Micheal Jackson’s death has come as a shocker to all his fans the world over. He died in New York due to a cardiac arrest on thusday at the age of 50. The news was so shocking for the fans that the internet could also not bear the sudden swarming of fans on various news sites and social networking sites and the traffic got heated up causing a slow down and constant crashing.

It turns out many of the Internet’s top news sites fared better at handling the glut of traffic following the death of singer Michael Jackson than previously thought.

Keynote Systems, a company that tracks site performance, said Friday that it erred in measuring performance for news sites and issued incorrect information Thursday evening.

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As corporates gear up to pare costs, some companies stand to benefit. Cartridge World, the world’s largest retailer of printer cartridge refilling service, has seen the share of corporate clients in its net business double to nearly 40-50 per cent from 20 per cent around nine months back. “Cost conscious corporates that are looking at bringing down overheads are now switching to re-filled printer and toner cartridges that offer a 40-70 per cent cost saving,” said Neveen Rakhecha, chief operating officer(South Asia), Cartridge World.

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