But Baker thinks the CES buzz will be around two smaller companies with limited function set-top boxes.
Like all Garmin products, the BarkLimiter Series is simple to use, with a set-it-and-forget-it "autorise" function that automatically programs the stimulation intensity level based on the barking behavior of each individual dog.
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Edward Jones became so overloaded with seminar business that it recently set up a separate in-house function to coordinate them.
Do not use Eye-Fi cards inside aircraft, or where the use of radio transmissions are limited or forbidden, or set the Eye-Fi card's transmission function to OFF.
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The 8-inch Vizio VIA Tablet and Panasonic VIERA Tablet (available in 4, 7, and 10-inch configurations) work as standalone devices, of course, but can function as remote controls for home-theater set-ups as well. (Vizio also announced a 4-inch VIA Phone with similar capabilities.) Users can start watching something on their TV, then finish it later on the tablet.
After studying a few exceptions to the pattern of disruption, Christensen concluded that the only way a big company could avoid being disrupted was to set up a small spinoff company that would function as a start-up, make the new low-end product, and be independent enough to ignore what counted as sensible for the mother ship.
Indeed, the PSS110 can function as an external speaker set for an iPod or any device with a mini-jack output.
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Both companies have been granted patents relating to the selling or transferring of digital goods - but while both offer cloud storage services for music, neither has yet set up a reselling function.
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday plans to release a set of "thin client" computers that are designed to function as lightweight terminals for accessing computing systems hosted on servers.
The function is built for busy lifestyles and will automatically become the default setting once set up, allowing back-up and sharing of treasured memories to be stored in an instant.
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Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) on Thursday plans to release a set of "thin client" computers that are designed to function as lightweight terminals for accessing computing systems hosted on servers.
"The function of the sweet is to set the aesthetic stage for that particular event, " said New Jersey-based Marybeth Welch, who has been making wagashi by hand for more than 20 years and is one of few expert practitioners of that labor-intensive art in the States.
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