Six Flags Unveils Fastest Roller Coaster
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Six Flags Great Adventure is opening the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster this spring &#151; a thrill ride that accelerates to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds and rises 456 feet off the ground.
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310mph, $45bn project Japanese rail operator Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Central) has announced it will build the world's fastest maglev system, with 310mph (500km/h) vehicles running along a 180-mile (290km) track between Tokyo and central Japan.â¦
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AUTHORITIES have said the country&#39;s fastest train was travelling at twice the permitted speed when it derailed in Queensland. The Tilt Train plunged off the line north of Bundaberg
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In a blistering ride on a hot, windy day, South African Robbie Hunter won the stage with an average speed nearing 29.9 miles an a hour, the fastest since 2005.
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French engineering giant Alstom unveiled a new super-fast train on Tuesday which it claims will be quicker, cleaner and bigger than its Japanese and German rivals.
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ATLANTA - The world's largest beverage maker on Friday kicked off the holiday weekend by creating a 10-ton ice cream float to break a world record the company set nearly a decade ago.
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Investors in Six Flags Inc. have discovered that two entrepreneurs have plans for turning around the amusement park company, whose stock price has plunged as fast as its roller coasters.
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IBM Corp. on Wednesday said it has developed the world&#39;s fastest computer - a 16,000-processor version of its BlueGene/L supercomputer.
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A 12-year-old boy died after riding a roller coaster Thursday at the Disney MGM theme park, the latest in a string of tragedies that have stung Walt Disney World in recent years.
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Japan's newest high-speed prototype leans into turns like a race bike. From Crave, CNet's new gadgets blog.
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Eurostar set a new Paris to London rail  speed record of just over two hours on Tuesday with the first  train to use Britain's long-awaited high speed track at over  186 mph (299 kph).
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New technology supercharges dog-sled racing. This is the real polar express. By Aria Pearson from Wired magazine.
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French engineering giant Alstom, creator of the high-speed TGV train, unveiled Tuesday a new-generation, super-fast prototype: quicker, cleaner, bigger -- and tailored specially for export.
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November 10, 2004 - The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association announced this morning that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has become the United Kingdom&#39;s fastest-selling videogame of all time.
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International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. announced that it has created world&#39;s fastest computer that performs better and consumes 28 times less energy than a two time first place holder Japanese supercomputer.
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The way Antoine Deneriaz figures it, he was the fastest human on the course during yesterday&#39;s season-opening World Cup downhill at Lake Louise, Alta.
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Nasa&#39;s X-43A, the world&#39;s fastest jet, was launched over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday in an attempt to fly at 10 times the speed of sound, Mach 10.