As computing becomes a utility type service, cloud providers will be extensively more capable than any local staff.
Before some of you go nuts finding exceptions, yes, many local governments do effectively provide utility-type services.
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In other words, right now, some California businesses are installing solar and getting cheaper power simply because they have to buy less of the most expensive type of power from the utility.
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The rankings reflect the number of U.S. utility-patents, which are the most common type of patents awarded for protecting intellectual property and technological innovation, received by companies around the world in 2010 based on data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Obviously those discussions are going to continue into tomorrow, but, again, we believe that this demonstrates the utility of the G20 serving as the focal point for this type of international economic coordination and the ability to advance a broad agenda over time and the ability to deal with very specific crises as they emerge.
But the box for the Windows 8 Pro DVD I was using only suggested running this utility and checking with the manufacturer's website, in tiny type at the bottom of its back cover.
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But for students who drop out of college without finishing a degree, student debt is the worst type of debt possible: a long-term financial burden with no utility that is practically impossible to shed in bankruptcy.
Until retailers' inventories naturally flood with the updated type, the only way to tell is by switching the slate on and running a utility like GeekBench -- and perhaps there'll be circumstances where you can give that a go on the shop floor.
The current 10-year railway ministry bonds are yielding 5.2%, compared with 5.04% for the same type of debt issued by the State Grid Corp. of China, the world's largest utility by revenue.
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