Will the laptop need to have a high processing speed, large hard drive, maximum memory, advanced graphics cards, external monitors or mice, etc.? Get details on other requirements for the laptops in terms of operating system and additional base software that needs to be loaded on each laptop, such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, accounting, or other programs.
But Josh Bernoff, an analyst with Forrester Research, said that RealNetworks used a technique known as reverse engineering -- observing how Apple's software behaved as it encoded songs to be loaded onto iPods.
Alternatively, you can arrange for the laptops to be sent to your company or location early to be loaded with the custom software prior to the event.
That means the software can be loaded onto several computers, which is useful if you want to work on it at home, on your laptop and at the office, or if family members want to share it.
Finally, the iPad has the advantage that other health-related software could be loaded onto the device and data could be transmitted wirelessly to a central database.
With cognitive radio, Maguire warns, that licensing would have to extend to the software that does the decision making and retuning the frequencies – software that would be loaded onto millions of handsets, and might be hacked.
The CDSS software program can be loaded on any personal computer with the recommended system requirements.
The free software -- which can be loaded with any data -- was purchased by Google in March 2007.
A former Customs official at the Port of Norfolk says his old department doesn't know how to value the computer software copies being loaded onto ships but does know how to weigh physical commodities.
