And Apple smartly configured the iPad mini so regular iPad apps work without modification.

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Apple pounded away at the 275, 000 iPad apps that will work without modification on the (not much) smaller iPad.

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Standards issued by the IASB are supposed to be endorsed without modification.

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If Deltacloud succeeds, an application should be able to be created that can run on a VM in a data center, on a private cloud infrastructure, or on the public cloud without modification.

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Samsung can not sell its Galaxy tablet or three smartphone models in Germany without modification, federal court in Australia put a temporary ban on Samsung sales of Galaxy tablet and patent infringement trials are now starting up in California.

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The Model Two uses RetroSound's patented InfiniMount adjustable shaft and bracket system to allow installation into virtually any classic vehicle without dash modification.

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Volumes may fall low enough to halt operations by the middle of the next decade without an expensive modification of the pipeline to handle less oil.

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In the following video, ACL is shown running on MeeGo, where the creators promise full compatibility with every Android app -- without the need for developer modification -- by leveraging Google's runtime environment and Dalvik VM.

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Without the plan, foreclosure might have been several thousand dollars cheaper than modification, but the scales are now tipped in the other direction: Foreclosure will now be more costly than modification.

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