To drum up a few tech investing ideas, shown in the accompanying table, we began with a focus on these tech segments: computer hardware, semiconductors, software and electronic equipment.
Later, over gradually lengthening segments, the computer system will begin issuing commands to the train operator about speed and travel distances, but the operator will still apply the throttle.
One of the main improvements was the development of a "hierarchical pointing device" which essentially segments the computer screen into ever smaller quadrants until the item the user wants to click on is targeted by in one of the quadrants.
Professional gaming is divided between two distinct segments: personal-computer gaming and console gaming, which is played principally on the Xbox 360.
The chip maker Texas Instruments posted better-than-expected third quarter results on Monday, citing strong demand across all business segments including computers, phones and cars.
Yet animation was only a minor segment of the computer division at Lucasfilm; a more sizable chunk was devoted to hardware — actual computers, including the Pixar Imaging Computer, an unlovely gray block that might, it was hoped, be of use in medical research.
Operating profit for the computer segment rose to $628 million, from $414 million in the year-earlier quarter.
"I think the company has to be able to reprove its ability to exploit opportunities in the computer segment of its business," Mr. Elling said.
The problem in this segment of the computer business, as in the field at large, is not only invisibility but also information as electricity.
6) The summer blockbuster not at a screen near you any time soon Unless you count this one-minute segment on your computer screen.
In company news, Hewlett-Packard stock was up 0.6 percent after Jefferies downgraded the stock to "underperform," expecting continued problems in the company's personal computer segment.
