Asia lags the U.S. in computer and Internet adoption, but the region could well be the third-phase frontrunner.
Transformative inventions--the printing press, steam engine, telegraph, automobile, airplane, radio and television, computer and Internet and so on--require constant investment.
There is a wealth of data, games, applications, videos, music, and products available to anyone with a computer and internet access.
The increasing success of hackers means that computer and internet security is one of the few bits of the IT business showing healthy growth rates at the moment.
But here's the danger: While the U.S. gained an early lead and never lost it in the computer and Internet revolutions, it is not the early leader in all areas of nanotechnology.
Mr Schumer sits on the Senate Judiciary committee, and committee chair Patrick Leahy - a Vermont Democrat - said that the panel would hold hearings in the autumn that would look at promoting competition in the computer and internet industry.
Technology is central to the lives of these youngsters - 97% reported having access to a computer and the internet at home, 77% said they had their own computer.
Might the computer and the Internet, with their constant demands, have changed the picture since then?
The charity, E-Learning Foundation, extracted the data on computer ownership and internet access for families with children aged under 18.
To play, no previous knowledge of proteins, biochemistry or biology is required - all a user has to have is a computer and an internet connection.
But when it comes to service businesses, the nice thing is that many don't require expensive technology, save for maybe a computer and an Internet connection.
Aspiring innovators in developing countries like South Africa begin their journey by figuring out how to gain access to a computer and the internet, and learning how to use them.
Sport and stars notwithstanding, ratings are likely to go on falling, not just because of new television services, but also because television viewing is falling as children and teenagers increasingly spend time on computer games and the Internet.
Travelers download the software to their office computer before hitting the road, and leave the computer running and connected to the Internet.
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.
Yet looking at those numbers, Blinder can't find the computer's and Internet's contributions to productivity.
President Obama referenced computer chips and the Internet as having been enabled by government investment in basic research.
Valley folk point out that Judge Jackson thinks that a computer operating system and Internet browsing software should be separate.
For example, the telephone, the computer, and the Internet were all major productivity boosters, they allowed individuals to serve much wider audiences and create more value.
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In the poorest households 29% had no computer, 36% had no internet and 43% had no internet connection via a computer.
Then his uncle John Fanning gave him a computer and access to the internet.
Sitting with a laptop, a phone and a decent internet connection in a comfy seat on a train is, these days, almost as productive as being in a nice office in a comfy chair with a computer, phone and decent internet connection.
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She knows how hard it is to raise children in a culture where every time they're out of your sight, they're tuning into a multibillion-dollar music, computer game, Internet and film empire that promulgates messages frequently at odds with small-town American values.
Then, as now, there was talk of a new era, with electricity and the motor car playing the role of the Internet and the computer.
The documents included original letters initialled by the Pope indicating that he had read them personally, many photocopies, flash sticks and computer disks, and the results of thousands of internet searches on such varied subjects as Freemasonry, espionage, secret agents, yoga and Buddhism.
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"The incidence and complexity of computer crime continues to increase rapidly as greater numbers of people develop proficiency in manipulating electronic data and navigating computer networks, and as worldwide access to the Internet continues to expand, " according to the budget document.
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Therefore Social Business is the fifth shift caused by technology after the ages of the mainframe, departmental computer, PC, and the Internet.
After their internet, computer and all the rest bills have been paid?
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On a fundamental level, the iPhone opened up the Internet and computer experiences to people who were reluctant to use computers (like my mum).
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