But Canon is hardly the only firm to shift from assembly-line to small production cells.

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"The potential impact is no smaller than the shift from fixed-line phones to mobile phones, " he said.

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This is ultimately a non-problem with the continual decline in the costs of smartphones, bandwidth, and Cloud-centric analytics, and the ever-deeper cultural shift in consumer comfort and the daily use of on-line services.

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And the polls found no significant shift on the bottom-line question: Which candidate do you plan to vote for?

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As dunes build up absent a storm to knock them down they shift closer to the high-tide line, and nesting space shrinks.

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Bottom line: A successful card counting system--and there are many--will shift the odds in the player's favor.

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The line makes a kilometre of paper every minute, runs non-stop and requires only 14 workers per shift.

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