For added convenience, the SL30 is powered by easily available, AA alkaline batteries, assuring end-users that they can find a replaceable power source no matter where they may be.

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Indeed, to help them envision what products they might offer that require no direct connection to a power source (either by wires or batteries).

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To further reduce power consumption, a "no source detected" mode automatically lowers brightness to 30 percent when no display has been detected for more than three minutes.

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We hear you said, "The last thing you want to do for a shared use computer is have it be something without a disk ... and with a tiny little screen, " and went on to slap it on using a crank as a power source where there's no electricity.

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The next step, though, is something that no SaaS vendors offers and it shows the power of adding open source to the SaaS model.

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Even if this new dash for gas happens fast enough to keep most of the lights on, which is by no means certain, it would leave the country overly reliant on one power source.

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The laptops will have a low-tech independent source of energy, so they can be used in towns with little or no electric power.

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Yes, Android might be "open" in the sense that the source code is available, but there's no doubt Google's wielded incredible power over the platform by restricting access to Market and its own apps -- power that hasn't been used to prevent carrier-mandated bloatware or poorly-done manufacturer skinning, but has instead apparently been used to block legitimate competitors like Skyhook from doing business.

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