You'll be able to listen to your digital music collection from your office PC, for example.
Or connect the thermostat to the Web so that it can be controlled from an office PC, allowing home temperature to be set before you get home?
The traditional model won't provide David the ability to install Office on multiple devices, to use Office on any PC or to continuously upgrade to the newest versions, but it best fits the way he uses his computer and Office.
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They generally don't offer all of the features of Office and don't always offer perfect fidelity with PC and Mac versions of Office.
End users would come into the office and work on a PC, which sat on a desk and was connected by a wire to a port on the wall.
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Microsoft generates plenty of cash thanks to its dominance of PC operating systems and office applications.
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The executives who had a PC mostly as an office decoration took to the iPad.
Workers used to only have access to corporate Outlook and Exchange on a PC in a physical office.
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Its operating system continues to dominate the PC market and its Office suite continues to be a cash cow.
Microsoft as we know has a lock on the PC operating system, on Office and does well in games.
The optional ThinkPad Tablet 2 keyboard and dock can be paired with the tablet for more PC-like computing in the office.
New and improved offerings from home and office competitors Kaspersky and McAfee, a lackluster PC market, and lower IT spending do pose risks to its fundamentals to some extent.
So Microsoft shifted gears and developed the Extender model which put a CE device at each TV with the real brains of the operation on a PC hidden away back in an office -- where PCs belong.
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When employees log in at a remote computer, laptop or pocket PC they can connect directly to their office computer.
Last month police officers protested outside Mr Mitchell's constituency office wearing T-shirt with the words "PC Pleb and Proud" printed on them.
Jim Tate is the Client Solutions Director for PC Helps, a support provider for core office software applications and mobile devices.
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"Hello, Professor Warwick, " his PC announced when Warwick crossed the threshold of his office, before casually mentioning how many E-mail messages he had received.
Microsoft's commitment to PC technology has kept it investing in operating system and office automation software for the last decade while losing more than two-thirds of its market share in smartphone operating systems and delaying its entry into the fast-growing tablet business--places where Apple has had astoundingly profitable revenue growth.
The cloud-based structure of Office 365 takes some adjustment, but users can still save files to the PC.
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In most office environments, and even a few homes, that Ethernet cord is a PC's lifeline to the local network, peripherals like printers, and the Internet.
Although RIM and AOL want to make their deal privately, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will openly discuss one of the wireless industry's worst-kept secret projects, a Tablet PC that will also feature a persistent wireless connection to home and office networks.
Yet because AIR lets SlideRocket tap into the storage of a PC, it has a drag-and-drop file system similar to Windows Office.
The VIA ARTiGO A1150 is ideal for a variety of applications in the home or office, including home server, media streaming and surveillance applications or great as a regular desktop PC, using only a fraction of the physical real estate.
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With touch-screen functionality on a fully capable machine with a proper amount of on-board storage that will be able to smoothly run Microsoft Office applications out of the box, Windows 8 promises to be an exciting transition for dedicated PC users, while offering the best of both worlds for tablet users.
The PC, along with fellow officer Damian Cobain, was convicted of misconduct in a public office.
To install on the Windows 8 PC, I used a product key given to me by Microsoft for pre-release testing, otherwise you would have to go to Office.com to buy a subscription and get a product key. (A free 30-day trial is available.) The Windows 8 PC install took about 20 minutes, and a helpful introduction walked me through key points of Office 365.
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As game consoles like PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 begin to slowly exhale their last breath, boutique PC companies like Digital Storm are aggressively marketing small form-factor gaming PCs to replace them in your office or living room.
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