But, instead of guns and masks, this cybercrime organization used laptops and malware.
Alison Hager, a Pfizer finance official who volunteered in Rwanda for six months, got her company to donate 100 used laptops for Mayange and other nearby clinics, for use in tracking drug inventories.
Alison Hager, a Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) finance official who volunteered in Rwanda for six months, got her company to donate 100 used laptops for Mayange and other nearby clinics, for use in tracking drug inventories.
Apart from gold, they illicitly sell cassiterite (used in laptops), coltan (mobile phones) and wolframite (light bulbs).
In the past, such apps were mostly used on laptops or desktop computers.
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The British satellite manufacturer SSTL has had a good deal of success down the years by incorporating components into its spacecraft that would ordinarily be used in laptops.
Rubin's plan to build these cars took root four years ago when he visited a Chinese factory that makes lithium ion batteries, which are used in laptops and cell phones.
As reported by the Wireless Broadband Alliance, smartphone sales have overtaken PC sales in 2012 and in the future will dwarf the amount of data used by laptops.
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They are coming with detachable keyboards so they can be used either as laptops or tablets.
The Korean hardware manufacturer used its knowhow in laptops to make this ultra small PC.
He claimed that the feature had only been used to find stolen laptops.
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And I've used a lot of laptops and notebooks, but this is not a laptop or notebook, but it's the best laptop or notebook I've ever used.
Since then, he has transformed the service, which was initially launched in 2006 as a fee-based videoconferencing platform for desktops, into a social-media tool used on everything from laptops to smartphones and tablets.
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These minerals are used in mobile phones, laptops, tablets and other electronic devices.
The Welsh government says the laptops can be used for pupils aged seven to 14 in Monmouthshire and Newport.
Today, lithium batteries are the preferred power packs for an array of widely used consumer products, from laptops and tablets to cellular phones and portable drills.
Window maker Pella Corp. used to upgrade 2, 200 desktops and laptops every two years or so.
Pella, a manufacturer of windows, used to upgrade 2, 200 desktops and laptops every two years or so.
Despite these caveats, iPads and other tablets are being used every day for productivity tasks once reserved for laptops.
The technology could be used for a variety of other applications not just on laptops.
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He has written quite a few posts about LANrev, the system used by the school to track its 2, 300 laptops.
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"Alienware continues to be the leader in performance laptops and we appreciate that its customers are used to getting the best gaming experience possible, " said Mike Cubbage, director of business development, networking business unit, Qualcomm Atheros.
"As one of the most widely used business PCs in the world, Dell Latitude brand laptops need to support a broad range of technology so our customers can connect virtually anywhere and at any time, and Qualcomm's Gobi platform helps us achieve this, " said Kirk Schell, executive director and general manager of Dell's Business Client Product Group.
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Business travelers used to work almost exclusively on their BlackBerrys or their big laptops.
Windows XP, released to consumers in 2001, was also granted a lifeline to ensure that it could be used on so-called netbooks - cut-down net-capable laptops that are proving very popular.
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices today operate in 555 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band, and are used for short range, high speed wireless connections including Wi-Fi enabled local area networks and fixed outdoor broadband transceivers used by wireless Internet service providers to connect smart phones, tablets and laptops to the broadband network.
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Take one school system looking to get rid of 1, 000 used Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) laptops.
FlashLinq-enabled televisions, laptops, in-car infotainment systems, etc. could all be used to create a discoverable network of interactive goodness, but of course, it's hard to say how much success Qualcomm will have in a world already loaded down with connectivity options.
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Apple engineers have grown confident that the chip designs used for its mobile devices will one day be powerful enough to run its desktops and laptops, said three people with knowledge of the work, who asked to remain anonymous because the plans are confidential.
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Similarly, hard drives and other components used in small machines from Dell, Apple and many others were initially developed for use in laptops.
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