What is less widely known is that the range of processes covered by standard software is modest.
Still, Microsoft and Sony think they can go it alone and establish the standard software platform that set-top boxes run on.
When you outstrip the capabilities of the standard software, you just press a button and keep going with the open source version.
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.
That has given the client a near turnkey solution to leverage his standard software package and use a standard network provider, SWIFT, to connect with his banks.
The Windows Mobile 6 Standard software load is fairly typical, albeit mildly Sprint-ified with a yellow theme and shortcuts to access On Demand, Sprint TV, and the like.
In his book, Business Process Management: The SAP Roadmap, SAP Co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe says, based on research, that standard software covers about 20 percent of the processes in any given business.
Of great help was the thick manual that came with the software, which established a new standard for software documentation.
Fortunately, the life of the researcher is made easy by standard statistical software packages.
FORBES: Publication Bias (or, Why You Can't Trust Any of the Research You Read)
The overall distribution of these readings can be converted into an image of the fingerprint that is accurate enough to identify who left it with standard recognition software.
Digital Storm technicians stress-test and benchmark the system via industry standard testing software coupled with a proprietary testing process that detects components which can be prone to future failure.
Because the Android platform itself has not been modified, standard Android application software can be used normally.
ENGADGET: Panasonic and Red Bend Software announce Android security partnership at MWC
Apple keeps raising the standard of their software and driving the software prices on their platform down, leading by example.
FORBES: Why Apple's Amazing Siri May Herald the End of the iPhone
Core components use resilient industry-standard hardware and software technologies, designed from the outset to root out potential causes of downtime before they do damage.
"Organizations supporting hyperscale workloads need powerful servers to maximize efficiency and realize radical space, cost and energy savings, " said Paul Santeler, vice president and general manager, Hyperscale Business Unit, Industry-standard Servers and Software at HP.
ENGADGET: Intel's Atom S1200 lays claim to title of world's first 6-watt server-class processor
The Lua comes standard with ROCCAT Driver software, which lets users easily customize their mouse buttons.
ENGADGET: ROCCAT's new Lua three-button mouse is thirty dollars away from your FPS
Targeting point-of-sale devices with malicious software is standard practice, as the wave of retail hackings over the last few years have shown.
The companies trying to build businesses around the Linux operating system are also stepping up efforts, called United Linux, to create standard editions of the software and to ensure skills are transferable across its different varieties.
Otherwise, the N75's software is pretty standard fare for a modern S60 3rd Edition device.
By adding certain features as standard apps in its iOS software, Apple has put companies through the wringer.
FORBES: Bang! New Maps from Apple Put Garmin, Others in the Crosshairs
Adobe's Flash software, the standard for rendering graphics and video online, is taking a p.r. beating by Apple, which refuses to use it in its phones and tablets.
Xtrinsic touch-sensing software transforms any standard MCU into a touch sensor with the ability to manage multiple configurations of touch pads, sliders, rotary positions and mechanical keys, all while maintaining standard MCU functionality.
ENGADGET: Freescale's new industrial touchscreen tech even works in the rain
DeCode's Stefansson says he hopes the deal will help the company market its services to other drug and biotech companies in the future, by establishing DeCode's software as the standard method for analyzing gene data.
The software works with a standard Qwerty keyboard, as well as IBM's experimental Atomik keyboard.
The WarpDrive card utilizes industry-standard and widely deployed LSI SAS software drivers to provide channel partners with simple integration and management using existing SAS infrastructure.
However, the advantages for consumers of a single operating standard in the complex computer-software market is such that nobody seriously suggests that Microsoft's monopoly should be broken up.
"Smaller firms rely more on standard protections like firewalls and antivirus software, " as opposed to the kind of sophisticated, cutting-edge controls that many large companies use, said Lawrence Pingree, an analyst at Gartner.
Video Networks' breakthrough was to develop software that turns cheap, standard Intel-based computers into video servers.
Less cool is the outlook for profits, seeing as how the software is free--standard for viral marketers.
The standard fingerprint reader and Absolute LoJack security software provide exceptional security for anywhere, anytime peace of mind.
ENGADGET: Dell announces Vostro V131 with USB 3.0, Core i3 and i5 CPUs and a chiclet keyboard
应用推荐