Speed thrills, but not like it used to
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For decades, computer performance has been driven largely by the increasing numbers of ever-smaller transistors squeezed into the machines&#39; silicon brains.
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Outrun 2 looks great, plays great but ultimately offers too short a challenge.
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Who says alternative-fuel cars have to be wimpy? Here's where mph and mpg collide -- these speedsters lose the bark of gasoline engines and sharpen the bite.
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HERE was a time, not so long ago in my more carefree youth, when I was a dedicated backpacker.   It went beyond the standard gapyear routine, and most summers I could be found in some distant corner of the globe, living the life of an adrenaline junkie.
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Business & money: Roulette wheels and huge hotels have replaced the car industry with mixed results.
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Travel: Roller coasters are getting bigger, faster and scarier - which is what we all love about them. Mat Smith picks out some of the most hair-raising.
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Technology is changing daily. It&#39;s a wonder we aren&#39;t all punch-drunk from the velocity with which new things emerge and not-so-old things become obsolete.
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One of these things is not like the others ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Most of America's weekend-warrior athletes know the bitter truth about their personal skill levels: They're getting slower, weaker, and creakier every year and no new gizmo will reverse that.
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Roller coaster connoisseurs tend to dismiss water rides as too slow, too tame, and too wet. But the next generation of splashy tech should make coaster snobs take a closer look.
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Many said these Games would be a shambles, but they turned out to be sensational. Sensational not just because of the virtual dope-of-the-day revelations but in their ancient concept and their modern execution.
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There have been a couple of movies recently depicting the impending collision of an asteroid with Earth. It might not be sci-fi anymore.
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HERE was a time, not so long ago in my more carefree youth, when I was a dedicated backpacker. It went beyond the standard gapyear routine, and most summers I could be found in some distant corner of the globe, living the life of an adrenaline junkie.
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Business & money: Industry reluctant to make the ultimate sacrifice of speed and acceleration.
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The Cruzer Contour's literature contains some impressive performance claims --principally that it has a write speed of 18Mbit/sec and reads at 25Mbit/sec. But it had a difficult time stacking up against the competition.
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DURING 21 years in coaching, I&#39;ve been lucky enough to reach the grand final five times. These games represent the pinnacle of your career, but at the same time produce a very strange sensation.
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The Tour de France will have revamped rules and a slightly less mountainous but hopefully more exciting course in 2008, organizers announced on Thursday, looking to inject fresh enthusiasm into cyclingâs doping-battered showcase race.