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Technology & Multimedia | 20.06.2008
Is this the Playstation Phone?
Sick of playing half-baked games of Snake on your cell phone? So is Sony. The purveyors of everything Playstation recently pulled back the curtain on what might well be the Playstation Phone tech-savvy gamers-on-the-go have been clamoring for. Due out in September, the Sony Ericsson F305 is a pocket-sized slider phone sporting a slew of... more
Photography: Kodak introduces Olympics-themed M2008 digital camera
Where is the 3G iPhone?: O2 stops sales of iPhone in UK
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Internet | 10.07.2008
iPhone UK websites swamped before Friday launch
LONDON - Apple's new iPhone sold out online in Britain ahead of its Friday launch, defying general consumer gloom as the country's economy threatened to tip over into its first recession in more than a decade. Carrier O2 said on Tuesday its website had been unable to cope with demand, which peaked at 13,000 per second. It later said it had... more
Google Trends service: Google lets users measure the power of words
Find out why: Government to store emails?
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Movies – Music - Books | 20.06.2008
Coldplay climb Violet Hill to the top of the U.S. charts
Coldplay have scored their first ever U.S. number one single just two days after the release of their much-anticipated new album Viva La Vida. The rockers have ended Lil Wayne's five-week reign at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with their new song Violet Hill. But it's not all doom and gloom for the rapper - his Tha Carter III stormed to... more
Historians say: Eurovision song contest alive and kicking
Super Hero Charts: Indiana Jones tops hero poll
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Travel | 10.07.2008
Eight new natural wonders named
Eight new natural wonders, including the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico and what has been dubbed "the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean," have been added to the World Heritage List. World Heritage Sites are named by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The sites, both cultural and natural,... more
Space travel: First private space flight to ISS in 2011
Brooklyn Bridge: Waterfall art installation in New York City this summer
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Fashion & Lifestyle | 20.06.2008
Fashion moment with British designer Henry Holland
LONDON - British designer Henry Holland, who first made a splash in the fashion world with his cheeky slogan t-shirts, says London Fashion Week is becoming ever more business-savvy, while retaining its creative edge. Holland, 25, started his career as a style journalist for a teen magazine, but took a detour in design and now sells clothes... more
Places where people live longest: Secrets to a longer life
Workout in style!: Fashion that fits!
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Beauty & Health | 10.07.2008
Active lifestyle may prevent cancer
TOKYO - Physically active people are less likely than sedentary types to develop cancer, a research group led by the Japanese health ministry announced on Thursday. Men in the most active group of people surveyed had 13 percent less risk of developing cancer compared with the least active group, and women in the most active group had a 16... more
Economy & Finances | 20.06.2008
Energy bills could rise by as much as 40%
Significant increases in gas and electricity prices are "very likely" in the coming period, energy minister Malcolm Wicks said. Mr Wicks put the blame for domestic energy price hikes on massive increases in the cost of oil, gas and coal on global markets. His comments came after reports that unnamed industry sources believe household... more
Oil Market: Oil price passes $130 a barrel
Expensive apples & co.: Food prices up by 4.7% on last year
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Car & Traffic | 10.07.2008
Millions Face Road Tax Hike
Nearly nine million motorists will pay more road tax under the controversial changes to vehicle excise duty, it has emerged.The Government says the reforms - which will cost around 44% of drivers more money - are aimed at penalising the most polluting vehicles. A third of car drivers are likely to be better off. Official figures predict... more
Driver's strike: Tanker drivers picket Shell sites
Car industry: Fiat mulls low-cost car brand
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Sport & Fitness | 10.07.2008
Blatter: Ronaldo is a slave
FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes Cristiano Ronaldo should be allowed to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid and is a "modern slave". The Portugal winger is one of the hottest properties in the sport after a superb season at Old Trafford last term and speculation about a move to the Spanish side has dominated the summer's transfer... more
Euro 2008: Germany punish sloppy Portugal
Premier League: Foreigners 'hurting England'
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Miscellaneous | 20.06.2008
UK to give waterless washing machine a spin
LONDON - A washing machine using as little as a cup of water for each washing cycle could go on sale to environmentally conscious Britons next year. Xeros, which has been spun out of the University of Leeds to commercialise the technology, said on Monday the new machines would use less than 2 percent of the water and energy of a conventional... more
