Many publishers already offer special sections of content targeted to narrow groups of readers--think WSJ.com's Law Blog or Wired's Geek Dad site.
"Short form communication is defining modern culture, and every phone number-wireless or wired-should be able to support the text medium, " said John Lauer, CEO of Zipwhip.
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The HP DreamScreen, a companion to the PC, connects easily to a wireless or wired network to bring photos, music and video into any area of the home.
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The projects on Brit.co are fairly simple and meant to be completed quickly, but many incorporate cool gadgetry such as 3D and laser printers, or wired elements such as Arduino kits, which are do-it-yourself computing and circuitry kits.
Users can also use the speakerphone function or a wired earpiece to gain some distance.
Smart homes, or residences wired with home automation, have been around for years.
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As of June, 2011, 95% of all Americans had access to broadband Internet from cable, DSL, fiber or other wired services.
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An add-on board providing Ethernet and Universal Serial Bus connections will be available for use in homes or offices wired with a dedicated network.
As the International Data Corporation estimates, by 2015, more users will access the Internet through mobile devices than through personal computers or other wired devices.
While the world waits for more research to be conducted, consumers can take steps to limit cell phone radiation exposure by using the speakerphone or a wired earpiece to make calls.
Money can be wired or transferred electronically, but there could be charges associated with those transactions and they might take extra time.
Project SHIELD can also access Android apps such as Hulu, Netflix and Slacker Radio, so users can enjoy their movies and music anywhere without expensive, clumsy wired or wireless speakers.
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But even if the devices speak to each other and the wired or wireless connections also start to shake hands, some content has been protected specifically so that it cannot be shared.
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Its new DS-A5 docking station brings Apple's WiFi media streaming to many home stereos, including those of rivals, as long as there's a wired or 802.11g-capable wireless router to feed the connection.
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Lightweight and compact with its own travel case, the Pocket Router is small enough to carry while traveling and sets up easily to share an Internet connection or connect to an existing wired network in a conference room, hotel room or anywhere a Wi-Fi network is needed.
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The use case supposition is probably that the user will accessorize with a bluetooth headset, although the natural bluetooth headset usability decay curve means that it will eventually be abandoned for a wired headset or the speaker.
Sprint 4G Desktop Modem is the perfect cost-effective alternative to wired broadband or DSL connection, can be moved flexibly from location to location, allowing the user to connect to the Sprint 4G network easily and seamlessly without complicated installation and set-up procedures.
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That's less than what a customer typically pays GTE or SBC Communications from a wired phone.
The 350 requires wired Internet (or a separate wireless bridge with an Ethernet connector) while the 500 has WiFi.
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Because the company uses a proprietary wireless networking technology, the first ZonePlayer is supposed to be connected to your router or a PC via a wired connection.
Instead of being served by a distracted bartender, wired beer rep or harried festival worker, beer lovers get to fight until the end for a sample of Big Boss' most popular beers.
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With the Zik, which can connect to your smartphone or computer wirelessly via Bluetooth (there's a wired option, too), you simply swipe up or down on the surface of the earcup to make your music louder or softer, respectively.
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The program was still in its infancy and thus had no hard-wired constituency among warfighters or voters.
Or he could be driving a wired-up car with a woman and a child on board just for camouflage.
Experts speculated that perhaps boys were somehow more vulnerable to autism because of, for instance, genes, hormones or different ways their brains are wired.
But is this culturally determined or to an extent hard-wired?
As mentioned, it also features two USB ports for such things as memory card readers (for importing your digital photos, naturally) and USB WiFi adapters, in case you don't want or can't get a wired connection.
"Privacy and identity management become a lot more important, " he says, noting that a recent security alliance between IBM and Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) takes things even further, so that the network itself can manage identities of things like cars or washing machines that are increasingly wired in.
Next, it could be restrictions to things such as voice, video, chat, or entire websites across both wireless and wired connections.
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