When computer memory and processor speed goes up the BLS assumes that the price of the computer goes down because you are getting a better machine even if that computer is still used for browsing on the internet and the machine that it replaced was perfectly fine for the job.

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It works by exploiting computer networks to speed up the process of identifying and eradicating viruses.

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Big investments have been made in upgrading computer systems to speed up the processing of intelligence and the decisions that flow from it.

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"By linking up computer technology with the science of olfaction, we can speed up the creation of new compounds, and it can take us into areas we've never dreamed of, " says Rahman Ansari, vice president of technical affairs at Quest International, a unit of British chemical giant ICI that developed Este Lauder's blockbuster Tommy Girl.

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The job ad acknowledges Valve's debt to the personal computer but said the firm was trying to speed up the pace of innovation by "jumping in" itself.

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Not only were computer dial-up offerings delayed, but higher speed ISDN and DSL services went almost entirely to competitors.

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In a bid to placate Airbus, the British government this week announced it would finance research into new computer-modelling techniques at several British universities, to help Airbus speed up product development by as much as 90%.

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