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	Information appliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Information appliances may overlap in definition or are sometimes referred to as smart devices, mobile devices, wireless devices, internet appliances, web appliances, handhelds, handheld devices or smart handheld devices.
		Information appliances tend to be consumer devices that perform only a few targeted tasks and are controlled by a simple Touchscreen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure.
		In an ideal world, any true information appliance would be able to communicate with any other information appliance using open standard protocols and technologies, regardless of the maker of the software or the hardware.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Information_appliance (513 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The appliance comprises a display screen having a first segment mounted on a top surface of the central housing so as to be at least partially covered by the first foldable panel in a closed position, and a second segment mounted on an inside surface of the foldable panel.
		In certain embodiments of the digital information appliance, the control apparatus 120 shuts down the display screen when the first panel is not in the opened position, unless the second segment of the panel 104 is flipped over to be viewed in the closed position.
		The digital information appliance of claim2 wherein said second panel is capable of being placed in a closed position covering at least a portion of said first segment of said central housing, and said first panel is capable of being placed in a closed position covering at least a portion of said second panel.
	www.wipo.int /cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=01/53919.010726&ELEMENT_SET=DECL (3534 words)

	Info and facts on 'Information appliance' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Information appliances may overlap in definition or are sometimes referred to as smart devices, mobile devices, wireless devices, internet appliances, web appliances, handhelds, handheld device (additional info and facts about handheld device) s or smart handheld devices.
		Information appliances tend to be consumer devices that perform only a few targeted tasks and are controlled by a simple Touchscreen (additional info and facts about Touchscreen) interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure.
		In an ideal world, any true information appliance would be able to communicate with any other information appliance using open standard (additional info and facts about open standard) protocols and technologies, regardless of the maker of the software or the hardware.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/in/information_appliance.htm (569 words)

	Internet appliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An internet appliance is a consumer product which accesses services on the internet, such as the World Wide Web or internet telephony, but which is not a general-purpose computer and does not have a hard drive in general.
		The first such appliances to be marketed successfully gave constant information on the weather or on the state of the stock market, by means of changes in colors or by using analog gauges.
		Internet appliances were promoted by a variety of technology companies during the 1990s but, as the price of full-featured computers dropped, never met the market expectations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Internet_appliance (259 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Thus, designers of applications for such information appliances are forced to carefully design their applications to make the best use of the available resources.
		Appliance 18 includes a processor 20, a user input device 24, a user output device 28, a communications interface 32, an array of non-persistent memory 36 (such as RAM memory) and an array of writeable persistent memory 40.
		In this embodiment, persistent memory 40 in appliance 18 is managed by a persistent memory manager 76 which keeps track of usage of persistent memory 40 to determine contiguous blocks of memory which are in use and/or which are free to be used.
	www.wipo.int /cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=00/77613.001221&ELEMENT_SET=DECL (2491 words)

	Career Information - Home Appliance Repairers
		Repairers of small appliances commonly learn the trade on the job; repairers of large household appliances often receive their training in a formal trade school, community college, or directly from the appliance manufacturer.
		Many home appliance repairers work a standard 40-hour week but may work overtime and weekend hours in the summer months, when they are in high demand to fix air-conditioners and refrigerators.
		Appliances are also becoming more technologically advanced and will increasingly require a skilled technician to diagnose and fix problems.
	www.collegegrad.com /careers/insta13.shtml (2137 words)

	Hardware Considerations for Information Appliance Design
		As a concept, however, information appliances shouldn't be pigeonholed in a single category of computing.
		It stands to follow that if making information easily accessible and useable is a primary characteristic of an information appliance, the best way to maximize the efficacy of that appliance is to provide a means to intelligently share information with other devices within its working environment.
		Information appliances are in early stages of development.
	www.eedesign.com /article/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=17407420 (1953 words)

	Information appliance software architecture with replaceable service module providing abstraction function between ...
		The information appliance comprises an application-optimized hardware platform, including a processor, a display coupled to the processor, an input/output device coupled to an information source and to the processor, a user input device, and working memory coupled to the processor.
		The appliance operating software includes logic executed by the processor, which manages information flow from the information source through the working memory to the display, and the application software includes logic executed by the processor and responsive to the user input to manage selection of information from the information source.
		The appliance operating software includes an operating system kernel that is adapted for the processor, and a system library that includes logic providing an interface to the application software.
	www.delphion.com /details?pn=US05889990__ (349 words)

	Encyclopedia: Information appliance
		Handheld devices (also known as handhelds) are pocket-sized computing devices that are rapidly gaining popularity as the access to information in every walk of life becomes more and more mission critical.
		Appliances account for about 20% of your household's energy consumption, with refrigerators and clothes dryers at the top of the consumption list.
		Although these labels will not tell you which appliance is the most efficient, they will tell you the annual energy consumption and operating cost for each appliance so you can compare them yourself.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Information-appliance (334 words)

	eTForecasts - Executive Summary, Information Appliances
		Information appliance functions involve collecting, analyzing, storing, communicating and managing "content" to help simplify and improve what an individual does in his personal or work life.
		Information appliances will follow the same technology advances that are driving the personal computer and communications industries.
		The information appliance industry is in its infancy, but is destined to have significant impact on our lives in the next decade-despite a slower start than projected a few years ago.
	www.etforecasts.com /products/ES_infoappsv3.htm (3760 words)

	Appliance Parts from Repairclinic.com - Appliance Recall Information
		Appliance and specialty stores nationwide sold the ranges from March 1998 through November 2001 for between $5540 and $6370.
		Appliance stores and distributors nationwide sold the ranges from January 2000 through March 2001 for between $270 and $290.
		Appliance retailers sold approximately 6,480 ovens nationwide between 1979 and 1984 for $699 to $719.
	www.repairclinic.com /0098.asp (8260 words)

	Appliance Parts from Repairclinic.com - Appliance Recall Information
		The casters elevate the appliance high enough off the floor to allow children to contact some of the washer's moving parts.
		Casters permit consumers to roll the appliance to the water and drain source for clothes washing, and then to return the unit to another area for convenient storage.
		Speed Queen said the casters elevate the appliance high enough off the floor to allow children to contact some of the washer's moving parts.
	www.repairclinic.com /referral.asp?R=154&P=183 (8260 words)

	Business Wire: HP CapShare 910 Information Appliance Helps Wor... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The HP CapShare 910 appliance is the first portable information appliance to incorporate the HP JetSend technology through infrared.
		U.S. The HP CapShare 910 information appliance is scheduled to be available in the United States beginning Oct. 1, with shipments expected to begin Dec. 1.
		Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:21118282&refid=holomed_1 (763 words)

	Appliance Efficiency & Appliance Regulations
		Appliances today are smarter and more energy efficient than ever before -- thanks to California's appliance efficiency standards that went into effect in 1977.
		It depends on an appliance's age, whether it was designed before or after the standards went into effect, or the efficiency level of the model.
		Information included in the database is obtained from more than 500 different appliance manufacturers (and their trade associations) who must use standard test methods to prove the energy use and efficiency of their products.
	www.energy.ca.gov /efficiency/appliances (374 words)

	Holloways Appliance Center
		We are a family owned appliance store and have been serving Connecticut and Western Massachusetts for the past 50 years.
		The Holloway family and staff are pleased to offer you the latest appliance innovations in a setting which will capture your imagination.
		Whether you are replacing an existing appliance or redesigning an entire space, personalized service is Holloway's specialty.
	www.holloways.com (78 words)

	Appliance411 - Appliance Purchasing, Appliance Service and Appliance Repair Parts Information Center for Major Home ...
		Appliance411: FREE major home appliance related information for consumers including money saving appliance purchasing reports and appliance service tips and appliance repair parts information and links to online suppliers of appliance parts and new appliances.
		Should you be unable to find the specific information you're looking for in any of the sections, including the links, post a message in the on-line QandA Forum.
		Appliance types include: air conditioner cooker dehumidifier disposal dishwasher dryer electric frig fridge fridges gas garberator microwave oven range stove stoves refridgerator refrigerator automatic clothes washer washing machine Key words include: how do I fix repair service servicing spare parts major home appliance refriderator components.
	www.appliance411.com (393 words)

	A universal information appliance
		The universal information appliance is intended to be the average person's device for hosting tailored interfaces to the entire electronic universe--interfaces to virtually any device or software program (Figure 1).
		It is a companion that stores the user's profile information, performs local computation, maintains the soft state for the user's current applications, and holds a cache of knowledge to which the user wants immediate access.
		Summarizing from the previous section, a universal information appliance must be able to receive device and program interfaces dynamically, render them, and react in the appropriate manner.
	www.research.ibm.com /journal/sj/384/eustice.html (11430 words)

	Information Appliance Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ ArtisticNudity.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
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	artisticnudity.com /encyclopedia/Information_appliance (662 words)

	The Advent of the Information Appliance
		Intuitively, appliances are small, special-purpose, and often mobile devices such as remote controls, personal information managers, network-attached disks, cameras, displays, set-top boxes, embedded web-servers, and dedicated file-servers.
		To paraphrase Joel Birnbaum [9]: just like automobiles, telephones, or television sets, information appliances are more noticeable by their absence than their presence.
		Some appliances will use a relatively low-resolution touch-sensitive screen as the primary user-interaction device, others a traditional keyboard/monitor combination, while still others may have no user-interaction devices at all since they are controlled and operated completely through the communication network.
	www.cs.arizona.edu /scout/Papers/mosberger/doc008.html (871 words)

	Appliance.com - Helping you buy the best appliances based on need, function and style.
		One Gourmet Guru rule that we have about useful kitchen appliances is that the appliance should make the intended job easier than doing it manually.
		Having this information is especially important when you need your appliance repaired: if you don’t have it, it could take longer to repair it, because parts can’t be ordered, for example, until that model and serial number are identified.
		All appliance product/owner’s manuals and most sales receipts will have model and serial numbers on them, so it’s important to keep all of that documentation in a safe place.
	www.appliance.com (740 words)

	BSQUARE Introduces iWin, the Next Generation Information Appliance Software Solution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		IDC predicts the worldwide market for information appliances to exceed 89 million units, or $17.8 billion in 2004 vs. 11 million units and $2.4 billion in 1999.
		Consumers of information appliances demand convenient access to online information at an affordable price, in a format as easy to use as a television or telephone, with very low maintenance requirements.
		The iWin Information Appliance Design Kit is available immediately for a one time license fee of $19,995 plus nominal per-unit royalties.
	www.bsquare.com /about/press/story.asp?PressID=247 (1361 words)

	National Semiconductor Announces Sale of Information Appliance Business to AMD
		In February 2003, National announced its intention to sell the Information Appliance business in order to streamline National's cost structure and focus investments on higher-margin analog technologies.
		The Information Appliance business unit planned to be sold to AMD currently accounts for less than 5 percent of National's total annual revenue.
		A portion of the total National employees who currently support the Information Appliance business will not be transferring to AMD, primarily due to marketing and engineering infrastructure that AMD already has in place.
	www.national.com /news/item/0,1735,875,00.html (575 words)

	Bergman - Info Appliances : books : uidesign.net
		An information appliance is designed to perform a specific activity, such as music, photography, or writing.
		He makes some other observations such as Information Appliance users will keep their devices for a long time and become expert users.
		This may be a true pragmatic outlook, but surely as Haitani will show in chapter 4, when you are designing an information appliance, you must design the hardware and the software together as part of one overall user experience.
	www.uidesign.net /2000/books/infoappdesign.html (1899 words)

	Appliance Information Sites Webring
		The Appliance Information Sites Webring is a collection of Internet sites that are dedicated to informing consumers about major home appliances.
		By becoming a member of this group, visitors will be able to find your site and others that have the detailed appliance information that they're looking for, without the need to sort through all the minutia produced my most Internet search engines.
		They may be commercial or informational in nature but must have a significant amount of original information that is available free of charge on their Web site.
	webring.appliance411.com (257 words)

	Top Electronics Firms Matsushita (Panasonic), Philips, National Semiconductor Incorporate BSQUARE’s New Information ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		BSQUARE’s new iWin Information Appliance Design Kit is the first product to provide a complete collection of tools and software for creating a Web access device of any kind.
		Information appliances need certain software to enable viewing of video with Windows Media player, for example, and a ‘look and feel’ appropriate for the end user of the device.
		With the iWin Information Appliance Design Kit, developers can create a customized “look and feel,” for a device, provide remote update capability, enhance the browser technology, and enable end-users to access critical Web content such as video files or.pdf documents.
	www.bsquare.com /about/press/story.asp?PressID=248 (1026 words)

	Appliance Repair - Appliance Repair from Phools Guide
		Find appliance parts, free repair help, maintenance tips, recall information, and more.
		The Appliance Repair can also help you find in-depth repair information and tips to help you diagnose, fix, and trouble shoot common problems.
		If you are looking for a specific appliance part to complete your appliance repair, simply use the part search located on the left side of the screen.
	appliancepartsresource.com /appliance_repair.php?...+Information&id=2 (221 words)

	ISS X-Force Database: sonicwall-arp-obtain-information(15374): SonicWALL VPN/Firewall Appliance ARP information ...
		A remote attacker could then use this information to map the internal network structure of the victim's network.
		Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition.
		There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use.
	xforce.iss.net /xforce/xfdb/15374 (297 words)

	A Position Aware Information Appliance (ResearchIndex) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Abstract: The information related to the user actual and previous position is a very important issue for research activities on new interaction paradigms navigating physical spaces.
		This information is obtained from a coherent use of infrared TXs and a developed software which computes the probability that the user is located and oriented in a speci c way.
		A number of IR TXs are xed to walls around the rooms, and an IR receiver is attached to the user handing a PDA.
	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /455814.html (245 words)

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