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Simmonds breaks 200m world record
By admin on March 10, 2012 | No Comments
Ellie Simmonds becomes the first person to break a world record at London’s Aquatics Centre in the 200m individual medley.
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Allen eases to World Open triumphBy admin on March 5, 2012 | No Comments
Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen wins his first ranking title by beating Stephen Lee 10-1 at the World Open final in China.
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Scientists Create World’s Tiniest “Ear”By admin on January 16, 2012 | Comments Off
sciencehabit writes “If you’ve ever wondered what a virus sounds like, or what noise a bacterium makes when it moves between hosts, you may soon get your chance to find out. Scientists have created the world’s tiniest ear. The ‘nano-ear,’ a microscopic particle of gold trapped by a laser beam, can detect sound a million times fainter than the threshold for human hearing. Researchers suggest the work could open up a whole new field of ‘acoustic (more…)
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India Wins the Cricket World Cup After 28 yearsBy admin on April 4, 2011 | Comments Off
Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni’s stellar partnership paved the way for India to end its 28-year wait for a World Cup title even as Mahela Jayawardene’s century and Muttiah Muralitharan’s swansong ended in hurt and despair.. Read more news on world cup cricket 2011 from Yahoo! cricket.
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Canuckclysm: Canadian ISP Throttling World of WarcraftBy admin on March 30, 2011 | Comments Off
The Canadian ISP, Rogers Communications, admitted yesterday that it throttles games like World of Warcraft in its bid to maintain QoS for all customers. The issue came to light when a Rogers subscriber filed a complaint against the company in February. The author details why she believes Rogers is filtering WoW via deep packet inspection ,…
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Just Cause 3: Can it be the best open world game yet?By admin on February 28, 2011 | Comments Off
Just Cause is going to be one of those titles that get progressively better as they go. For those of you who have been playing since the first Just Cause, you will know exactly what I’m talking about. The changes that were made from first to second game are absolutely astonishing, yet there is still a lot of work to be done. It’s almost easy to assume that by the time we see Just Cause 3 hit store shelves; it will be the best release to date. (more…)
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Live – Cricket World CupBy admin on February 24, 2011 | Comments Off
Australia are set 207 to win after New Zealand are bowled out inside 46 overs, while Ireland take on Bangladesh in Mirpur.
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Pens Unveil World’s Largest Goalie MaskBy admin on January 21, 2011 | Comments Off
The Pittsburgh Penguins have unveiled the World’s Largest Goalie Mask on the main concourse near the First Niagara Club at CONSOL Energy Center.
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World’s Smallest Battery CreatedBy admin on December 12, 2010 | Comments Off
Zothecula writes “Because battery technology hasn’t developed as quickly as the electronic devices they power, a greater and greater percentage of the volume of these devices is taken up by the batteries needed to keep them running. Now a team of researchers working at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies has created the world’s smallest battery. ‘It consists of a bulk lithium cobalt cathode three millimeters long, an ionic liquid electrolyte, (more…)
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GlaxoSmithKline to Build World’s Largest Solar ArrayBy admin on November 15, 2010 | Comments Off
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, has plans to incorporate eco-friendly energy to meet their power needs.
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