The Wii also represents no significant gain in processing power over its predecessor, another first for a console-war top-seller, said Daglow.

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Employees are accustomed to personal clouds that provide easy access to information over multiple devices and IT has embraced cloud services to gain cheaper storage and processing power.

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Intel controls 80% of the central processing unit chips that go into personal computers, but it has yet to gain traction among handheld devices.

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In an effort to gain competitive advantage, travel companies are creating new promotions and consumer value features such as eliminating processing fees, waiving cancellation and change fees, etc.

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