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9 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words or word combinations.
1 IBM is going to ____ technologies that share the basic biological abilities of
living organisms.
2 Senior researchers at the company said that computers and networks can’t
___ and heal themselves.
3 To back the initiative the company has developed its own ____ program.
4 If digital technologies were being developed at the same rate, soon there
would not be enough people to keep the world's ____ running.
5 Future networks should ____ the autonomic nervous system in
maintenance and ____ many basic functions without conscious help.
6 At the end of the project a series of software standards could be developed
to build ____ or hardware with some biological properties.
10 Match words and expressions (1 - 10) to their definitions (A - J).
1 global market
2 next generation
3 download videos
4 put back the launch
5 blames delays
6 industry-wide standards
7 advanced
8 built in
9 analysts
10 a competitive advantage
A as part of the equipment
B business experts
C a better commercial position
D start the sales of it later than planned
E says it has been caused by lateness
F agreed ways of making the same
product
G improved
H world sales
I newest version
J receive e.g. movies and television
programs
11 Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions from the list below.
next generation, blames delays, global market, put back the launch,
download videos, industry-wide standards, advanced, a competitive
advantage, built in, analysts,
SONY PLAYSTATION DELAY
The Japanese electronics group, Sony, is delaying
the launch of its computer games machine, the
Playstation 3, by six months. Sony blames technical
problems, but analysts say the delay could be bad for
the company.
The Playstation 3 is hugely important for the future of
Sony, which has a seventy percent of the multi-billion
dollar 1) ____ for computer games consoles. The 2)
____ of Playstation will do more than play games. It
will also be able to show DVDs and 3) ____ from the internet.
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