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Venus eyes ultimate prize of more Olympic gold

Venus Williams of the U.S. holds her trophy after defeating her sister Serena in their finals match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 5, 2008. Venus Williams of the U.S. holds her trophy after defeating her sister Serena in their finals match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 5, 2008. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)

Lenovo sponsors Olympic blogging programme

Personal computer maker Lenovo, a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Torch Relay, has provided notebook PCs and video cameras to more than 100 athletes from more than 25 countries who signed up to participate in the “Voices of the Olympic Games� blogging programme. South African athletes blogging about their Olympic experiences from Beijing are Riaan Schoeman (swimming) and Sanani Mangisa (field hockey).

Olympians in Lenovo Blogger Program Open a Channel to Fans Worldwide, Changing the...

Olympians in Lenovo Blogger Program Open a Channel to Fans Worldwide, Changing the Olympic Games Experience BEIJING--(Business Wire)-- Olympic athletes taking part in the Lenovo "Voices of the Olympic Games" blogging program have found that blogging creates deeper connections with fans worldwide - many they did not even know existed. Lenovo is offering a blogging program and website for athletes participating in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The program builds on a historic shift in the Olympic movement, because these are the first Olympic Games where athletes are blogging during the competition time period itself. Some of the leading bloggers among the more than 100 athletes in the program agree that blogs are a way to provide insight into the minds of athletes as they train and compete - an inside look into their lives, behavior and t

Hackers resort to 'sick' kidnap spam

How bad was 2007 for breaches, vulnerabilities and similar mayhem? On the bright side, it was better than 2008 is forecast to be. With more of every sort of meltdown predicted -- more criminalization of the hacker community, more Web-application attacks, more phishing, more spamming, more zero-day attacks and more virtualization-related threats -- we're happy to tell you that you are likely to look back on 2007 as the peaceful old days.

News anchor admits to hacking, leaking e-mail's content

How bad was 2007 for breaches, vulnerabilities and similar mayhem? On the bright side, it was better than 2008 is forecast to be. With more of every sort of meltdown predicted -- more criminalization of the hacker community, more Web-application attacks, more phishing, more spamming, more zero-day attacks and more virtualization-related threats -- we're happy to tell you that you are likely to look back on 2007 as the peaceful old days.

Olympic Gold not all gold

Beijing, Aug 18 (DPA) The gold medals awarded at the Beijing Olympics are mostly made of silver. Each medal contains only six percent pure gold, committe secretary-general Wang Wei said. The rest is silver, he added.

In-Game Gold Farming a $500M Industry

SpuriousLogic brings us this excerpt from a BBC report: "Prof. Heeks said very accurate figures for the size of the gold farming sector were hard to come by, but his work suggested that in 2008 it employs 400,000 people who earn an average of $145 (£77) per month creating a global market worth about $500m. ... Already, he said, gold farming was comparable in size to India's outsourcing industry. 'The Indian software employment figure probably crossed the 400,000 mark in 2004 and is now closer to 900,000,' said Prof Heeks. 'Nonetheless, the two are still comparable in employment size, yet not at all in terms of profile.' Prof Heeks suspects gold-farming might be an early example of the 'virtual offshoring' likely to become more prevalent as people spend more time working and playing in cyberspace.

Google Finance to add more data to fight Yahoo, AOL

Google plans to expand its finance Web site by adding more historical data and company filings as it tries to gain ground on more-popular services from Yahoo and AOL. The company will also seek to improve its 2-year-old finance site by offering real-time stock prices from the New York Stock Exchange on a permanent basis after a four-month pilot started this week, said R.J. Pittman, director of product management. Google's finance pages had 2.07 million U.S. visitors last month, ranking 13th on researcher ComScore's list of top financial sites. The company plans to use its search technology to help users find data more efficiently, rather than adding editorial content to lure more users, Pittman said. Adding features such as up-to-the-minute stock quotes will help Google lure more visitors that may then visit the company's other sites, sai

Olympic Gold Medalist Would Like to Thank the Wii

That Nintendo Wii, what will it think up next? It's made us smarter and fitter and stronger and just so much better. Oh, and have you heard? Now it's creating OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS. Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima just took the gold in the 100-meter breaststroke, and instead of thanking God or his trainers in typical fashion, he gave another performance enhancer a shout-out:

Off the Press Bus Blog

"I was standing with my sign 'Student needs tickets' [outside an Olympic venue]" he says, "and I was tired so I put my tie filled with Olympic pins down and people started to walk up to look at it. It generated a large crowd. So, then I threw out more of my pins. Two girl Olympic volunteers came up to me saying, 'Excuse me you can’t sell pins.’ Then a big man came up and yelled angrily ‘No, you can’t do it [sell pins].'" And so goes a day in the life of Olympic pin trader Nick. Read more...

Consumers Using TV, Web More Than Ever

NEW YORK More media may be vying for the consumer's attention, but contrary to conventional wisdom, they're watching more TV than ever before, according to Nielsen data released Tuesday (July 8). Consumers are also watching more time-shifted TV and using the Internet more.

Cricket eyes Twenty20 for 2020 Olympics

BEIJING (Agencies): As players from around the world backed former Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist's call for Twenty20 cricket to become an Olympic sport, officials said it would take another 12 years at least for it to get on the Games roster. But a spokesman for the International Cricket Council, the global governing body, said that if cricket decided it was intent on pursuing Olympic ambitions, then Cricket was part of the Olympics just once, in 1900, but last year it was again recognised as an Olympic sport -- the first step towards full admission. Gilchrist, in his column for Indian daily the Deccan Chronicle, said Monday: "It doesn't matter where the 2020 Olympic Games are held but many of us who've experienced international Twenty20 cricket and the IPL (Indian Premier League) are convinced that cricket should bid to become a

Beyond jewelry - nanotechnology engineers new uses for gold

(Nanowerk News) The glitter of gold may hold more than just beauty, or so says a team of MIT nanotechnology researchers that is working on ways to use tiny gold rods to fight cancer, deliver drugs and more.

Floating Cities On Venus

Geoffrey.landis writes "Some of you may have heard me talk about colonizing Venus. Well, for those who haven't, Universe Today is running story about floating cities on Venus. It's a reasonable alternative for space colonies — after all, the atmosphere of Venus (at about 50 km) is the most Earth-like environment in the solar system (other than Earth, of course). '50 km above the surface, Venus has air pressure of approximately 1 bar and temperatures in the 0C-50C range, a quite comfortable environment for humans. Humans wouldn't require pressurized suits when outside, but it wouldn't quite be a shirtsleeves environment. We'd need air to breathe and protection from the sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.'"

Venus Williams loses in Olympic tennis quarters

Venus Williams is the latest upset victim in Olympic tennis, losing to Li Na of China in the quarterfinals.

Olympic Gold Medalist Inspires Cancer Patients Through Blog

BEIJING, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Dick Fosbury, gold medalist from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City and innovator of the high jump technique dubbed the "Fosbury Flop," which revolutionized the sport and is now considered its standard, was stricken by cancer lymphoma in March. After undergoing surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatment at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, the State of New Mexico's Official Cancer Center based on the UNM campus in Albuquerque, NM, Fosbury is currently attending the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "Fosbury Flop" and inspire cancer patients throughout the world.

Olympic Gold Medalist Inspires Cancer Patients Through Blog

BEIJING, August 18, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Dick Fosbury, gold medalist from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City and innovator of the high jump technique dubbed the "Fosbury Flop," which revolutionized the sport and is now considered its standard, was stricken by cancer lymphoma in March. After undergoing surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatment at the Cancer Center, the State of New Mexico's Official Cancer Center based on the UNM campus in Albuquerque, NM, Fosbury is currently attending the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "Fosbury Flop" and inspire cancer patients throughout the world.

Olympic Gold Medalist Inspires Cancer Patients Through Blog

BEIJING, Aug 18, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Dick Fosbury, gold medalist from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City and innovator of the high jump technique dubbed the "Fosbury Flop," which revolutionized the sport and is now considered its standard, was stricken by cancer lymphoma in March. After undergoing surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatment at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, the State of New Mexico's Official Cancer Center based on the UNM campus in Albuquerque, NM, Fosbury is currently attending the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "Fosbury Flop" and inspire cancer patients throughout the world.

Mercator Gold says gold production in quarter to end-June up 9.2 percent

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - AIM-listed Mercator Gold Plc. said gold production for the quarter ended June 30 was up 9.2 percent at 11,846 ounces, while sales rose 34 percent to A$12.72 million compared with the previous quarter.

?More Writing Means More Traffic

In the online world, the more writing you do for your website, the more traffic you can expect to draw to it. Let me people know about your website by means of your writing. The writing you do can include press releases, blog postings, and any kind of content your website contains.

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm demo confirmed (NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM )

TalkPlayStation.com writes:"A playable demo of Playstation 3 exclusive fighting game, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm is to get a demo on the 17th of July 2008. Not only that but July will be packed with Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm goodies.

Reporters Without Borders launches Olympic human rights blog and cyber-demonstration outside virtual Olympic stadium

Reporters Without Borders launches Olympic human rights blog and “cyber-demonstration� outside virtual Olympic stadium

Chinese leading folk artists have been demonstrating their skills in Olympic Village since it was opend early August, making it a place for foreign athletes to feast their eyes on Chinese culture.

Kong Bingzhang, a Chinese kite artist, shows his works at the Olympic Village in Beijing, China, Aug. 21, 2008. Chinese leading folk artists have been demonstrating their skills in the village since the village was opend early August, making it a place for foreign athletes to feast their eyes on Chinese culture.(Xinhua Photo/Li Ziheng)

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