Old is gold - and twice as good
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IT IS impossible to achieve greatness in sport without being measured against history. On Saturday, the last night of athletics in the 2004 Olympics, a man and a woman, a king and a queen of the track, ran into history.
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Time served and well behaved, but maybe too old to change.
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They were both prodigies once, big hitters with touch, creativity to burn and nerves of steel. That must seem like forever ago to Aaron Baddeley.
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Gold hit a 28-year high on Friday as the dollar's continued slide to record lows versus the euro raised the metal's appeal to speculative investors.
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SonoSite produces another impressive quarter.
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Reviewing iTunes 7 and the new line of iPods, David Pogue writes for the New York Times, you can&#146;t &#147;find a better online music store, or a free jukebox program as powerful and clean as iTunes. And you certainly won&#146;t find a music player that beats the new iPods in polish, capacity or even price. They come dazzlingly close to perfection.&#148;
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Later works hint at where a musical genius would have gone if he had grown old.
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Alan Greenspan proved that a retired maestro can still seem to conduct the worldâs financial orchestra.
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The best of the best, from tennis, chessboxing, beard growing and more.
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Zhang Yimou's new film is even more likeable than his previous hit Hero.
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It&#39;s safe to say Justine Henin-Hardenne is back on top of her game. She&#39;s healthy for the first time in months - and has a gold medal to prove it.
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Ocean&#39;s Twelve brings together an ensemble cast of uncommon magnitude for the second time. This may be the sequel&#39;s greatest achievement.
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The retailer reports another quarter of double-digit sales growth.
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In the age of the short attention span, classical music matters more than ever.
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Three attributes indicate the potential for a double.
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By Jon Wise  GOOD on the Silver Surfers - OAPs looking for love on the internet through their rose-tinted bifocals.   Shirley, right, Bernie and Pat - with a combined age of 228 - spend hours searching the web for Mr/Mrs Right, who had better hurry up before one of them carks it.
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Arts & entertainment: Joni Mitchell is back after retiring in dramatic fashion five years ago. Alexis Petridis is impressed.