In addition, users can download the media content to the user's PC and search the contents of up to 5 connected PCs or smartphones simultaneously and import the music content from the user's PC or friend's phone into the user's play list.
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Whereas tablet PCs are full-blown PCs that contain all their components inside the casing of a notebook-sized flat-screen display, smart displays are light, portable display screens that connect wirelessly to a PC, so a user can interact with the PC away from the desk for reading documents or surfing the Web.
Microsoft has come a long way since it last disastrously tried to remake the PC user experience with Bob.
Analysts noted that the actual performance of each processor will vary depending on the configuration of a user's PC.
Of the households surveyed, in 33 percent women were the primary PC user.
Users can easily view the media content in the user's PC from Vega R3 or smart TV with simple operation.
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The music hub brings together music and video content from a user's PC, online music services and an in-built FM radio.
I'm a PC user, and I've often considered switching to an Apple.
The best configuration process should be comfortable for a neophyte while giving an advanced PC user the opportunity to tweak the settings.
The main problem: By loading music from a user's PC to a phone, the handset doesn't create any revenue-generating opportunity for the carriers.
Web sites already use "cookies, " tiny files that reside on a user's PC and provide data on which pages he views at a particular site.
Photos from any of these locations can be enjoyed in slideshow mode simultaneously with music stored on the device or streamed from the user's PC in the background.
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In terms of education, 25 percent of households had a college graduate as the primary PC user, with both college and high school graduates accounting for 24 percent each.
Viveros said there's a growing number of remote access Trojan programs sent via e-mail that can open the backdoor to a user's PC and gather log-ins and passwords to company intranets.
In contrast, Apple's ads have neatly-wrapped cutting attacks on Windows Vista in a humorous schtick that depicts the PC user as a fumbling fuddy-duddy and the Mac user as worldy, wise and hip.
This hub creates an incredible media experience that brings the best of Zune, including content from a user's PC, online music services and even a built-in FM radio into one simple place that is all about music and video.
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Valve could also enable a smooth consumer experience by automatically updating drivers and generally making their take on the living room gaming PC as user-friendly as consoles.
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For instance, in a war-themed video game, a PC-user might be executing attacks, while another player on his iPhone at the same time might be coordinating communications between the virtual fighting units.
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Additionally, everything is ready for use in games by simply connecting the cockpit to user's console or PC.
The flaw potentially lets an attacker take over a PC if a user clicks on a booby-trapped link.
The problem with Windows 8 is that Microsoft decided to shove a highly inefficient touch-based user interface onto millions of PC users using non-touch desktops and notebooks.
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Of course there were huge volume of Japanese user communications on Japanese SNS, PC and mobile networks.
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PC, warns a user if there is a problem and performs automatic upgrades.
Version 2.0 brings major user experience improvements on Mac and PC thanks to better integration with Finder and Windows Explorer, including right-click and drag-and-drop functionality.
This may not be too terribly useful for the average home user, but for the tablet PC market doing all the buying right now (healthcare, manufacturing, and retail, of course) it drives down cost, ups reliability and security, and actually makes the generally ho-hum specs of the machine something a little more of a powerhouse on its new platform.
The flaw, which affected the virtual machine monitor (VMM) in Virtual PC, could enable an attacker to use applications running in user-space on a guest OS to access portions of the Virtual PC memory that should be inaccessible to those applications.
Anyone who has been asked by a friend or family member to fix a slow PC understands the average home user will happily click any link, accept any friend invitation, and even install software from just about any Web site.
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One advantage, here, is that with a cellphone that can access Skype, a user no longer has to be at his PC to connect with his Skype contacts.
"It is a bit of a reach for Nvidia as it does not typically involve itself much with the end-user, " said Josh Walrath from the PC Perspective tech site.
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