Isn't that the most encouraging technology story of the year?
For those of you who have been patiently awaiting a commercially viable alternative to our economic dependence on oil, natural gas and coal, the past year has seen some very encouraging technology and business breakthroughs in the growth and development of a modern bio-based economy.
Subsidies for renewable energy will be rejigged in the hope of encouraging technologies, such as solar or wave power, that are not yet competitive.
At various times he spoke favorably about virtually every idea out there, including both bankrupting coal companies and encouraging technologies for "clean" coal.
Controlling students do also seem like an encouraging factor for using technology in teaching.
ONE might say it is an encouraging sign that public worry over technology has (for the most part) turned from fear of stagnation to fear of technological unemployment thanks to too-rapid change.
Intel cited bigger corporate spending on PCs and servers that use expensive chips — an encouraging sign for the semiconductor industry that shows technology budgets are being reinflated.
Yet some analysts said I.B.M.'s results, while an encouraging performance by the company, left lingering doubts about the outlook for technology spending.
And that's not an encouraging indicator of how interested shippers are in implementing e-commerce-friendly technology.
It's an encouraging sight.
