It may take little more than a web connection and a little Mandarin fluency.
Once you have a computer and a Web connection, you've spent 90% of what you'll need to get started.
Some have unplugged their web connection and found that SimCity can last for 20 minutes before it needs to check in with back-end servers.
Hamilton now runs Web Connection, which sells website software to firms.
But critics of the bill - including several leading internet service providers (ISPs) - say it can be difficult to identify persistent file-sharers, particularly those that share a web connection or use a public access point.
But the two devices are also different in that Sony plans to offer a way for its advanced data centers to stream game images and button presses over the Internet to its PlayStation, allowing customers to play potentially any game instantly with a Web connection.
In a few years, it's likely we'll see an all-out battle between the likes of Virgin, Sky, Microsoft, Sony and even the BBC, Apple or Google to own your home's de facto entertainment hub - providing movies, music, television and games via a web connection in your living room.
But for now, the couple communicates through a Web cam connection over the Internet.
The person in the seat next to him was also surfing the web happily until the connection dropped.
Which operates as a phone and a connection to the web and internet when mobile.
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Users need only a Java-compatible web browser and a network connection.
Natrium 42's homebrew kit is an open robot platform that lets you control your RoboDS (pictured right) with an NDS WiFi connection through a web browser interface.
Samsung's free DDNS service also ensures that dynamic IP addresses assigned by the user's ISP are recorded and updated accordingly so that the web portal can make the connection for those who wish to access the DVR from a location outside their network.
But a raft of SVP volunteers moved in, evaluating a new phone system, setting up e-mail, installing a digital subscriber line connection and redesigning her Web site.
It made it possible to look at the activity of other Web surfers on a shared Internet connection if they were on an unsecured site, which Facebook among other sites like Twitter are.
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The Mogul doesn't look quite as futuristic or elegant as the iPhone, but it has some features Apple's phone lacks, like a removable battery, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for thumbing messages, access to a "third-generation" (3G) Internet connection for fast mobile Web access and downloadable software applications that let you turn your smart phone into a mini computer.
Web surfing on an EV-DO connection may not quite rival a home broadband experience, but it's often more than adequate for most Web tasks.
And while the EV-DO connection was fast enough for web browsing, the review cautioned against trying to use it for real-time applications like VoIP (of course, the same could be said for standalone EV-DO as well).
In fact, given that even iPhoto can't display geotagged photos in Places without an internet connection, I actually prefer the web-based alternatives.
Let's say, for example, that a customer's connection is fine for browsing the web, but it doesn't pass muster for streaming content -- a service dedicated to video delivery could be added to close the gap.
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Silk also uses EC2 to maintain a persistent connection to the top sites on the web.
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However, the spotty connection made it difficult to rely on the Web.
With GPRS--or General Packet Radio Service--a WANDA handheld would already have an always-on Internet connection for things like e-mail, Web access and whatnot.
The current model has a USB connection to pipe the info up to the web apps, and there is a Bluetooth-enabled version on the way.
For a fee, Cape.com will help you set up secure commerce software, host your web site, or even run a high-speed connection to your school or law firm.
The threat of eavesdroppers on airport and coffeeshop networks has inspired Web services like Gmail and Twitter to allow users to encrypt their connection and safeguard their communications.
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Always-on net connection: If your computer is always connected to the web in someway this will be a lot easier, but if needed, it can dial up and send the images off too.
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The mobile grabs data off the Web about three times as fast as a regular dial-up phone connection, plenty of speed for e-mail and sending photographs or videoclips.
We managed to load Engadget in the web browser of one of the display cars using the built-in 3G connection -- it took a bit of time to load but looked nice once it was done.
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