In a static world these efficiencies would lead to job cuts, but with new technological developments and an aging population, it just means staff will be redeployed and more patients will be treated for conditions that were previously incurable or could only be partially treated.

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Given all of the criticism that the SEC has received over the past two years, including allegations that it was unnecessarily out of touch with developments in the markets, hopefully the establishment of these new committees will enable the agency to improve information flows.

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But with these software patents we really do seem to be in danger of entirely stalling new developments as a result of the protection we give to recent ones.

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Despite these developments, Papua New Guinea retains an aura of uncharted territory, with a decidedly nascent tourism infrastructure.

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We expect more developments over time with new SSD offerings as well as enterprise software and hardware taking advantage of these advances.

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