BOLT By Name and BOLT by Nature "Didn't Even Try": Comparisons to Ben Johnson...

Jamaica's Usain Bolt's astonishing 9.69 second world record, in the Olympics "King of Sports", the Men's 100 metres, which smashed the record set by...Usain Bolt, was not even an effort for the new world sprint...

Gmail Reveals the Names of All Users

Didn't Google used to say things like "Don't be evil"? Perhaps, now, the more appropriate recommendation would be: just don't make it easy for the rest of the world to use your technology and software to be...

Ravers lose sight at Russian laser show

Wow, quite a story. Apparently these lasers were supposed to shoot into the sky, but because it was raining the set up tents and had the lasers reflect off them instead. The lasers were too powerful to be doing this,...

Frenzied demand for Apple's new 3G iPhone in the UK

I was going to switch to the iPhone but I got a shock when I saw the price of the  packages on offer here in the Republic of Ireland, especially as the Data bundle is limited to 1G:It will be available in an 8GB...

Number of new houses being built plummets nearly 60%

UK: Until mortgages become more affordable and available there will be less houses being built even with the Governments target of 2m new homes by 2016. Thousands of builders are being laid off as the housing slump starts to bite in earnest..."The number of new houses being...

Japan concerned at geographical names becoming Chinese trademarks

" TOKYO — Japan has decided to step up its efforts to protect Japanese place names, such as Kyoto and Hiroshima, from being registered as trademarks in China, government officials said Wednesday. As the Chinese and Japanese languages share many kanji characters, an...

Saints vs Chargers in London Oct 26 Sellout

"NewOrleansSaints.com, NewOrleansSaints.comThursday, May 29, 2008 - 12:33 PMLONDON -- The first 40,000 tickets made available for the NFL’s second overseas regular-season game on October 26 at Wembley Stadium in...

North Carolina Voting info: Who Can Vote? (R),( D), or( I)

Check back tonight start time  3-4 pm for Politisite Exit Polls, Real Time Election Results, Breaking News & Commentary from North Carolina & Indiana"WILMINGTON -- Here are answers to questions you may...

At INDY, "Rookies" Get Their Day In The Sun :: The EDJE

"Mario discusses strategy with team member after the #96 Visit Mexico City/PCM Dallara has the updated wishbone parts installed. Mario and the rest of the PCM team feel upbeat about being able to get out onto the...

Bill that would ban registered sex offenders as ice-cream truck vendors stalled

"An Inland lawmaker's bill to prohibit sex offenders from operating ice-cream trucks is in doubt after a contentious committee hearing Tuesday.The bill by Assemblyman Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley, was inspired by the July 2007 discovery of a sex offender driving an ice-cream...

Clinton's offended Pa. voter - not

"Barack Obama can take some solace out of Hillary Clinton’s new television ad in Pennsylvania. At least one of her supporters featured in the spot hammering Obama for his small town comments isn’t registered to vote in Pennsylvania."

Obama knocks out Clinton by double digits in Oregon

Obama knocks out Clinton by Double Digits in OregonPolitisite: Every Angle and Side, We get it RightIn Oregon, Obama is 10 points above Clinton with  6 Weeks to Primary:The Primary will be held May 20, 2008Here...

Making Dough: pizza.com Sells for $2.6 Million

This isn't really cybersquatting, since Chris Clark wasn't sitting on anyone's name... just a common noun. While the commenters on the article below quibble over math, We'll get to the gist of the story: this guy...

Cuba Gets Cell Phones.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly Castro's brother is taking minute baby steps in  allowing certain  Freedoms such as Cell Phones, most Cubans can ill afford, choosing food over cell...

Bejing Football Club Wins Chinese Domain Name Dispute

In a recent court decision, the The Beijing First Intermediate People′s Court stated that a Beijing Football Club, Juventus (Juventus), had the right to use the domain name “juventus.com.cn” over Nanjing Yixun Technology Co Ltd who was using that domain. Nanjing...

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