Technology is the fashion of the '90s. It affects everyone and everyone is interested in it - either from fear of being left behind or because they have a real need to use technology.

But I think technology advertising will have to stop addressing how products are made and concentrate more on what a product will do for the consumer.

Our technology is very scalable. Our software can accommodate enormous numbers of clients. It's a marvelous opportunity. We'll keep developing products.

For over 15 years through the clean coal programs of the Department of Energy the Federal Government has been a solid partner working jointly with private companies and the states to develop and demonstrate a new generation of environmentally clean technology using coal.

Accordingly it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while also providing for citizens' access to technology and opportunity for economic advancement.

We know that when it comes to technology and the economy if you're not constantly moving forward then - without a doubt - you're moving backwards.

As a matter of fact when compression technology came along we thought the future in 1996 was about voice. We got it wrong. It is about voice video and data and that is what we have today on these cell phones.

The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.

People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters today it is 4 000 meters.

So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs politics investment and technology.