The phone also acts like a remote control device for search and programming.
Others suggest that rather than a control device, the material might be useful to get a handle on population numbers.
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The requirement for ratification of treaties by two-thirds of the Senate was seen by the framers of the Constitution as an important quality-control device for diplomatic initiatives.
He also speculated about what control device might be included in various Steambox setups (the systems are said to range in power and price, from low to very high).
"As far as real-world applications at this point, it would be more of a quality-control device, " said researcher Christopher Musto, who presented the device this week to the national convention of the American Chemical Society.
The brothers used a remote control device similar those used to control toy cars to detonate the two bombs in Boston, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, a Maryland Democrat and member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, said Wednesday.
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The brothers used a remote control device similar to those used to guide toy cars to detonate the two bombs in Boston, said Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, a Maryland Democrat and member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence.
The story provides some other specs on the new console: Edge reports that there will be new version of the Xbox Live online service, and that the box will ship with an updated version of the Kinect gesture control device.
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Based on investigative leads and information provided by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, investigators believe that each of the brothers had their own remote control device to detonate bombs near the marathon's finish line, said a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation on Friday.
Parents are able to control the device from a simple, custom-designed smartphone app.
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Soon after the Kinect's 2010 release, hardware hackers wrote code that let them control the device so they could use it for their own projects.
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Threats designed to control a device became common in 2011.
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People who use their phones to make business presentations could also station their handsets near a screen or projector and use gestures to control the device from elsewhere in a room.
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PenPoint from Go used a unique set of system wide gestures to control the device and had an architecture to allow for documents nested within documents that could be zoomed in and out.
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For one thing, such devices allow the patient to sense the movement of the arm through a system of cables which are used to control the device, usually by attaching them to the opposite shoulder.
Users own and control the device.
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When devices are connected a temporary shared content folder is created until your break them apart, alternatively one device can be set as the control or hub device.
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It's also annoying that you actually have to press the unlock button twice to gain control of the device.
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Regardless of the user's age or experience with technology, managing the service is effortless, from simple device control to robust home automation.
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The Key Glove offers convenience for gaming, design, art, music, data entry, device control, 3D object manipulation, and a whole host of other applications.
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Since the app works in tandem with what you are watching, iPad is now the ultimate remote control and companion device for TiVo Premiere users.
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Taking full control of the device, effectively jail-breaking the computer to run any ARM-compatible software, after that point is an exercise left to the user.
The five or so bugs used in Evasi0n, according to Wang, were relatively simple, and each only offered marginally more control over the device leading to a full-scale jailbreak.
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While Apple may be able to keep some control of your device, more so than an Android, on which you can do whatever you want, consumers will choose what works for them.
As with the iPhone, new iterations of Mac OS X, or the first Android phones, a certain amount of glory awaits anyone who can be the first to demonstrate a method of remotely taking control of the device.
Coming later this year to select Sony and Toshiba models, the interactive software that's already in eight million homes gains two new features destined to either creep you out, or snag you a twofer on those wings -- broadcast interactivity, and device control.
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Riley Hassell and Shane Macaulay, two researchers with mobile security-focused Privateer Labs, plan to present two theoretical attacks on Android at the Black Hat security conference next month, both demonstrating new ways that a piece of mobile malware downloaded to a phone can surreptitiously exploit unexpected functions to gain control of the device, steal data, or make expensive phone calls.
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When needed, he can go into device mode and have access to all control options for a particular device.
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Once connected, HTC technicians can run remote diagnostics, push common device and network configuration settings, and remotely control the customer's device to resolve issues.
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