If we break down the components of a smartphone today, we end up with a mini-computer.
Just look at how fast information technology departments swung to servers connecting to PCs, shutting down mainframe and mini-computer data centers and wiping out thousands of green-screen terminals.
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In addition to being able to scan images onto the included SD memory card, the scanner accepts other popular memory cards (SD, MS, MS Pro, MMS, XD) and can also be connected directly to either a Mac or PC computer via its mini-USB port.
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At the latest Apple product announcement, besides announcing the iPad mini Apple said that they were updating their Mac computer line-up as well.
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Inspired to expand development options for their BeagleBone mini computer platforms, participants in the BeagleBoard.org community created cape plug-in boards to enhance the sensors, actuators and interfaces available on the BeagleBone platform.
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We feature computer cords, printer cords, dead-format USB cables, mini-USB cables, Ethernet, DVI, VGA, Firewire this, Firewire that.
The built-in mini-USB On The Go (OTG) port provides a way to connect directly to a computer for easy file transfers (Mac and PC compatible), supports a number of peripherals, such as both wired and wireless-via-dongle mice and keyboards, hubs, and thumb drives, and can also be used to re-charge the internal battery.
Kevin Bong, a Wisconsin-based security researcher and penetration tester, has developed what he calls the Mini Pwner, a spy computer smaller than a smartphone designed to be inconspicuously plugged into an ethernet port to gain access to a corporate network, feeding information back to a nearby hacker over its wifi signal.
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