But the successful purchase of IBM's PC computer arm by Chinese computer company Lenovo shows another model.
In addition to being able to scan images onto the included SD memory card, the scanner accepts other popular memory cards (SD, MS, MS Pro, MMS, XD) and can also be connected directly to either a Mac or PC computer via its mini-USB port.
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If, to oversimplify, the PC was the productivity computer and the Mac was the creativity computer, PC 3.0 could be the social computer.
Each system is hand crafted for precision performance and uncompromised quality, and has won multiple Editors' Choice awards from publications such as Hot Hardware, PC World, Maximum PC, Computer Shopper and more.
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It was born in a different era, when free mobile apps proliferate through word of mouth, not crapware PC installations by computer makers and ads for shrink-wrapped software.
The company aims to grow its U.S. presence by about 30% a year, largely through its subsidiary Fujitsu Computer Systems, an amalgam of its PC, server, mainframe computer and services businesses formed in 2003.
When employees log in at a remote computer, laptop or pocket PC they can connect directly to their office computer.
In India, the personal computer (PC) base is limited to about 4 million.
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Therefore Social Business is the fifth shift caused by technology after the ages of the mainframe, departmental computer, PC, and the Internet.
Apple is primarily a consumer-oriented company with little presence in the enterprise PC sector, where computer makers like Dell, H-P and Lenovo dominate the business notebook market.
The development of the Personal Computer (PC) in the 1980s, for instance, created a new industry that grew exponentially for more than fifteen years, rewarding major players like Microsoft and Intel.
The MacBook Air Dock allows users to incorporate the MacBook Air into a desktop setup or home theater system, so users get the best features of a laptop, desktop and media center PC all from one computer.
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While the company distributes millions of copies of its dominant Windows operating system (which holds about 90% of the PC market) through computer makers such as HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and others, the company reached a deal with Nokia to begin to expand its smartphone presence.
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With many users starting to use computer monitors to play console games, if the Xbox can run Explorer, Office, Skype and most if not all the other 3rd party apps, then a lot of people might just buy an Xbox instead of a PC as their primary computer at home.
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In 2001, Hewlett-Packard made the first strategic mistake, the purchase of Compaq Computer that supposed to provide the company with the scale advantage in the PC market to compete effectively against Dell Computer (NASDAQ:DELL), IBM, and all sorts of emerging Asian competitors.
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Microsoft's FreeStyle platform lets PC-makers ship a computer with a TV tuner, TV-recording software and a remote control.
The problem for Transmeta is that Intel will not be twiddling its thumbs while mobile wireless appliances relegate the PC to the dustbin of computer history.
The acquisition was not so much for Compaq's PC business-- Dell Computer 's (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) relentless cost-cutting model has taken out most of its competitors' profits there--but in the hope of building a consulting business, particularly in managed services, that could complement HP's highly profitable printing business.
From the Windows desktop theme to the exterior of the PC a MLB Series Commodore Gaming computer is decorated with the team artwork.
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Mr. Wisniewski suggested this might be due to the type of decision maker within a company liable to have an Apple computer rather than a PC: "Executives and VPs are more likely to have Macs, " he said.
Users simply install the free "FUJIFILM PC AutoSave" software onto their computer and select which folder they want the photos to back up to, and then by linking a Wi-Fi Router and the F900EXR, the camera will backup photos to the home computer.
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"The Samsung Series 7 Slate PC was designed for on-the-go users who need a slim, lightweight computer but can't afford to sacrifice true PC functionality, " said Scott Ledterman, director of mobile PC marketing at Samsung Enterprise Business Division.
Alternatively, they will have the option to connect to a computer and download it via PC companion.
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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 marks Microsoft's entry into the PC hardware market, posing competition to other computer manufacturers.
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The firm is also developing an operating system--"floating windows"--that will allow PC users to "see through" overlapping computer windows.
Not according to John Legere, Asia Pacific president of U.S.-based Dell Computer, which has introduced its PC-selling websites in 16 countries including China.
Standard and high-definition videos will be available for download from the Zune Marketplace online storefront, or "side-loaded" from a computer running the newly revamped Zune PC software.
So the current downturn in the computer business, the worst in PC-dom's 18 year history, hits Singapore two ways -- in slumping export figures and in falling stock prices.
Here's how it works: When a stick carrying the malware is inserted into a USB drive, the malware lodges itself in the computer by riding piggyback on the PC's "autorun" function.
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