And you certainly hear stories about lost technology because a product you were planning on unveiling at a trade show somehow someone reverse-engineered or trade secrets have been stolen.
The lesson of the 1960s that was lost on many technology executives and investors in recent years is that balance sheets need staying power.
At best, what the company can strive and hope for is a time lag between the time when the technology is introduced and when it is lost, during which a successor technology can be developed.
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The Sector Select SPDR Financial ( XLF) has lost 6%, the Sector Select SPDR Technology ( XLK) has lost 5.5% while the Sector Select SPDR Energy ( XLE) is down 5.3%.
The tech industry is rife with stories of platforms that had superior technology but lost the war in the field.
Consequently, Japanese electronics manufacturers lost the ripest global technology-hardware market of the past decade, and perhaps the next decade as well.
According to industry data, more than 500, 000 technology jobs were lost between mid-2001 and mid-2003.
Let's hope one thing remains, however: The ability to enjoy our technology without getting lost in it.
Most of the lost jobs are in information technology and financial services, which are some of the easiest to move.
The fact that the platform concept originated in the world of technology was not lost on all political observers.
Think of all the farm jobs lost to tractors and other farm equipment, and all the factory jobs lost to labor-saving technology, equipment, and computers.
In that market ATM lost out to the rival technology known as Ethernet, but Floyd salvaged Efficient by using ATM to carry DSL signals to a telephone company's central office.
Mr. Capobianco's skepticism of technology stocks meant he lost only about 12% in the bust.
Thirty years of lost time when it comes to technology that could improve the efficiency of cars.
To recover lost ground, Bajaj drew on technology from Kawasaki and jazzed up its portfolio, emphasizing premium motorcycles.
Yamaha's proprietary Compressed Music Enhancer technology compensates for the lost detail of audio that is compressed during the "ripping" process, recapturing the essence of the original recording.
Among economic historians there is a growing consensus that guilds in Europe lost their ability to block new technology once society realised that innovation had a beneficial effect on humanity, and was thus not a zero-sum game.
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Instead of focusing on jobs lost to the globalisation of information technology, Catherine Mann of the Institute for International Economics in Washington looks at globalisation's power to reduce prices and so help spread new technology, new practices and job-creating investment through the economy.
British industry lost its focus on developing the latest technology, thus solidifying the country's status as a declining world power.
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With AOL Time Warner and Vivendi Universal both faltering, it's clear the investment community has lost its faith in their entertainment and technology convergence strategies.
"I felt like I had this great responsibility to make sure this technology didn't get lost, " says Wilcox who, with E Ink's founders and senior management, owns a minority stake in the company.
The company, an original player in set-top DVR box technology, may not have lost its hold on the market after all, as it holds a battery of important patents that may carve a foothold for the company in the market.
Perhaps worst of all, some big spenders have lost their lust for the promise of new technology.
The social and cultural implications of the technology they are offering is not lost on any of the employees at CompleteSpeech.
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Many technology initiatives go astray by getting lost in features and functionality details that rarely stand to have a big impact on the outcome you are trying to achieve.
And the banks have also lost a large number of small business customers to technology firms.
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High flyers like Singapore's Creative Technology and Hong Kong infrastructure star Hopewell lost ground to the stock bears.
Without training, this new, but really cool, package of technology can be frustrating, leading to lost productivity and frustration.
Fortunes will be made and lost by the decisions that businesses make on the technology they use for their digital storage needs.
If the significance of this is lost on you, we've called our technology guru Mario Armstrong to help explain, as he often does.
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