There's no questioning the value of having a small screen to quickly check up on information like email and stock tickers without booting or waking the machine: unfortunately, because Vista is fresh off the block, there aren't a lot of other "gadgets" kicking around.
That explains why some start-ups are trying to make money by getting firms to partner with them on direct promotions that reward users for specific actions, such as presenting them with a discount coupon via their phone screen if they check in to a specific location.
They can also be used for different functions as users can watch a video on one screen and input commands on the other, or check email on one screen and use the other as a soft keyboard.
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You score by best imitating the on-screen dancer. (Hint: Make sure to check out the side of the screen, where you get a preview snapshot of your upcoming moves.) Players can jump in and out of the game at any time.
Check out Kill Screen's full contest rules at the source link below.
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There is little sign lawmakers and advocacy groups on either side of the debate are willing to alter their stances, though room for agreement may exist in some areas, such as requiring states to increase their submission of mental-health records to the background-check system used to screen people buying guns from federally licensed dealers.
Many consider the Manchin-Toomey compromise the best hope for winning Senate approval to widen the background check system, designed to screen out the severely mentally ill, criminals and others from getting firearms.
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Check after the break for another screen grab, and let us know if you've noticed any other new features -- other than yesterday's April Fool-related overly-specific content categories -- popping up lately.
You can check out more shots of the new screen in action after the break.
If I have an appointment that requires me to wear a tie, I push a button and the 2-inch color LCD screen turns into a mirror I can use to check the knot.
In other words, the initial health check will be face to face with a computer screen instead.
If they constantly check and recheck all program files and commands to screen out cheaters, the game itself may run so slowly that it puts off everyone.
Rather than remembering each pixel value as an address and three values for red, green, and blue (RGB), a program can check and discover that a whole region of the screen is the same color for the moment and simply say, for all the pixels between these two addresses, set them to these three values.
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SITA. Passengers are presented with a common welcome screen, select an airline, and that airline's own check-in software then pops up.
There, on a screen, is their entire life, as any sleuth doing a background check would see it 30-year-old addresses, the names of all the other people who ever lived there, and so on.
You could check your stocks and watch a digital-TV thriller on one screen, while your daughter videoconferences with her grandparents on another.
There's also support for pause and rewind so you can check out big plays over and over without disrupting viewing on the main screen.
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The first shows a user's hands on a traditional hardware keyboard projected in an on-screen representation (as background, Apple mentions the ergonomic strain of looking down to check your hand placement, so perhaps that's the thinking behind this one).
The negotiators can check the total value of the money by clicking colored boxes on a computer screen.
The big brands love this model and see location-based check-ins and gaming as a way to extend a brand from your screen to wherever you happen to be in real life.
Snap, view, share and store: Simply snap, check out images on the Z340 camera's 2.7'' LCD screen and choose photos for printing - just like that, favorite images are instantly shared, no connections required.
Check in: Each room comes decked out with a fireplace, balcony, and flat-screen TV -- not that you'll need it.
Now if you want to see if college kickers can kick as high as those in the NFL, you might want to check out BYU vs Sooners which will take place in Cowboys Stadium, home of the biggest HD screen in football.
Empowered buyers have information at their fingertips to check a price, read a product review, or ask for advice from a friend right from the screen of their smartphone.
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