The research paid off over the next two decades with the evolution of electronic computing.

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Issues related to electronic discovery, cloud computing, social media, and data privacy immediately come to mind.

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Even electronic engineers who pioneered network computing in Japan use it badly.

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In the earnings call, we will be watching closely how Amazon plans to extend its lead in the Electronic and General Merchandise and cloud computing markets.

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Companies make many copies of the same electronic data to analyze and share it and also to protect themselves if their computing infrastructure crashes, say, due to a blackout or to comply with record retention policies.

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Instead, Yurke says that research into DNA computing could lead to new ways of using nature's toolbox to make conventional electronic computers smaller, faster and more powerful.

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In his written testimony, Salgado notes that the 1986 ECPA (Electronic Communications Privacy Act) doesn't reflect the internet circa 2013, noting how cloud computing has increased the amount of user information shared and stored online.

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SanDisk's diverse product portfolio includes flash memory cards and embedded solutions used in smart phones, tablets, digital cameras, camcorders, digital media players and other consumer electronic devices, as well as USB flash drives and solid-state drives (SSD) for the computing market.

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With electronic storage and fiber connections getting better and cheaper, EDS and EMC are working on the ultimate in redundant computing: networks that will "mirror" databases up to the latest transaction thousands of miles away.

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