Looking back now, he says that he considered computer dating to be little more than a gimmick and a fad.

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But where did this all start and how did these two build such a great business for themselves in only 7 short years since that miracle match-up on a computer dating service?

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The new title is based off "Ultima IV, " a computer game dating all the way to 1985.

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Television is at the heart of an intricate web of new technologies, which govern everything we do from shopping and dating, to computer games and voting.

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He had a deep foundation in technology dating back to his undergraduate degree in computer science and engineering, but continuing through to his deep collaborations with CIOs over the years.

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Spark Networks' phone reps are trained to work with all types, from jittery single parents who are dating for the first time since a divorce to computer-challenged seniors, to keep them optimistic and shelling out money.

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In a step beyond the virtual pet Tamagotchi, computer simulations like the PlayStation game Tokimeki Memorial provide the lovelorn with the experience of dating a girl.

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Described rather broadly as a "method for providing human input to a computer, " the patent (filed in July of 2009) is a continuation of one dating all the way back to 1995, and appears to cover some fairly basic multitouch-related functions.

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