Plenty of built-in software such as the Nintendo 3DS Camera, Nintendo 3DS Sound, Mii Maker, StreetPass Mii Plaza, AR Games, Activity Log, Face Raiders, etc.
SFLan and similar efforts such as Consume.net (in London), Guerrilla.net (in Cambridge, Massachusetts), and Seattle Wireless are reminiscent of the open-source movement, whose members contribute to free software such as the operating system Linux.
There are many talented developers, for example, who are happy to invest countless hours with no cash compensation to develop open source software such as the Firefox browser or the Linux operating system because it gives them satisfaction and a chance to show off their coding chops to the broader community of developers.
One company would sell the Windows operating system, another would sell software applications such as the Office software suite, and the third would sell internet-related software and services.
As popular as the iPhone has been, users have pointed to obvious improvements that Apple could make to the iPhone software such as including the ability to cut and paste and conduct videoconferences, and an advanced search technology to more easily find information stored on the device.
It doesn't include some of the old, familiar software, such as the email programs Pine or Mutt.
This new reader will be lighter than the previous Cybook Odyssey (180g vs. 195g) and will offer new software features such as the PDF reflow, ability to reverse the page buttons function.
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The data that marketers are used to getting from Google Analytics and Adobe's Omniture software, such as the names of referring sites and time spent on site, shouldn't be part of the world of social marketing, says Shah.
Like other open source software, such as the operating system Linux, Firefox's code is freely available for any programmer to examine and improve.
SourceXchange's mission is to help computer hackers who contribute to open-source software, such as the popular operating system Linux, to link up with computer companies.
RightNow is a Bozeman, Montana company best known for self-service web software, such as the ability to manage your own returns with a web retailer like Overstock.com.
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Microsoft's sprawling business division now competes with Cisco for the business of digitizing office voice communications (bolstered by Raikes' acquisition of voice-recognition software specialist Tellme last March) and Elop will have to take on online threats to Microsoft's productivity software, such as the free online productivity tools offered by Google, as well.
Microsoft's sprawling business division now competes with Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) for the business of digitizing office voice communications (bolstered by Raikes' acquisition of voice-recognition software specialist Tellme last March) and Elop will have to take on online threats to Microsoft's productivity software, such as the free online productivity tools offered by Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), as well.
The viral spread of MP3-swapping software such as Napster is changing the way students consume music.
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B2B spin-out, the executives of such firms are easy targets for fast-moving e-business software providers such as Commerce One (the aerospace victor), Oracle and Ariba, which often propose the deal and promise to do most of the hard work.
While much innovation and new investment in the US has moved to software driven areas such as social networking, hardware is the base that this software runs on.
Yet many new processes, such as selling software as a service via the internet, have in turn enabled other innovations.
They also argue that companies face a considerable burden in ensuring their websites are compatible with the latest technologies for aiding the disabled, such as software that reads aloud text on the screen.
U.S. tech companies have long backed raising the number of visas the government issues for skilled immigrants such as software engineers, and argue the country is losing its competitive edge as other economies attract skilled labor forces.
On the software side, Lenovo is offering such things as the ability to disable ports and cameras, McAfee anti virus, VPN support for Cisco or Juniper, virtualization of remote desktop support from Citrix, remote wipe or disable from Computrace, and Active Directory password support.
You'll also notice some strong similarities in the UI, though the iOS version has a few features the Android software doesn't have yet, such as the ability to share things on Twitter and Facebook.
While open-source e-mail and calendaring software, such as Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail software and the Lightning calendaring plug in, is good stuff, it's not easy for a small office to set up messaging software of any kind without a bit of professional help, unless you're an office full of techies.
Adobe sells some of the popular software such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash Professional and InDesign, which has placed Adobe in a dominant position in the creative software market.
As for Lenovo, the tablet threatens to disrupt several of the ThinkPad's characteristics such as its TrackPoint and keyboard (as well as the software library advantages it enjoys supporting Windows).
This common, secure environment for software execution will utilize advanced hardware security coupled with industry standard software interfaces, such as those from the GlobalPlatform industry association.
This does not prevent the image from being edited with software such as Photoshop, but it will tell authorised users whether the image is in its original state or has been retouched.
Open source software such as Apache Web server and the Linux server operating system have become popular systems to run not only on network servers, but also on server appliances (servers dedicated to single tasks such as e-mail and Web site hosting).
The news that the software giant will now allow companies such as McAfee and Symantec access to the kernel of the 64-bit version of Vista has been met with cautious approval.
Today, thousands of designers, makers, hobbyists and engineers have adopted BeagleBone for its one-of-a-kind functionality as a credit-card-sized Linux computer that connects with the Internet and runs software such as Android 4.0 and Ubuntu.
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As the composition of investment has shifted from traditional machinery towards shorter-lived assets, such as computers and software, the average rate of depreciation has increased.
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