41.   Digital technologies are becoming more affordable.

42.   Encryption technology has become a big battleground in the evolution of electronic commerce and the Internet.

43.   Enabling technology becomes disabling technology.

44.   For men, technology has clearly become cool faster.

45.   From such humble beginnings, auto-dialing technology has become a powerful, if little noticed, force in American politics.

46.   Hostile acquisitions are rare in Silicon Valley because technology rapidly becomes obsolete and the real assets of the acquired company, the engineers, can walk out the door.

47.   If the technology becomes more widespread, online consumers may soon experience an unprecedented level of service and, some might say, an unprecedented level of intrusion.

48.   In addition, as technology has become cheaper, companies have been able to develop more elaborate toys for less money.

49.   In Texas, as in much of the country, technology has become an increasingly important part of the economy.

50.   In that period, he and others said, the technology will have become obsolete.