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Calvin Harris knocks Michael Jackson off top spot in UK Album Chart :-(
Monday, August 24, 2009
On July 5 2009, Michael Jackson's 2005 compilation album The Essential went to number 1 in the UK Album Chart, following a sudden rise in his record sales after his death.
Calvin Harris went to number 1 in the UK Album Chart, ending a seven week string for Michael...
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"Michael Jackson's death was due to sedative overdose"
According to The Times, Michael Jackson was the victim of a homicide. The Los Angeles County Coroner has concluded Jackson died from a lethal overdose of sedatives. It has been revealed that Jackson was probably killed by an overdose of propofol. His doctor, Conrad Murray, is under investigation...
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Current Events
Why South Africa aren't really challenging Australia for No. 1 yet
Maybe Australia aren't the far-off-in-the-distance, dominant team in world cricket they used to be but they still aren't about to give up the No. 1 ranking in a hurry - certainly not to South Africa.
There are a few chinks starting to show in the Australian armour - the struggling Matthew...
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Nadal and Federer to play at Qatar Open
Doha, Qatar — Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will open the 2009 ATP season by playing at the Qatar Open.
Qatar tennis federation president Nasser al-Kholiafi says Andy Murray and Andy Roddick will also take part in the hard-court tournament, which begins Jan. 5.
The tournament in...
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Tech Q and A: What Routers Can and Can't Do
By A Tech Expert in FoxNews
Asked my Canadian-born wife if they had an equivalent to the 4th of July in Canada.
When she told me that they didn't, I asked her, "What do they put between the 3rd and the 5th?"
Anyway, to all my friends north of the 49th parallel (including a bunch of fellow Nerds!),...
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Beckham and his Wife enjoy a posh introduction in Milan
Milan, Italy — David Beckham insists this has everything to do with soccer and nothing to do with fashion and celebrity.
The 33-year-old midfielder also acknowledged on Saturday that playing for AC Milan on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy is a gamble.
Beckham, a former star for...
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Study: Many Dial-Up Users Don't Want Broadband
Study: Many Dial-Up Users Don't Want Broadband
New study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access.
The findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project challenge the argument that broadband...
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'World of Warcraft' Gets Kids Interested in School
It's not unusual for video game players to speak of a routine that involves ordering pizza, getting a sugar jolt, and then playing "World of Warcraft" for hours.
But the person talking in this case is Constance Steinkuehler, an educational researcher who organized an afterschool group for...
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The Week in Games
With more than 77 million units sold worldwide, Nintendo's handheld DS is by far the most popular video-game machine out there. But Sony's PlayStation Portable, while lingering far back with 41 million total sales, has been outpacing the DS in Japan recently.
Nintendo's defense? A new model...
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Sony, Microsoft Go Head-to-Head With Competing Virtual Worlds
Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year.
Both companies announced their services, which use graphic images that represent players called "avatars," Thursday at the Tokyo Game Show.
Sony Corp.'s twice delayed online...
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Manchester United to Meet Inter Milan
Manchester United will continue its defense of the Champions League title against Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan after the teams were drawn to meet in the next round on Friday.
Mourinho, who tussled regularly with United during a three-year stint with Chelsea and won the 2004 title with FC Porto, will...
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Wii-Controlled Robots made for Combat
The Wiimote is equipped with buttons, an infrared beam and accelerometers. A player can point it at the television screen to aim and fire at objects like a gun, or swing it to play games like virtual tennis.
For kids, a new way to control virtual characters is all fun and games. For...
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World's Most Expensive Perfumes
"The word 'perfume' comes from the Latin per fume 'through smoke'. One of the oldest uses of perfumes was in the form the burning of incense and aromatic herbs used in religious services, often the aromatic gums, frankincense and myrrh, gathered from trees.
The Egyptians were the first clan to use...
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Google's Android Phone
T-Mobile and Google announced the first-ever handset with Google's new Android operating system.
Called the T-Mobile G1, it has both full touch-screen functionality, a QWERTY keyboard, a trackball for one-handed navigation, plus access to mobile Web applications like Google Maps Street View, Gmail,...
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World's Fastest Cars
Neighbours envy, owner's pride'. Nothing can express it better when you speak of these cars.
Most of us can only dream of owning one of these speed monsters. And you will be forgiven if you in one of yours sinister dreams harbour thoughts of stealing one of these and go for...
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McLaren F1
0-60mph in 3.2 secs
240 mph
The McLaren F1 was formerly the fastest street legal production car in the world, holding this record from 1994 to 2005, the longest period the record has been held for any car in this category.
It is a custom-built 6.1 L (6064 cc) 60-degree V15 based on BMW's...
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Genius Boy - Amazing IQ
A year ago a footage emerged from a remote village in India. The video showed a young girl receiving surgery to separate her fingers, which were badly burned and fused together. Why did this operation make headlines around the world? The surgery was performed by a 7-year-old boy named Akrit Jaswal....
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More News
Microsoft Files Patent for Robot Chat-Room Monitors [Rated 4 Stars]
The problem with the Internet, as we all know, is that it gives free rein to loonies.
Once upon a time, green inkers would rant away on writing paper, seal their 30-page global conspiracy theory into a recycled envelope and mail it to a newspaper, which would drop it harmlessly into a...
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China's Censorship of New York Times Online [Rated 2 Stars]
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China has blocked access to the New York Times Web site, the newspaper said Saturday, days after the central government defended its right to censor online content it deems illegal.
Computer users who logged on in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou received a message that the site was not available...
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US Presidential Election
What has happened so far...
21/07/2008 20:14
Ok, so as you know there are nations or countries in the world. There are also elections in all the nations of...
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The Olympics 2008
The Olympic Games
19/07/2008 10:32
The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event. There are two types of Olympic Games, the Summer and Winter Games. The...
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China is in the lead with 30 gold medals while the USA is in a distant second. Looks like China's hard training has paid off. China's huge fan support also has helped them. Last time, I remember how the battle for the gold medals ended - it was so tight with both the USA and China getting over 50 gold medals. USA won it with a couple of gold medals more than China. Even though Micheal Phelps has won the USA 8 gold medal (a record) other USA athletes have missed the gold by a very small margin. USA athletes did not win any medal in the men's running races. Jamaican Hussain Bolt has won the 100 metres race and he is celebrated as the fastest man on Earth. He beat the world famous record of Asafa Powell by a huge margin. H. Bolt's performance was a super 9.69 seconds.
