Borrowing an abbreviation from restaurants without a liquor license where Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) is a route to saving on the drinks bill, the move has been christened Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), of course, in the abbreviation-plagued tech world.
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Vimeo users can search through a robust library of more than 500 Looks, dynamically see each Look applied to a frame of their own video (not a stock image), compare against their original and preview the enhanced video in real-time.
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In addition, foreign investors have large stakes in several of the large Chinese Internet firms, including Alibaba Group (Yahoo and Softbank together own a majority) and Tencent (South African media firm Naspers owns 35%).
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On the lighter side, Randy Sarafan, the same guy who designed a chair that tweets his own farts (seriously), unveiled a lamp that shuts off whenever you shut your eyes.
But unimaginative policy alternatives also play a part: a tax reform scheme still less gripping than the government's own (doomed) one, a stance on pensions reform that even the trade unions think outdated.
Nearly a quarter (22%) of adults now own some kind of tablet computer, double the number a year ago (11%), and smartphone ownership is up nine points, from 35% to 44%.
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As Fred Wilson notes, Clay Christensen (an associate and in some respects a contemporary of my own) talks frequently about the way corporate executives calculate a Return On Investment (ROI) on any investment they make.
"File names often do not distinctly identify the artist, the song, the title, or whether the music is from a CD (in which the Plaintiff recording companies may own the rights) or a recording of live concert (which many artists allow to be freely circulated widely and in various media for promotional reasons), " the brief stated.
Oil companies own (or franchise) a lot of stores but are now trying to get out of this tangential business.
They either do not know their own costs (a distinct possibility), have revolutionised carmaking (highly unlikely) or are being subsidised in some way.
Up to now, the main argument had been over the difference between proprietary trading (banks making their own bets) versus market making (acting as a go-between to allow other parties to make bets).
She beat Lucie Decosse in the final with a stunning uchi-mata (inner thigh throw) as a counter to the Frenchwoman's own ouchi-gari (inner thigh reap) attack for the maximum ippon score.
This comes at a stage of life in which a majority of Generation Xers own a home (translate: have a mortgage payment) and have minor children (translate: extra mouths to feed).
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Former EA founder Trip Hawkins (who has his own legal problems) has disputed a lawsuit by Robin Antonick against Electronic Arts (although the litigation is moving forward).
If you were a teenager in the mid 1970s and couldn't afford a Moog, a self-build Paia kit was a way to get your own synth (plus a working knowledge of soldering) for cheap.
One such film is "Colorado Territory" (1949), in which Raoul Walsh transformed his own "High Sierra" (1941), a classic portrait of an aging gangster played by Humphrey Bogart, into an elegiac western starring Joel McCrea, taking the opportunity to trim away the sentimentality of "High Sierra" and replace it with hard stoicism.
An investor with a natural affinity for value investing may find it useful to own a quality growth-oriented fund (and vice versa for growth investors) as a counter-balance to their own natural inclinations.
Paralyzed by this prediction, and struggling to come to terms with his unrequited love for his mentor's younger wife, Clara Schumann (a formidable musician in her own right), Brahms embarks on a decades-long struggle to compose his first symphony.
Bring your own device (BYOD) is a hot topic of debate at every conference I attend.
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She also had her own designer (a Project Runway finalist) construct a dress for her made of dollar bills.
PalmSource was acquired by Access Systems, and renamed itself ACCESS. Private equity firm Elevation Partners bought a stake in Palm Inc (they also own a share of Forbes Media) and then eventually Palm was sold in its entirety to Hewlett-Packard.
As the pickpocket defies a law-and-order campaign to ply his trade, he despairs of his solitude and takes up with a call girl (Hao Hongjian), whose own deceptions are a sign of the times.
Ms. Azario offers clients a demi-couture service in which they can choose their own trims (in a block color or embroidery) on a base coat of white.
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He had an austere childhood in a remote Jura village, growing up with a stern father (not to be disappointed) and a depressive mother (not to be troubled by his own fears).
Mr De Tomaso got a job with Maserati (which he was later to own for a time).
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In a fascinating modern-day twist, the U.K. has managed to cut off its own (economic) head and raise it on a pike for the entire world to see.
At Boeing, Harry Stonecipher was called out of retirement to lead the scandal-hit firm and raise ethical standards, only to commit a lapse of his own, being sacked (it seems) for sending e-mails to a lover who was also an employee.
One-quarter of consumers surveyed own a digital video recorder (DVR), with another 20% planning to purchase in 2008.
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And finally, if you own a 3Dfx card (any Voodoo), grab the 3-Dfx X server and Mesa CVS (See Resources for links to those graphic requirements).
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