But technology executives suffered a backlash following the bursting of the Dot-com bubble and before that, when the much-hyped Y2K or millennium bug turned out to be non-existent after clocks switched from 1999 to 2000.

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On Sept. 11, their hair stands on end and their eyes bug out with comic-book embellishment as they watch the disaster unfold.

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He said the widespread distribution of commercially-produced food meant that, when a dangerous bug broke out, a large number of people became infected very quickly.

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Medical technology firm BD hopes a fancy molecular test can help ferret out MRSA, a common drug-defying staph bug.

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One GOP senator said Sotomayor's most controversial speeches "bug the hell out of me, " an expression of frustration as Republicans tried -- with little success -- to get Sotomayor to reveal more about her personal views in her fourth and final day of questioning.

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Even Texas Instruments, which has had facilities in Bangalore since 1985, has felt the pinch of this start-up bug: some half a dozen of its top Indian engineers recently left to strike out on their own.

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