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Motorola

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

Motorola Inc. is an American, multinational, Fortune 100, telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois

Mouse

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

In computing, a mouse (plural mouses, mice, or mouse devices) is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface

Mozilla

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

Mozilla was the official, public, original name of Mozilla Application Suite by the Mozilla Foundation, currently known as SeaMonkey suite

Network-attached storage

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

A NAS unit is essentially a self-contained computer connected to a network, with the sole purpose of supplying file-based data storage services to other devices on the network

Netbooks

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

A netbook is a light-weight, low-cost, energy-efficient, highly portable laptop that achieves these parameters by offering a smaller form, fewer features, less processing power and reduced ability to run resource-intensive operating systems (e.g., Windows Vista)

Nortel

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

Nortel Networks Corporation formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, is a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nvidia

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

The multinational corporation Nvidia, specializes in the manufacture of graphics-processor technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and mobile devices

Optical character recognition

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

It is usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text

Touchscreen

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

A touchscreen is a display which can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area

Trojans

Desire Athow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009

In the context of computing and software, a Trojan horse, also known as a trojan, is a form of malware that appears to perform a desirable function but in fact performs undisclosed malicious functions that allow unauthorized access to the host machine

Intel

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

It is the world's largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers

Interoperability

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

It is a property referring to the ability of diverse systems and organizations to work together

iTunes

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

It is a proprietary digital media player application, introduced by Apple Inc. on January 9, 2001, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco

Java

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

Java refers to a number of computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment.

Logitech

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

It is the holding company for Logitech Group, a Chinese peripheral-device maker. Logitech makes peripheral devices for PCs, including keyboards, mice, game controllers and webcams

MySpace

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

It is a social networking website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally

Network neutrality

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

Network neutrality (equivalently net neutrality, Internet neutrality) is a principle proposed for residential broadband networks and potentially for all networks

Nokia

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

Nokia It is a Finnish multinational communications corporation, headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki

OpenOffice.org

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

It is commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is a free cross-platform office application suite available for a number of different computer operating systems

Optical storage

Desire Athow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009

It is a term from engineering referring to the storage of data on an optically readable medium. Data is recorded by making marks in a pattern that can be read back with the aid of light

Yahoo

Desire Athow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009

It is an American public corporation with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, (in Silicon Valley), and provides Internet services worldwide.

iGoogle

Desire Athow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009

It is a service of Google that can be customised AJAX-based startpage much like Netvibes, Pageflakes, My Yahoo!, MySurfPad and Windows Live Personalized Experience

Youtube

Desire Athow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009

It is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips

Zune

Desire Athow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009

It is a brand of digital media players and services sold by Microsoft