| Top 10 Tech Stories Reveal Fast-Changing Landscape |
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2003 got off to a rocky start for the tech industry. Fear of SARS chilled manufacturing in Asia. The imminent war in Iraq left investors and tech executives jittery. And businesses kept purse strings tight, putting off big tech projects.
But the picture brightened as the year wore on.
Tech spending picked up — among consumers and businesses — fueling stock market gains. By year-end, investors were mulling a new era of tech initial public offerings, with Google.com Inc. taking center stage.
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