81.   The Chinese company then spent the next decade struggling under the debt it took on for the purchase and technology quickly became obsolete.

82.   The competition has driven many companies to introduce new models as soon as new technology becomes available.

83.   The new backing for Sirf, a relatively unknown company, is the strongest signal to date that GPS technology will increasingly become part of everyday life.

84.   The more sophisticated information technology becomes, the less accessible it becomes in the future.

85.   The problem, analysts said, is one faced by many industries when a new technology becomes available.

86.   The resulting anticopying technology would then become mandatory for any company in the world wishing to sell its electronic gear in the US market.

87.   The rapidity of technological advances has made careers in the blink of an eye, and destroyed them just as quickly, once the technology has become obsolete.

88.   The technology is becoming more important amid an increase in electronic commerce on the Internet.

89.   The technology is becoming more important as consumers seek higher-quality multimedia and graphics for their computers.

90.   The technology has become important as producers seek lower-cost alternatives to drilling new wells from the surface.