Lawyers need to understand how to use computer technology to gather information from multiple databases, to manage case files and even to bill their hours.

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But I believe that the balance is tilted firmly in favour of the greater use of computer technology, and that the benefits to come from it will help us all.

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Rosetta brings two technologies to bear on sluggish drug development: chips that have been covered with a series of genes using what is essentially a modified inkjet printing process, and powerful computer algorithms that use pattern recognition technology to show how whole sets of genes are being turned on and off.

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It will also likely use technology to develop highly sophisticated computer modeling to estimate the total taxes we ought to pay.

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The wireless scanner will use Bluetooth technology and will be linked to a computer onboard an ambulance.

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Meanwhile, a firm like Microsoft, which grew up in the computer industry, can use the same fusion of technology to enter the consumer-electronics market with a PC which looks like a games machine.

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Women perceive and use technology differently from men, according to a white paper by three computer science faculty members at Carnegie Mellon, in which 29 male and 20 female computer science students were interviewed.

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Professional graphics card growth will be aided by increased adoption of computer-aided design technology in various industries and easier-to-use 3D graphics software and applications.

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Biometric technology is even available for use at home in the form of inexpensive computer login products, according to Paul Collier of biometrics leader Identix.

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