This drove it underground, pushing up prices and spawning international crime syndicates ready to snap it up wherever it could be found, whether in game reserves, museums or even as trophies in private homes.
That would let the search giant throw ads or other data about the product your way, giving you the info you need to snap it up -- and likely not hurting Google's bottom line.
You can snap it to the outside of a jacket, even a heavy one (the magnet is powerful enough to hold tight), or to a hat, for the benefits of a headlamp without the mess of adjustable straps.
The card's a bit pliable, with rubberized edges -- one gets the feeling you might be able to snap it in half, if you really had your heart set on it, but as it stands, it should hold up to more than a few aggressive sitdowns on your billfold.
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The file download clocks in at just over an hour (at least on our retail units ahead of launch), and the install takes another five minutes, so we'd suggest you grab it ASAP before the rest of the world is trying to hungrily snap it up as well.
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They argue that contrary to what the shorts contend, GameStop has taken steps for it to snap back and climb to much higher levels.
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If Dish were to snap up Hulu it could mount a serious offensive.
That's partly due to liquefaction but it's mainly due to the way the Earth deforms when you snap it like an elastic band.
It is important we find a way to allow it to do this that does not freeze and snap the cable.
One of the keys was playing more zone than usual, and several players said they also were able to make it appear before the snap that they were in man-to-man when they actually were in zone.
Finally, Polaris Office lets provides robust word processing, spreadsheet and presentation capabilities, while S Pen support makes it a snap to mark up and annotate documents.
This capability makes it a snap to share contact information at the office, tradeshows, networking events, open houses, or anywhere else frequent, fast access to a Mobile Business Card is needed.
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Tablet and Ultrabook modes are a given, but users can also flip the tablet 180 degrees and snap it back in to the base, essentially providing a stand for using the device as a slate.
It also uses an accelerometer and light sensors to snap an image when a person enters a new environment, and an infrared sensor to take one when it detects the body heat of a person in front of the wearer.
Shay Given made a string of saves but he could do nothing to stop Gianni Zuiverloon's snap-shot and Simon Cox ran clear to make it 2-1 soon after.
The TL34HD's Face Detection technology makes taking pictures of family and friends a snap, as it detects up to nine faces and automatically adjusts focus and exposure to ensure better composition and image quality.
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Its mighty yen was going to let it eclipse the U.S. as the world's economic superpower as it started to snap up trophy assets like Rockefeller Center in New York City, while at home the sushi was sprinkled with gold leaf.
Of course, it would be a snap to simply design cell phones with plugs for external digital cameras.
Called the IN Cell Analyzer, it allows scientists to snap a picture of whole, live cells--the better to learn how a compound might act within the body.
It's a snap to install and use, is the speediest CD-RW drive we tested, and comes with a raft of software besides the usual CD creation utilities.
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Investors were enthusiastic to snap up the Groupon deal, just as they were to scoop up LinkedIn when it went public earlier this year.
It's similar to Snap, insomuch as the winner is the one who grabs the most cards.
With Photoshop Touch, it's also a snap to add or remove people or objects from a photo, or blend two photos together.
One new bottom-feeder is called PennyMac, and it's looking to snap up gnarly looking loans for pennies on the dollar.
However, the defense will now disguise its coverage before the snap, making it more challenging for players to determine how opponents will attack.
Snap Photos: While watching a video stream on their iPad, users can snap a photo and it is automatically saved to their iPad photo library.
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As with the Glo, it's possible to snap the back of the device off, but unlike that larger reader, there's another level underneath that needs to be unscrewed if you want to swap out the battery.
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And, if you're feeling really frisky, you can pull a window and snap it into place so that it takes up half the screen -- again, similar to what you can do in Windows 7.
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