Professional computer-gaming in the West has been around for several years, with outfits like the Electronic Sports League in Europe and Major League Gaming in America.

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D. who had spent most of his professional life designing computer software, he was hardly the type expected to succeed in the world of gangsters.

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The new specification delivers the fast speed needed to capture a series of high-resolution photos and transfer them quickly to a computer, particularly important to professional photographers whose workflows demand the utmost efficiency.

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"It seems like the trend all over nowadays is declining rates, " says Milt Cloud, a retired computer professional in Urbana, Ill.

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