In a report last week tech tracker iSuppli found that rising sales of tablet computers are hurting notebook PC sales, resulting in a decline in sales of traditional hard disk drives which rely on spinning magnetic disks.

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The astonishingly weak market for personal computers continues to take a toll on tech investors.

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Google also supports plug-in hybrid vehicle technology and is part of a consortium of tech companies that advocates energy-efficient computers and servers.

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The CEC recently gave itself permission to pursue new regulations for a wide range of high-tech consumer products and IT equipment, including computers, displays, game consoles, imaging equipment, servers and set-top boxes.

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The effort has proved so successful that Unilever introduced a high-tech element: the Shakti entrepreneurs now run kiosks with personal computers which villagers can rent to send e-mails and browse the web for things that can make a big difference to their lives, like market prices.

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The school incorporates 28 buildings, across a 20 hectare (50 acre) site, with hi-tech classrooms, computers and science laboratories.

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Of course, in an emerging market like the Philippines, the profits are not in cutting-edge computers (not yet) but in lower-tech airconditioners -- a fact that has not escaped LG.

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Even though my university background was in the liberal arts, I latched onto technology pretty quickly while at PBS. The spark was a show I produced about, of all people, Timothy Leary, who was adamant about how computers and high tech had the potential to reorganize society.

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