"Microsoft has amazing assets including software capability and a global name but it has yet to show me it can create a rival product to Yahoo, " he said.

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While many analysts agree that Samsung isn't as innovative as Apple in terms of design and software capability, it has been able to match other electronics companies' products at a cheaper price.

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The switchover replaced the software that was required for the rover's landing with software that enhances Curiosity's capability to drive and use the instruments on its robotic arm.

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The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a rating system for developers, called the Capability Maturity Model, that takes into account ability to produce quality software on time and on budget.

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Matrox PC-VCR 2.0, the included software used for TV recording, includes the capability to search for specific video using keywords in closed-captioning, as well as create text transcripts of shows.

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There is search capability in the PC BBeB reader software, but we were told Sony's research indicated on-board search wasn't a high priority for users (or at least the focus groups they asked, in any case).

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New software and sensors permit energy monitoring and control unprecedented in capability, or cost.

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