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View Article  Bittorrent users account for one-third of all Internet traffic
Wow. Here's an incredible info-nugget: "According to British Web analysis firm CacheLogic, BitTorrent accounts for 35 percent of all the traffic on the Internet - more than all other peer-to-peer programs combined - and dwarfs mainstream traffic like Web pages. BitTorrent is rapidly emerging as the preferred means of ...   more »
View Article  Dell leads Canadian market; shipments crack 1 million units for quarter, says IDC
For the first time ever, more than one million portable, desktop and server computers were shipped into the Canadian market in a single quarter, according to market researcher International Data Corp. Canada Ltd. of Toronto.
IDC said yesterday that the Canadian computer market continued its streak of five consecutive quarters ...   more »
View Article  Frank Clegg to step aside at Microsoft Canada
Frank Clegg, (left) a long-time leader at Microsoft Corp.'s Canadian subsidiary, will step down from his job at the end of January.
Mr. Clegg, 50, will take a six-month sabbatical from Microsoft Canada Co. of Mississauga. He said he, his wife Davida, and their two daughters plan to travel ...   more »
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