For a long time, software was considered by patent law as a form of applied math.
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There was once a time when software vendors salivated over a new release of Windows.
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When Raytheon isn't busy building a railgun or tinkering with exoskeletons, it apparently spends some time coding software to help keep tabs on what folks are doing online.
Last year Norfolk Southern went through the entire exercise again, this time developing software internally that can now continually adjust to changing or temporary conditions and suggest new trains, routes and times.
We had a few discussions with their replacements to try to explain the concept, and get them to set up the time capsule software, but frankly, it was more complicated than it was worth: Codefix and Forbes simply coordinated the project on our end, and Garrison sent out the first batch of messages manually.
That ten-month time lag gave the makers of anti-virus software programs time to issue a fix, preventing Chernobyl from spreading as far and wide as last month's Melissa virus - which now looks a harmless prank in comparison.
For a limited time, the software upgrade will be pushed out in phases over Wi-Fi only.
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If his system takes off, this could represent an enormous cost and time savings for software developers.
It turns out that the development of the sensor and optics started a long time before the software.
But over time, proven software methods sometimes find their way back into hardware.
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We found a very good balance where we could keep users in the loop while still focusing our time on the software creation.
Sun's financial team, meanwhile, is racing to break out for the first time revenue from software, which is evidently rising even while gear sales fall.
The system, along with its "Time Machine" software, is aimed at wirelessly keeping all data backed up on one or more Macintosh computers running Leopard.
We spent some time putting the software through its paces, and if you're thinking of making the leap, head on past the break to learn more.
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Over time, looking at Customer Acquisition Cost is a useful way to tell if a company is having an easier or harder time selling its software.
On the imaging front, the handset packs a 2-megapixel front facer (720p video) and 8-megapixel rear shooter capable of 1080p recording -- both perfect for using Scalado's Time Shift camera software.
Spend more time with the software, though, and you realize while Google Translate is often spot-on perfect, especially with simple sentences from structurally simple languages like Spanish, it can produce puzzling sentences.
Financial institutions are given time to update software.
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"One of the things that has pushed Microsoft into the home has been that people spend a lot of time on Microsoft software in the office and feel comfortable with it when they get home, " he told WBR.
At the time, selling software to large companies was sometimes likened to drug dealing, because once a firm installed a piece of software, it had to pay a stream of licence fees for upgrades, security patches and technical support.
Sadly, we didn't spend much time using the software, but the Optimus G runs Android 4.0.4 ( Ice Cream Sandwich) with a skin similar to what we saw on the Optimus 4X HD and performance is definitely impressive.
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Every half-hour or so, a black-clad Apple employee would emerge from the massive, monolithic mother ship--kind of like a Steve Jobs Mini-Me--to indoctrinate a group of Apple fans on the intricacies of Apple's Time Machine backup software or other Mac marvels.
"Every time you run this software on someone's corporate data their jaw drops, " says Jonas.
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Prosecutors told the judge they were surprised by the new development and needed time to study the software program.
We were even able to reduce overall software development time for one of our customers by a factor of four.
Most of the time, companies buying software are relieved to have an attentive third party who is responsible for making an implementation work.
As illustrated with the Amtrak example, in order to have a multi-device solution, it requires even more time and resources for software development and hardware.
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