Some 50% of Gateway's profits now come from non-PC businesses, like digital cameras and Internet service.
But phones aren't the only common non-PC device that faces a real security threat.
The software will be used in non-PC devices like TV set-top boxes, digital cameras and DVD players.
Not surprisingly, would-be entrepreneurs are hastily developing hardware devices for a non-PC future.
About one-quarter of the non-PC users who participated in the survey say they plan to go online in the future.
Among consoles, and probably among non-PC systems, this is the deepest integration any system has done with Facebook to date.
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However, Sony has released the first mainstream non-PC product that delivers a media center experience local to the living room.
Some 50% of Gateway's profits now come from non-PC businesses, such as digital cameras and Internet service. hp now sells more bundled packages that include printers and modems.
Because public policy work is as much about creating a serious discussion and framing it in some non-PC context as it is about suggesting actual legislation or new policies.
This early leader in mobile phones was caught off-guard when Apple launched the iPhone in 2007 and integrated mobile phones with its desktop OS, a difficult leap for non-PC players.
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Hirai Yoshimitsu, deputy secretary-general of the Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan, predicts that within a decade, half of Japan's e-commerce will be conducted over non-PC devices such as phones and public computer kiosks.
It is the first time that Zona's Worldwide Internet Tracking Study, which has been conducted quarterly since the spring of 1996, has shown more Internet users than non-PC users, Zona says in a news release on Tuesday.
However, with the rapid growth in the Internet, with the advent of IPv6 and its unlimited Internet addressing, and the rapid raise of non-PC devices such as smart meters and medical devices all accessing the Internet, that could soon change.
While Toshiba has shipped tablet PCs for years and is now testing the waters of an embedded platform, the Archos 9 tablet PC crowns a new line that includes several non-PC tablets sold by the company, including a 5" tablet powered by Android and a 7" media tablet based on the company's proprietary UI build on Linux.
The problem with Windows 8 is that Microsoft decided to shove a highly inefficient touch-based user interface onto millions of PC users using non-touch desktops and notebooks.
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It doesn't expose any additional functionality, but at least it lets you skip tracks from your PC or other non-Jelly Bean device.
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Over the years, Sprint has introduced non-phone devices such as USB modems, PC cards and "mobile hotspots" that connect other gadgets to 4G, but people continued to clamor for compatible phones.
Sony missed an opportunity to make its mark early with bundled PC connectivity software, but this is largely a non-factor at launch.
If you are looking for an even more evocative comparison, it might be worth playing the free, non-deluxe version, called simply Stealth Bastard, which can be downloaded for PC here.
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) is an international, non-profit standards association, representing a global network of hardware, software, PC, display, and component manufacturers committed to developing and promoting the electronics industry.
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The slides attempted to graphically depict the effect the non-settling states proposed remedy would have on Microsoft and what he likes to call the "PC ecosystem, " broadly defined as all of the companies involved in some way with the personal computer industry.
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