The pack overheated and released some smoke, damaging the PC it was installed in, the company added.
The PC as we know it may be dying, but the PC as it will be is just getting started.
Sheer pixel density alone meant that our test run of Need for Speed: Most Wanted looked even better on Project Shield than it did on the PC running it.
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And not only controls Power-Grid the PC - it works in reverse as well.
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For standard PC parts it can be as much as 1% a week, or 50% a year.
People can buy a new PC and use most of their stuff from the previous PC on it.
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Yet because AIR lets SlideRocket tap into the storage of a PC, it has a drag-and-drop file system similar to Windows Office.
Of those smartphone-toting Americans, a quarter reported favoring their mobile devices over a PC when it came to accessing the Internet, likely via unsecured Wi-Fi connections.
Now the installation process told me that restarting Firefox would complete the installation, but I found I had to reboot my PC before it took effect.
It's a tablet, it's a PC, and it's a console.
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It also allows you to get music from multiple Apple devices. iTunes music libraries are capable of playing music away from the PC and it is simple to use (no pairing, always ready).
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Because the client runs on any modern PC, it extends the life of PCs and Macs which would otherwise need to be updated probably for no other reason than to play modern games.
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In fact, Microsoft eight months ago revised its mission statement and removed the word PC from it, because now the company realizes its software should run "any time, any place and on any device, " not only PCs, Gates said.
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It still requires a gaming PC, and it requires users to manually route their computers to their televisions.
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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.
There is far less emphasis on differentiating SSDs from HDDs now that the market understands SSDs better, although one Intel emissary did hit an SSD with a baseball bat, then plugged it into a PC to show that it still performed perfectly.
It not only affirms the PC gaming market, it helps draw in new gamers further bolstering the ranks and ensuring that more and more games for PC are made.
Backup e-mail from one PC and restore it to another instantly, even backup files from a PC and restore to a Mac.
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In short, that USB connection isn't just a spec or a talking point: it means you can use this Windows tablet like a PC, whenever it's convenient for you.
The THH also uploads all the photos and downloads all the music onto their PC, then distributes it to everyone else's PC.
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With Windows 8 Microsoft shook things up, and made it so that PC manufacturers had to give each PC a unique key, making it much harder for the pirates to get a free lunch.
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As the Financial Times reports, Acer today said it will boost PC prices to cover the higher costs it now faces for disk drives.
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To emphasize how Autonomy would transform HP into a software giant focused on high-profit business customers, and, perhaps, to forestall some nagging questions about PCs and the tablet failure, HP also announced that it was exploring the sale or spinoff of the PC business and that it was closing the WebOS device business.
Besides if you have a Xscale Pocket PC phone, it's cool to say you Overclocked your Phone.
Given the global PC boom, it's no surprise that computer-related companies are among the 1000's strong performers.
This wasn't true of the PC, and it isn't true of the Internet.
The problem with the PC was that it was just a single product.
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