There was, however, an even bigger conceptual breakthrough: the mobile device as general purpose computer, open to the world of software, powered by the resources of the cloud.
SourceXchange's mission is to help computer hackers who contribute to open-source software, such as the popular operating system Linux, to link up with computer companies.
To bring his idea to life, the Silicon Valley-based designer first created a 3D computer model of the Tardis's interior using the free-to-use open source computer software programme Blender.
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Before every test begins, the proctor asks the test taker to pan the room with their web camera, said Jarrod Morgan, a vice president at Proctor U. During that sweep, proctors see all sorts of things: answers on Post-it Notes taped to the computer screen, another person sitting in the room, a second laptop open to Google.
By the end of last year, Zoom had enough computer power to open its search engine to the masses--and to process credit-card payments.
" The IRS's computer problems, he says, "open the door to more and more fraud.
When the Watsons at IBM bet their company on the development of the 360 computer the space was wide open, competition clearly underdeveloped and unable to catch up.
Whether the platform is a smart-phone, a tablet computer like the iPad or the open internet, the key to success for most publications will be a dual revenue stream.
After they had won access to one computer, the attackers may have used that as a lever to pry open other parts of the network.
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With a feature-rich processor, the BeagleBone computer platform allows developers to fully utilize the technology within a full-featured, open hardware Linux development kit.
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The case, filed in London High Court and seeking penalties and injunctions against Apple Computer, would open the latest chapter in a long and winding road of litigation between the two sides that dates back to Apple Computer's founding.
Harris also helped develop computer trading systems that seem certain to doom the open-outcry system for good, though the exchange is preserving both systems as long as demand is there.
That's in contrast to mainframe applications, or even versions of the "open" Unix operating system that were specific to a given computer manufacturer's hardware.
Bioengineers, like computer programmers in the Linux open-source software movement, are encouraged to contribute "bricks" voluntarily, and can order the parts they need over the Internet.
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The computer runs on open-sourced operating system Linux and can be hooked up to a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
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Chrome OS, and its open-source sibling, Chromium OS, are Google's answer to the desktop computer.
They would open it, set a few metrics and run it in the the background of their computer to join in.
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Perhaps the most successful campaign in recent years was Apple Computer 's decision to open its own retail stores.
Of course, when we actually saw Open webOS 1.0 it was already stretching to fill the space of an HP TouchSmart computer screen (project architect Steve Winston specifically mentioned hotel kiosks as a possibility, a market LG is all over) so it makes sense that larger displays have been a target.
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Connect Push to your computer (via USB, no drivers, etc. required), open Ableton Live and the device springs to life.
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At first, she had found it necessary to go to the door and open it and stand there, surveying the piles of paper, the moribund computer, the overflowing files, the books lying open or face down, as well as crowded on the shelves.
The new money will open TeraGrid up to more researchers, in part by adding a Web-services dimension that will let institutions tap the computer without a direct connection to the eight major data centers, which are sprinkled from San Diego to Pittsburgh.
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