The software will be unveiled later this year and will address many of the frustrations voiced by users of Microsoft Windows, such as slow computer start-up times.

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The slow and steady roll up of smart grid start-up companies is still rolling along.

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President Bush has warned the Senate against "loading" up the bill because it would slow down the effort to jump-start the economy as soon as possible.

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As such, steady declines in start-up size, which stretch back more than a decade, could explain the slow labor market recovery following the previous recession in 2001, as well as today, according to Brian Headd, an economist at the SBA's Office of Advocacy.

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The very slow start of Windows 7 is the best sign that the window of opportunity for an additional ecosystem to ramp-up is closing fast.

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