He noted that many game files are several times larger than a typical high-definition movie, requiring customers to wait a long time before they can play a new game.

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If they constantly check and recheck all program files and commands to screen out cheaters, the game itself may run so slowly that it puts off everyone.

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Whether it's a family using faster connections to stay in touch through video calling, a student downloading large files on the go, a sports fan catching every second of the game, or a commuter maximizing travel time, LTE is making Canadians' lives better.

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After three months of building civilizations in the game world, rather than the world of fiction, he deleted his files and smashed his CD.

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The Florida retiree banks online, files taxes online, books travel online and views football games on his computer while watching another game on TV.

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Those folders were home to some 126 billion files that contain everything from personal data hosted by a social networking service, sales records, video game source code and even unencrypted backups of databases.

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Bank of New Zealand customers access online files by using a password, then selecting combinations from unique grids of numbers and letters that resemble the game Battleship.

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