every old-line hardware and software giant who is trying to move to the world of cloud computing.
Maybe, we're a bit overconfident, but the PlayStation 2 remains incredibly viable -- great contributions to the bottom line and great software for the consumer -- so I think we felt like we could have a little more patience in terms of getting to where we needed to get to.
It makes matters even more complicated that the line between hardware and software are so fluid.
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For months, the party line has been that software sells consoles, and once the games are there, the gamers will flock to the Vita.
Wall Street powerhouse Bear Stearns recently received a 100, 000-line chunk of fresh software from its Bangalore development team, a block too big to check easily or to spot a single programmer's habitual errors.
Most people tend to renew their subscription on line rather than buying new software, and that makes Kaspersky rank around No. 4 in the worldwide IT security space.
To cut down on those costs, the USPS created a self-service Web site and set up a phone line with voice-recognition software, either one of which lets users reset passwords on their own.
The bottom line when it comes to tax software: Be honest with yourself.
The Freespace MotionEngine is the same software embedded in the new line of Roku 2 streaming media players and LG's Smart TVs.
When configured, the software will read the subject line of an email sent by certain specified contacts into your ear.
In a bid to limit the misalignment, hard drive makers are producing software that ensures 512 sectors line up with 4K ones.
Rather than develop its own mobile operating system, though, Amazon relies on a version of Google's Android software for the Kindle Fire line of tablets.
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Avaya, which is best known for its branded line of office phones and contact center software, is branching into video and trying to hone a reputation for innovation.
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The programs range from complex instructions for displaying pop-up windows to a 36-line memory-management utility from the open-source game Rooms of Doom that software writers love because it's more compact than the 72-line alternative.
The company is a pioneer in its market and prides itself on tightly engineering its entire product line, from silicon parts through systems and software, to optimize speed and efficiency.
It is no excuse either for the HP board to have gambled its future on growth by acquisition to stem the way its old-line core businesses, like storage and enterprise software, were collapsing.
In tests last year at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, MLB experimented with the Hawk-Eye animation system that is used to judge line calls in tennis and the TrackMan radar software used by the PGA Tour.
The company said in its earnings release that it had lower than expected sales and that its investments in improving client experience and accelerating product development and higher than expected software development expenses pressured its bottom line.
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While IGT may have fallen behind in coming up with flashy new games, the company manages to keep its customers in line by dominating the back room with accounting software that keeps a real-time record of the money that's being won and lost on each slot machine.
And the biggest line item in their IT budgets is for database software.
White, a software manager by day, draws the line at carrying a balance.
Croquet packs a lot of power for a little piece of software, one with but a single line of code for every 300 in Windows XP.
As far as software, Paramount Home Entertainment, New Line Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video were all on hand, however New Line does not expect to release any discs on either format until early 2007.
"They modestly missed on the revenue line, partially due to forex, and slightly on software and hardware revenue, " said Amit Daryanani at RBC Capital Markets.
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