Abstract:
Provided is weld-obscuring, thermoplastic resin composition which when suitably molded substantially obscures the appearance of weld lines. The resin composition is made of a thermoplastic resin, about 0.01 to about 15.0 wt. % of a weld-obscuring agent having a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the thermoplastic resin in the visible light range, and about 0.1 to about 8 wt. % of glitter material having an average particle size in the range of about 5 to about 120 .mu.m. X is between (10.6-(Y/11.4 .mu.m)) wt. % and about 0.1 wt. % when Y.gtoreq.30 .mu.m, and when Y is
Abstract:
An expansion unit has a connector for docking a portable computer. A value of a specific pin of the connector is set in a connection identification register arranged in the expansion unit. When the portable computer is started, it reads the content of the identification register, and checks if a resume mode is set. When it is determined that the expansion unit is connected, and the resume mode is set, a message indicating that the expansion unit is connected is displayed on a display device for a predetermined period of time.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, an authentication unit which performs an authentication process, upon power-on of the main body, if authentication information is registered in the main body, the authentication process including a process to authenticate a user based on authentication information input by the user and the authentication information registered in the main body, and a forced-registration unit which performs a forced-registration process to request the user to register new authentication information and inhibit the main body from operating until the new authentication information is registered, upon power-on of the main body.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a first authentication unit which performs a first authentication process to authenticate a user when the main body is powered on, a second authentication unit which performs a second authentication process to authenticate the user after the user is authenticated in the first authentication process, and an authentication skip control unit which skips the first authentication process until a given time period elapses since the user is last authenticated in the second authentication process.
Abstract:
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a date generating module configured to generate date information in a real time; a nonvolatile recording module configured to record the date information in a given area; and a recording control module configured to access to the given area when specific software is started, wherein the recording control module is configured to record present date information generated by the date generating module in the given area when the date information is not recorded in the given area.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, an authentication unit which performs an authentication process, upon power-on of the main body, if authentication information is registered in the main body, the authentication process including a process to authenticate a user based on authentication information input by the user and the authentication information registered in the main body, and a forced-registration unit which performs a forced-registration process to request the user to register new authentication information and inhibit the main body from operating until the new authentication information is registered, upon power-on of the main body.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a first authentication unit which performs a first authentication process to authenticate a user when the main body is powered on, a second authentication unit which performs a second authentication process to authenticate the user after the user is authenticated in the first authentication process, and an authentication skip control unit which skips the first authentication process until a given time period elapses since the user is last authenticated in the second authentication process.
Abstract:
When the display rate of a plasma display reaches a display rate exceeding the rated maximum electric power of the plasma display, the display mode of the plasma display is switched from a high brightness display mode to a normal brightness display mode. An item for selecting whether or not a battery recharge operation is enabled is provided to a setup menu screen. A user arbitrarily selects a charge mode (a battery charge operation is enabled in the normal brightness display mode) or a non-charge mode (the battery charge operation is disabled in the high brightness display mode). When the charge mode is selected, an electric power value obtained by subtracting electric power necessary for recharging the battery from the rated maximum electric power of the plasma display is set as a reference value, and when the display rate requires electric power exceeding the reference value, the display mode is switched from the high brightness display mode to the normal brightness display mode.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises detecting an event that suggests unauthorized access to a subscriber device. After such detection, an activity or series of activities are performed in response to detecting the event in order to place the electronic device into a secured operating state.
Abstract:
In a computer, software may make an access to a controller in order to rewrite the contents of a nonvolatile storage device. If so, an interruption signal is automatically supplied to a CPU. In response to the interruption signal the CPU stops executing the software and starts performing an interruption process. During the interruption process it is determined whether the access made by the software is a right one. If the access is a wrong one, the rewriting of the contents of the nonvolatile storage device is prohibited at once.