There's a massive heat sink on the rear and it gets toasty from what we are assuming a large power supply judging from the PC style power cord.

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Google , too, is a Cheap Revolutionary, running on hundreds of thousands of PC-style Linux servers.

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Pokki, from startup SweetLabs, recently launched to offer consumers mobile-style apps on the PC desktop through a small bar on the bottom of the PC screen (See stories here and here).

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Surface has the same built-in new-style apps as every Windows 8 PC, and the same app store.

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The Xbox maker knew that, as tablets and smartphones continue to take over the PC industry (and as laptops evolve into tablet-style devices), users would want to touch their computer screens.

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Developed by Tiger Style Games, Waking Mars began life as a mobile title and migrated later to PC.

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The U.S. ArmyTM covert style throat mike headsets are available, wired for both Xbox and a Bluetooth version for PS3 and PC.

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However, by activating your tricorder (left trigger on the build I am playing, which is running on a PC, controlled by a PlayStation controller) it is possible to set Mass Effect-style waypoints for your comrade.

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