This process gives a computer user control over which DNS server to use.
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The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer.
Initially, a secure communication mode of communication is enabled at a first computer without a user entering any cryptographic information for establishing the secure communication mode of communication.
While surfing on Google or Yahoo, spyware or a computer virus is automatically and invisibly downloaded on a computer, requiring no user interaction for the computer to be infected.
And, two decades ago, that was certainly the case when Apple paired up a quirky all-in-one computer with a breakthrough graphical user interface for the original Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984.
By placing a tracking cookie on a user's computer, an advertising network can collect information about the user's web-browsing activities and use that information to serve online ads targeted to the user's interests or for other purposes.
Whereas VR goggles immerse a user in a computer-generated environment, AR uses semi-transparent goggles, which overlay computer-generated graphics onto a user's view of the physical world.
One flaw, in the Microsoft Color Management Module, could lead to a computer being infected by a user simply viewing an infected image on a Web site.
Under normal conditions, this requires the user's computer to send a request to the host computer, which then sends a response back to the user.
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This year both Intel and Microsoft have run into a storm of criticism when it was revealed that their products the chips and software at the heart of most personal computers transmitted unique identification numbers whenever a personal-computer user logged on to the Internet.
Websites install a "cookie" file on a user's computer, which includes a unique string of letters and numbers that make up the session ID.
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Imagine a computer so simple and user friendly as to appear next to the oven and Kitchen Aid mixer, a tool that you could integrate into your everyday life.
Then when the search engine finds a matching result, it sends the information to the user on a computer or mobile device.
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Once a film has been rented, it can be watched on any computer on which a user has signed in to their YouTube account.
This is because of a technical quirk in Safari that allows companies to easily add more cookies to a user's computer once the company has installed at least one cookie.
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But it also connects to a personal computer so the user can import custom graphics like channel icons or pictures of individual components.
As Sasser moves from machine to machine, it is also possible to create a "back door, " leaving open the possibility of later remotely take over control of a user's computer.
Another popular video depicts a Web user destroying his computer after he accidentally views pornographic sites.
The information may also have been saved to a user's computer if it had been synched with an iPhone.
Like the original "I Love You, " this variant spreads itself via Microsoft's Outlook software and can delete image files from a user's computer.
Dell expects continued solid growth in Enterprise Solutions, Services and Software and also a challenging end-user computer environment in the second half of the year.
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OnLive's cloud-based video compression technology has revolutionized the way video games are played, both in the home and on mobile devices, as a user's computer or device becomes nothing more than a means for display and input.
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My test taxes the computer more than a normal user and involves keeping Wi-Fi on, cranking the screen to full brightness, turning off all power-saving features, keeping email retrieval going in the background and playing an endless loop of music.
The warnings that Phorm will give to customers of the ISPs that have signed up to use it also means it complies with European regulations governing what must be done when text files called "cookies" are placed on a user's computer.
In a cunning twist by the virus writers, an e-mail in wide circulation that purportedly offers a "fix" for the Sasser worm actually infects the user's computer with a different virulent worm, known as Netsky-AC.
If you have a fast enough Internet connection, Napster allows you to call up a copy of almost any pop song from another user's computer, within a few seconds and without paying a penny.
But Soghoian argues that the precedent should be made to apply to the least technologically savvy user, not a computer security expert.
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Toting around a computer filled with valuable data, however, is a growing risk: If the computer is lost or stolen, the user loses everything -- from a prized doctoral thesis to bank account numbers to records of passwords.
The HDHomeRun PRIME device sends the TV signal straight to the HDHomeRun PRIME App, so there is no need for the user to turn on a computer.
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Each avatar is a computer-animated person who represents an individual user.
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