Hip-hop has long been synonymous with jeans big enough to upholster a sofa, with throwback sports jerseys draped to the knees, with outrageously priced, limited-edition sneakers and with the diamond-barnacled hardware that has entered the vernacular as bling-bling.
This method of operation is far less off-putting for casual or non-gamers than mashing the plethora of buttons in just the right order on the game controller.Non-game gamesBut it's not just the hardware that has driven change; the games themselves are a key element.
The acquisitions have suited Cisco's mission of backing products that generate more Internet traffic, which in turn drives demand for the networking hardware that has long been the core of its business.
She told me that she would like to move back into the house, but she's not sure she has the money to replace all the hardware that has been stripped by scavengers or to make the necessary repairs.
In addition to that, we're leveraging all the experience that both companies have - and the hardware that has been proven". For ATK's employees also, the announcement of the Liberty project must be most welcome.
The Alta HR is an update to last year's Alta, a well designed piece of hardware that has since grown into the second-best fitness tracker (behind the company's higher-end Charge 2), according to numbers from NPD.
A table display of locks gave it away: a veritable history of the hardware that has protected MIT's laboratories, offices, and rooftops over the last 50 or so years.
There's talk in the press about the new hardware that has been bought from Israel: laser range finders, thermal imaging equipment and the unmanned drones so popular with the US army.
Instead, it's the production process and market for hardware that has prompted a metamorphosis in the makeup of YC's batches.
Interestingly, this effect has become less pronounced more recently because of the specialized and expensive computing hardware that has become necessary to compete in the mining market.
