1.   Information is held temporarily in electronic circuits and is lost whenever the computer is turned off.

2.   They exist only whilst the computer is turned on and the word-processing program is active.

3.   On most computers like the BBC Micro, you can escape from such a loop by pressing far less thanBREAKgreater than or turning the computer off.

4.   And if you turn your computer off, you miss things, since the Newscatcher itself stores no information and items are rarely rebroadcast.

5.   And mistakes can turn your computer into a simpering idiot.

6.   Another neat application on display at the Apple Pavilion was telephony software and hardware that can turn your computer into a telephone and answering machine.

7.   Because the leading edge of technology turns computers that once were king of the hill into less-desirable models, there are real bargains in used computers.

8.   Both companies are racing to develop high-capacity recording materials that do not lose data when a computer is turned off.

9.   A minority of parents and educators would rather not have computers turned on at all in primary schools.

10.   A scanner like the PaperPort can turn any computer with a fax-modem and laser printer into a full-fledged home-office suite.