1.   Are these then the digital equivalent of picture disks, those old LPs that had color pictures on the surface?

2.   A stored-value card, he explained, could be encoded with the digital equivalents of game tickets and cash.

3.   According to Shiva, EchoMail is the digital equivalent of an oil refinery.

4.   But the digital equivalents of names and handshakes are now subjects of fierce debate, international negotiations and accusations of corporate skulduggery.

5.   Call it the digital copyright equivalent of having your cake but not being able to eat it.

6.   Cybercriminals leave the digital equivalent of fingerprints, but investigators need to move quickly to uncover them.

7.   Does that mean that coming soon to a computer near you is the digital equivalent of the checkout-counter tchotchke?

8.   Everyone, just try to get along without using nasty words or their digital equivalent.

9.   For audio CDs, that usually results in a kind of sonic hiccup, the digital equivalent of a skip on a vinyl record.

10.   For the consumer, the result is the digital equivalent of the run-around.