WE7 has a great team and a good technology platform from which we can launch a range of digital music services in the future.

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Mr Vajpayee reckons that India already has a good base of technology institutes and regional engineering colleges.

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George Gilder, who sits down next week with Steve Forbes as part of the Intelligent Investing interview series, has made a lot of good technology calls in his life.

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We should also look toward consumer technology, which has had a very good year as far as the people at Apple are concerned.

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He has a good point, not just about life insurance, but about financial technology in general.

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Technology is a powerful instrument for good, but it has also given the possibility for just a few people to cause enormous damage.

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Microsoft certainly has the technology, but not the mobile footprint (although with a couple of good OEM agreements, that could change fast).

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Audi has done a good job of taming their turbos over the years, and seems quite devoted to the technology, for good reason.

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Colombia's National Police has world-class surveillance technology and a huge helicopter fleet to fight drugs, but is less good at dealing with ordinary crime.

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Yet looking at the practical world of technology and business there are certainly times when it has not been obvious that any of this is a good strategy.

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