People Power, a Palo Alto-based startup, offers products for manufacturers and service providers that focus on remote monitoring and control through mobile devices.

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In Wolk's vision of the near future, cable companies will focus on using tablets that act as remote controls and TV guide replacements with baked-in second screen experiences.

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Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has said he wants to focus more on protecting Afghan civilians rather than holding remote outposts like the one that was attacked Saturday.

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NRG, a power plant developer who has invested in some of the largest solar power projects in the country, decided to give SCS a try as it sought to expand its focus to include not just mega solar farms in remote locations but also smaller projects on commercial properties close to or within cities.

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Harmony remote sales fell off by 55 percent based on units, although a focus on higher end devices like the new Touch meant revenue declined only 24 percent.

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Consumer Focus welcomed the move by Ofcom, but said that in some remote areas people were still waiting for broadband to reach them, and the emphasis needed to be on government plans for everywhere in the UK to have faster broadband by 2015.

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