1.   Aside from PCs, they will develop semiconductors, consumer electronic appliances and entertainment software, he said.

2.   But he argues that fuzzy logic is a mere marketing gimmick in relatively simple consumer appliances such as refrigerators.

3.   Ditzel said on Friday that Torvalds had led an effort to modify Linux to run without a hard disk to make it usable by inexpensive consumer appliances.

4.   Increasingly, makers of consumer appliances are merging to remain competitive because most Americans have all of the microwave ovens and dishwashers they need.

5.   Initially she cooks in small batches, testing in her New Hope, Pa., home kitchen, using typical consumer appliances.

6.   It cut its full-year pretax forecast yesterday by more than a third, citing falling sales of consumer appliances in Japan.

7.   It cut its full-year pretax forecast yesterday by more than a third because of falling sales of consumer appliances in Japan.

8.   Kahn has focused Starfish on technologies that permit users of computers and consumer appliances to easily synchronize information like electronic calendars and datebooks.

9.   Microwaves, dishwashers, clothes driers and other consumer appliances are far more abundant than in the past.

10.   Microwaves, dishwashers, clothes dryers and other consumer appliances are far more abundant.