The graveyard of once-high-flying stocks includes Digital Equipment, Apollo Computer, Data General and Silicon Graphics (now SGI).

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This patented technology ensures that only real fingerprints are read by converting the properties of the skin into digital data which are delivered to the host computer for analysis.

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Among them are the computer wizards who interpret the digital streams of data from satellites.

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Third-generation wireless (the first two were analog and the current version of digital) can move data at 384 kilobits a second, six times the speed of a good computer modem.

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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) that runs the facility has for a decade been fitting it with state-of-the-art digital electronics, a new central computer, and high-speed transmission lines to carry the data that the 25m, 200-tonne dishes gather.

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In contrast, Google is a recognized a leader in Silicon Valley at devising new ways to store and generate data more efficiently, to operate massive data centers with thousands of computer servers more cheaply, and to utilize the power of digital technology to pioneer disruptive, cost-reducing changes in traditional markets, from email to travel booking services.

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