But this is speculation based on assumptions about future developments of computer hardware and software.
In both cases clever designs of computer hardware and software played a role.
Clothing sales made the biggest breakthrough last year, with apparel and accessories displacing computer hardware and software as the top non-travel category in online retail.
The companies would donate computer hardware and software and Internet access while the government foots the bill to wire the clubs and pay computer teachers.
Now it is coming for less-proprietary computer hardware and software itself.
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The Department is apparently way behind in getting its computer hardware and software fortified against the so-called Millennium Bug: Unless replaced or adjusted, computers at the turn of the century will behave as if the numerals 00 are 1900 rather than 2000 and may possibly crash.
Like the computer software and hardware industries, food and agriculture are highly proprietary industries.
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This legislation is favored by the computer software and hardware industries and a number of civil libertarians.
The computer software and hardware maker reported revenue up 5% excluding currency gains, and earnings per share up 15%, both beating the average analyst expectations by healthy margins.
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Microsoft is struggling to reassert its dominance in the computer software and hardware market, but one of its biggest success stories of recent years has undoubtedly been the Kinect camera.
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"The fact that the NTSB is basically looking at every component around the battery, including the computer hardware and the (memory) software, means that they have no idea yet about a culprit and (they) suspect everything, " Ordonez said.
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By pulling apart the hardware and software of a computer, the technology allows multiple virtual machines to share the same hardware resources without conflict.
Though his Dayton, Ohio-headquartered outfit last year sold computer hardware, database software, retail checkout scanners and automated teller machines, it no longer dominates any major markets.
Oracle, a software giant, has moved into hardware, and Hewlett-Packard, a computer-maker, is expanding further into software and services.
Johnson and his team work with computer scientists to look at the current state of the art in hardware, software, and algorithms, as well as the research coming up.
Companies in computer software, cable television and computer hardware have a more than 10% chance of default.
The Henge Docks' design doesn't require any hardware, software or settings changes to your computer, and every current MacBook is compatible with the system, right from the factory.
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Only the work horses of servers and its operating system software hold their primacy, but with computer hardware shipments in decline, even software profits could be challenged.
In the U.S., which spends about six times as much on supercomputers as China, the software budget equals about 30% of hardware spending, and computer specialists say even that level isn't sufficient.
Note that our definition of the global tech market in this report includes business and government purchases of computer equipment, communications equipment, software, IT consulting services, and IT outsourcing and hardware maintenance services, but does not include purchases of telecommunications services.
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On his most recent trip, he stopped in Shenzhen to confirm that he had lined up nearly every major Chinese computer manufacturer behind his company's "Venus project, " a combination of software and hardware that lets VCD players and other, similar devices display Chinese-language Internet content on an ordinary TV set.
"Now we have a good a idea of what it would be like to have the government run the computer industry, " said Jonathan Zuck of the Association for Competitive Technology, which represents software and hardware companies.
The new software will need ever more powerful hardware to work well, and both HP and Dell Computer have been working with Microsoft for over a year to tweak their boxes for the new operating systems.
The new software will need ever more powerful hardware to work well, and both HP and Dell Computer (nasd: DELL - news - people )have been working with Microsoft for over a year to tweak their boxes for the new operating systems.
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