Netflix introduced its standalone video streaming service in the U.S. in 2011, marking a significant shift from its earlier business model of offering streaming as an add-on service to DVDs.

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The company already has a standalone product-search service that specializes in "hard" goods such as electronics and draws traffic from the main search engine.

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For those of you that like the technical details, Mozilla has managed to do away with the UAC prompt by using a standalone system-level service.

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Amazon.com does not have any plans to offer a standalone subscription-based streaming service, a company executive told GigaOm earlier this week.

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Organizations now have the option of using Second Life as a service hosted by Linden Lab, using Second Life Enterprise as a standalone solution hosted behind their firewalls, or a combination of both.

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