The software bundle includes HP's TopTools manageability software, which handles chores from remote configuration to asset tracking.
Hewlett-Packard's new Jornada 720 uses the Handheld PC 2000 software bundle and is the first of the new devices to include a card reader.
Among the devices to get a makeover is the N80, becoming the recently-released N80 Internet Edition with a slightly revised software bundle and two fantabulous color choices: black and bronze.
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Last year, the company packaged its popular Creative Suite software into a subscription bundle.
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Violin Memory also announced that it will bundle management software providing snapshots, cloning, deduplication, synchoronous replication and thin provisions from Symantec into its Flash Memory Arrays.
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Microsoft Office is sold as a bundle of computer software, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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That could prove just as disastrous for IBM and Dragon Systems' competing voice-recognition software as the decision to bundle the Explorer Web browser was for Netscape.
And Intel said on a conference call it doesn't plan to bundle McAfee's software with its chips, so there are no obvious revenue synergies.
The software, however, was a disappointing bundle of half-baked features that will need to be upgraded if they are to succeed.
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Kingston is always looking to provide a low-cost and hassle-free upgrade path for first-time users, so this drive is also available as an all-in-one bundle kit, including cloning software, 2.5" to 3.5" brackets and SATA data and power cable extenders.
At the recent unveiling of a tablet computer by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, whose company is doing the best job of following Apple's lead in combining hardware, software, content and services in an easy-to-use bundle, there were several swipes at Apple.
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It also supports (but doesn't bundle) Microsoft NetMeeting, Microsoft WebTV, and the Microsoft MovieMaker software found in Windows Me.
The European Commission ruled last year that Windows cannot automatically bundle IE when it ships out but offer consumers a choice of browser (following a complaint from Norwegian software maker Opera).
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