1.   Now imagine the information in that book has been stored in computer bits, instead of being printed on paper.

2.   A small company in Pelham, N.Y., has patented a scanning device that makes faxed documents private by first encoding them in computer bits.

3.   Columns A small company in Pelham, N.Y., has patented a scanning device that makes faxed documents private by first encoding them in computer bits.

4.   Software using a common encryption algorithm -- a formula for rendering letters into computer bits -- turns the words into dots and then compresses the data.

5.   The new foundation rests on computer bits, bytes and biotech.

6.   The researchers say that while a classical computer bit can be either black or white, a qubit could simultaneously take on all of the colors of the spectrum.