Also, company computer network upgrades improved pricing and other in-store operations, which Best Buy had done long before.

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The NASA spokesman explained that equipment and computer software upgrades, among other factors, helped to make Thursday's historically fast flight possible.

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While most equipment in computer rooms have received major upgrades in the past decade, devices called routers and switches that move data around function largely the same way.

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Indeed, Apple's iSync--a tool for synchronizing personal information between the computer and disparate mobile devices--and its calendar software iCal both saw upgrades just last week.

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Companies that provide computer systems, storage and other services, such as Amazon and Google, will invest more in upgrades because they are under greater pressure by their customers to provide reliable and secure services, Narayan said.

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