Phoneline home networking uses existing telephone wires to connect computers and peripherals to each other.

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The post-crash environment has been very tough for makers of computers and peripherals.

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And although computers and peripherals have been the fastest-growing component, suppliers of more mundane industrial equipment have also enjoyed booming demand.

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They also include Apple's new Firewire 800 technology, which allows a connection speed of up 800 megabits per second to peripherals like hard drives, video cameras and other computers.

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Today, the majority of our tech journalism is about personal computers, tablets, smartphones, game consoles, and their relevant accessories and peripherals.

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But in Asia we have a very real technology sector - the makers of PCs, semiconductors, peripherals, all sorts of electronics components that are used in computers and telecommunications equipment.

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