91.   The last time Wal-Mart redesigned its site, it worked with consultant Cambridge Technology Partners Inc. and several other technology firms.

92.   The local ad industry has been hit especially hard by the demise of dot-com advertising and sharply reduced ad budgets at mainstream technology firms.

93.   The next year, he founded the technology firm Ultrastar and his own Internet service provider-cum-fan club, Bowienet.

94.   The Nasdaq Composite index, which has a much higher concentration of technology firms, dropped even further.

95.   The panel represents banks, credit card companies, technology firms, police associations and nonprofit groups.

96.   The rising use of stock options predates the Internet, but the remarkable success of technology firms over the last five years has helped to rapidly accelerate the trend.

97.   The school is also offering a wider array of entrepreneurial courses for the increasing number of students interested in founding their own technology firms.

98.   The school also could make Kansas City a better draw for new technology firms.

99.   The report underscores how times have changed for once high-flying technology firms.

100.   The steady but unspectacular earnings growth insurers deliver paled next to the explosive growth promised by technology firms.