She had said on March 28 that technology stocks were "no longer undervalued," but in an interview yesterday she said that "to the extent that technology stocks have gone down in price suggests that they are a better value".
But even people who had previously defended the advances in trading technology said on Thursday that too many problems had been overlooked.
Henry Tang, Hong Kong's secretary of commerce, industry and technology, said on Friday that Hong Kong would abide by its commitments to the trade organization.
United States officials said on Monday that information technology held promise for creating economic opportunity as well as improving access to health care and education.
Qualcomm, which sells mobile phone chips and licenses wireless technology, said on Friday it had filed a lawsuit against Texas Instruments Inc. (nyse: QCOM – news – people) citing breach of a contract related to wireless standards signed in December 2000.
MICHAEL J. de la MERCED SELLING ASSETS United Technologies said on Thursday that it planned to sell about $3 billion in assets to help pay for the company's $16.5 billion takeover of the Goodrich Corporation.
Hewlett-Packard, the technology company, said on Tuesday that quarterly earnings rose 16 percent as the company benefited from expanded efforts to sell technology to businesses.
Israel Technology Acquisition said on Wednesday it has agreed to acquire IXI Mobile for about $42 million in stock.
"We don't comment on speculation," a Verizon spokeswoman said on Wednesday after the online technology site AllThingsD published an article on the talks with Intel.
Walter Mossberg, the technology writer, said on NPR, "Without him, we wouldn't have the personal computer" -- easily the most absurd statement I've heard in the past year.
It is often said that technology, on its own, is neither good nor bad merely a tool in the hands of a moral animal.
