Given that Windows Phone is all about the glance and go nature, having to spend a few moments thinking about switching the device on, or turning it and then switching it on, reduces the effectiveness of the software.

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Thirty days is just a tiny fraction of the two-year commitment you sign when buying discounted phones in the US -- one-twenty-fourth of the actual time you're stuck with the device before switching phones.

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Meraki technology offers customers Wi-Fi, switching, security and mobile device management centrally managed from the cloud.

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The two controls on top are all you need to get the essential jobs done with this device, a button for switching it on and off (and taking stills) and the sliding record switch -- this set-up also means you can physically feel if it's recording, even when you can't see it.

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The new software works by suspending Skype's activity on an Windows 8 device within a minute of the user switching to another application.

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The Superdome's power company took the blame Friday for the Super Bowl blackout, saying the cause was a faulty device that had been installed in its switching gear to prevent a failure of electric cables leading to the stadium.

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His nearly 100 patented creations include a dictionary, a train-switching system and, most recently, a service that turns an ordinary pager into a personal security device.

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