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.
Mr Schumer sits on the Senate Judiciary committee, and committee chair Patrick Leahy - a Vermont Democrat - said that the panel would hold hearings in the autumn that would look at promoting competition in the computer and internet industry.
Travelers download the software to their office computer before hitting the road, and leave the computer running and connected to the Internet.
For example, the telephone, the computer, and the Internet were all major productivity boosters, they allowed individuals to serve much wider audiences and create more value.
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Might the computer and the Internet, with their constant demands, have changed the picture since then?
Technology is central to the lives of these youngsters - 97% reported having access to a computer and the internet at home, 77% said they had their own computer.
Then, as now, there was talk of a new era, with electricity and the motor car playing the role of the Internet and the computer.
Just as it took the personal computer revolution, the Internet and smartphones to fully realize the potential of social networks, what if Big Data produces its own meta-effect that fundamentally changes the way we relate to ourselves, others and the world around us?
The companies would donate computer hardware and software and Internet access while the government foots the bill to wire the clubs and pay computer teachers.
On a fundamental level, the iPhone opened up the Internet and computer experiences to people who were reluctant to use computers (like my mum).
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Yet looking at those numbers, Blinder can't find the computer's and Internet's contributions to productivity.
Asia lags the U.S. in computer and Internet adoption, but the region could well be the third-phase frontrunner.
Sport and stars notwithstanding, ratings are likely to go on falling, not just because of new television services, but also because television viewing is falling as children and teenagers increasingly spend time on computer games and the Internet.
The technologies that run the world today (like the Internet, the computer and the laser) are not used in the way intended by those who invented them.
Therefore Social Business is the fifth shift caused by technology after the ages of the mainframe, departmental computer, PC, and the Internet.
How many jobs would it have cost us if past Congresses decided not to support the basic research that led to the Internet and the computer chip?
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The increasing success of hackers means that computer and internet security is one of the few bits of the IT business showing healthy growth rates at the moment.
The charity, E-Learning Foundation, extracted the data on computer ownership and internet access for families with children aged under 18.
Aspiring innovators in developing countries like South Africa begin their journey by figuring out how to gain access to a computer and the internet, and learning how to use them.
The documents included original letters initialled by the Pope indicating that he had read them personally, many photocopies, flash sticks and computer disks, and the results of thousands of internet searches on such varied subjects as Freemasonry, espionage, secret agents, yoga and Buddhism.
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The silicon revolution that started back then with the personal computer, led to the Internet in the 1990s and broadband in the 2000s.
At the recent World Economic Conference in Davos, Google Chief Executive EricSchmidtEric Schmidt said mobile Internet services have the potential to spark a "huge revolution" in the coming year, comparable to the "re-creation of the Internet" and the personal computer.
President Obama referenced computer chips and the Internet as having been enabled by government investment in basic research.
The report was put together by David Moore and Stefan Savage of the University of San Diego Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vern Paxson of the ICSI Center for Internet Research in California, Colleen Shannon of CAIDA, and Stuart Staniford and Nicholas Weaver of computer security firm Silicon Defense.
' And I have never heard about the internet and never used the computer before that day.
The middle ground might consist of a complete set of protections and assurances that Microsoft would not intimidate or attempt to control the behaviour of Internet Service Providers and computer manufacturers, he said.
Four veterans of the old telecom and computer worlds are stepping into Internet-based communications, with an eye to replacing some of the businesses they helped build.
The OEMs, as they are referred to in the industry, are the Dells and the Macs of the computer world that come with Norton Internet Security or a McAfee product pre-installed for a temporary time period.
The law essentially criminalizes anyone who gains unauthorized access to computer systems, and many private individuals have used the law to sue Internet companies like Yahoo, Amazon.com and DoubleClick for placing "cookies" on computer hard drives, Freeman said.
"The incidence and complexity of computer crime continues to increase rapidly as greater numbers of people develop proficiency in manipulating electronic data and navigating computer networks, and as worldwide access to the Internet continues to expand, " according to the budget document.
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