Archives for August 2008
Iraq and China Sign $3 Billion Oil Contract.
31 August 2008 | Business | No Comments
Iraq and China signed a $3 billion deal this week to develop a large Iraqi oil field, the first major commercial oil contract here with a foreign company since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
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500GB Blowout: How to Supercharge your PS3!
31 August 2008 | Games | No Comments
Is that measly 40GB hard drive keeping you from downloading all your favorite movies and games from the PlayStation Store? Here are five easy to follow steps to supercharge your PS3 to a whopping 500 gigs for all your downloading pleasures. Watch the video walkthrough to see how it’s done.
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New Giant Fish Species Announced
28 August 2008 | Science | No Comments
One fish—the goliath grouper—has suddenly become two. The Atlantic goliath grouper, found in warm waters of the Americas and western Africa, is a separate species from the goliath grouper that roams tropical reefs of the eastern Pacific Ocean, a new genetic study shows.
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Will Cowboys break the SI jinx?
27 August 2008 | Sports, Football | No Comments
Sports Illustrated is out with its NFL preview, and Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo graces one of six regional covers. In the magazine, Peter King says that DeMarcus Ware, Romo, Jason Witten and Terrell Owens are among the NFL’s 50 best players.
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Hubble Sees Magnetic Monster in Erupting Galaxy
25 August 2008 | Space | No Comments
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found an answer to a long-standing puzzle by resolving giant but delicate filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field around the active galaxy NGC 1275. It is the most striking example of the influence of the immense tentacles of extragalactic magnetic fields, say researchers.
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