1.   And earlier this month, the dot-com turmoil that began when investors began spurning virtual retailers spilled over to the technology consultants that helped create the new marketplace.

2.   And the technology itself is still evolving, said Susan Obijiski, an analyst with the Gartner Group, technology consultants in Stamford, Conn.

3.   And this week, share prices of big technology consultants like Scient Corp. and Viant Corp. fell on concerns that a Web shakeout will hurt their revenue.

4.   As for traditional retailers selling on the Web, they appear to be relaxing now that they have stifled many of their online enemies, according to technology consultants.

5.   Boord loves to hate Daou Systems Inc., a San Diego-based information technology consultant to health care companies.

6.   A retired technology consultant, he cooked for the crew members, made them laugh and helped with design and engineering problems.

7.   A technology consultant complained jury duty would hurt his business, making him incapable of giving the defendants a fair trial.

8.   A technology consultant has devised an eight-speed auto transmission with no extra gears for greater fuel economy.

9.   A third friend, Chad Carter, who played the chief technology consultant, works as a programmer for Comvision.com, a Web design firm.

10.   But being a technology consultant with her own company, Business Solution Providers Inc., it was natural to her to check out Web sites in her spare moments.