I found this link online that listed some of the top Canadian startups. It’s always good to see some risk-taking entrepreneurs out there. The blog has the details but check each one yourself:

1. ThoughtFarmer
2. Status.net
3. Shopify
4. Geotoko
5. HootSuite
6. Well.ca
7. Freshbooks
8. CommunityLend
9. Mobio
10. Mobify

In Vista, bootup is configured to only use one core. If you have a dual core (or more) machine, you can change it to take advantage of multiple cores:

• Go to the start menu find msconfig,
• click on boot tab
• click on advanced options
• number of processors select the number of cores
• when you exit msconfig it will prompt you to use selective startup if you haven’t used it before, confirm this.

I’ve tried it and it doesn’t seem to make that much of a difference. Comment back if you find a different experience.