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Technology the new engine of central Canada

Ilya Grigorik, a skinny 25-year-old computer engineer, represents the future for Ontario. With a passion for blogging and $3-million in seed capital, he launched AideRSS, a Waterloo-based software company that helps people surf online content in an efficient manner. His software, PostRank, works by filtering items according to individual tastes or by popularity — how many hits, clicks, stumbles, tumbles or tweets the item generates.