The birth announcement of the digital wireless era--issued circa 1995--was soon lost in an overload of Internet mania.

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But here's the danger: While the U.S. gained an early lead and never lost it in the computer and Internet revolutions, it is not the early leader in all areas of nanotechnology.

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About 600 homes and businesses in Ewhurst lost their phone and internet access after the theft on 16 January.

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He quickly grasped the promise of the Internet and never lost faith in its possibilities in the aftermath of the high-tech bubble.

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He quickly grasped the promise of the Internet and never lost faith in its possibilities, even in the aftermath of the high-tech bubble.

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The acquisition comes a month after Time Warner chief executive Richard Parsons said AOL had been "stabilised" after years of subscriber losses and cost-cutting - in 2003 it lost 2.2 million internet members.

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The internet connection was lost on 17 December after BT installed broadband in the upstairs flat, Mrs Telfer said.

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Firefox's market share jumped by a third in the last year to 19%, while Internet Explorer lost 6 percentage points to 73%.

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Customers are becoming indifferent, even hostile, to unsolicited e-mail, and legitimate marketers are getting lost in increasingly aggressive filters and run the risk of being reported as spammers and banned from Internet service providers.

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In other news, Comcast reported its Q4 earnings, noting that while it still lost around 7, 000 cable TV customers in Q4, the total number of video, internet and phone subscribers rose by 503, 000 to a total of 51.3 million, up 3 percent from last year.

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