gaining momentum

For the first time in five years Mininova is about to disappear from the top 10 of most visited torrent sites.

This exit is due to a traffic drop that resulted from the removal of most of the site’s torrents following a lost court battle.

Newcomer KickassTorrents is still gaining momentum and has already surpassed Mininova in terms of traffic.

Tech Source From Bohol: "I can say that Linux on netbook is gaining momentum right now contrary to what others believe.

Just take a look at the growing number of Linux distributions that are optimized for netbooks so that you will know what I mean."

LinuxInsider: "It worked for software, so why not science? The open source science movement has been gaining momentum, and it's shaping the future of scientific research and discovery."

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Linux.com: "As an overall software category, office suites are really on a roll. Who can argue with their convenience?

Commercially oriented office suites like StarOffice and IBM Lotus Symphony are gaining momentum these days, as are Web-based offerings like Google Docs and Zoho Office."

Despite the fact that Apple and the iPhone application store are under investigation for banning Google Voice, developers are still churning out iPhone apps at a rapid pace.

LXer: "Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Linux community continues its forward march and is gaining momentum every year.

Each year brings a new group of speakers and generates more excitement—2009 will be no exception! The seventh annual Ohio LinuxFest will be on September 25-26, 2009 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, in downtown Columbus, Ohio."