Skyhook-enabled Motorola smartphones, which will begin shipping later this year, will have the ability to better support a new wave of location-aware applications by leveraging Skyhook's precise, reliable, and fast-performing location engine.

ENGADGET: Motorola gives Google the boot, turns to Skyhook for location services

Sports fans can turn on a high-price, low-performing player fast. (Is Tim Tebow still around?) Arts fans are somewhat more forgiving until an artist acquires money and fame.

WSJ: Culture City: Sports Fans Raise Their Voices

The rats that received the high voltage fast-frying shock were much slower at performing the task.

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Samsung's 2GB LPDDR3 Mobile DRAM Chip is an extremely fast performing memory solution for high-end smartphones, tablets, and other mobile applications.

ENGADGET: Samsung bringing 85-inch ultra high definition TV to CES HD

Qantas has laid off thousands of workers, shed poorly performing routes and expanded into fast-growing Asian markets in recent times.

WSJ: Qantas Sees Boost From Easing Price War

Businesses and commercial premises: More applications to build commercial and housing developments will be fast-tracked, with developers allowed to bypass local councils if town hall planning departments are believed to be performing poorly.

BBC: Q&A: Housing and planning shake-up