SPARC, made for Sun by Texas Instruments, is always going to be far dearer than any high-volume chip from Intel.

ECONOMIST: Sun Microsystems

Game players tend to be early adapters of any new technology, from specialized high-speed graphics chip sets to surround-sound computer speakers, that promises a more complete immersion in the virtual world.

FORBES: Desktop fingerprints

All that will weigh heavily on the bourse, and, current bargains aside, no one expects the blue-chip Hang Seng Index to recover its August record closing high of 16, 673 any time soon.

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