Fastest Cars

World's Fastest Cars

While most of us can only dream of owning the fastest car in the world, some will do whatever it takes to possess such speed and power. So, how fast are the fastest cars in the world? Here are the 10 fastest cars available on the market measures by top speed.
1. SSC Ultimate Aero: 257 mph, 0-60 in 2.7 secs. Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp, base price is $654,400. Tested in March 2007 by Guinness world records, The SSC Ultimate Aero takes the lead as the fastest car in the world beating Bugatti Veyron.

2. Bugatti Veyron: 253 mph, 0-60 in 2.5 secs. Aluminum, Narrow Angle W16 Engine with 1001 hp, base price is $1,700,000. With the highest price tag, no wonder this is rank #2.

Ubuntu 10.04 on the way

Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop and Server Editions and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon’s EC2, as well as Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition. Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", 10.04 LTS continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.
We consider this release candidate to be complete, stable, and suitable for testing by any user.

ICC T20 World Cup 2010

Twenty20 World Cup

The official broadcasters.

• Australia — Fox Sports (Live)

• Bangladesh - BTV (Live)

• Canada — Asian Television Network -ATN (Live) | Channel: CBN or Cricket plus

• Europe — Eurosport2 (Live)(including France, Denmark, Algeria, Sweden, Austria,    Finland, Monaco, Cyprus and Russia)

• India — STAR Cricket and ESPN (Live), Doordarshan (selected matches only)

• Japan - Hum Tum TV (Live)

• Middle East —Arab Digital Distribution (Live)

• New Zealand — SKY Network Television (Live)

• Pacific Islands — Fiji TV

• Pakistan — Pakistan Television Corporation - PTV (Live) | Geosuper

• South Africa — Supersport (Live)

• Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (Live)

• United Kingdom — Sky Sports (Live), BBC - Highlights

• United States — DirecTV (Live) 

•  West Indies - Caribbean Media Corporation (Live)

20th Anniversary of Hubble Telescope Launch

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by the space shuttle in April 1990. It is named after the American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well-known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy. The HST is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, and is one of NASA’s Great Observatories, along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

IPL T20 - Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings to battle in final

 Vs.

Deccan Chargers' rout as a ruthless Chennai Super Kings crushed the defending champions by 38 runs in the second semifinal of the Indian Premier League yesterday and will battle with Mumbai Indians on Sunday for the Championship 2010.

Blackberry

BlackBerry is a line of mobile e-mail and smartphone devices developed by Canadian company named Research In Motion (RIM). While including typical smartphone applications (address book, calendar, to-do lists, etc, as well as telephone capabilities on newer models), the BlackBerry is primarily known for its ability to send and receive Internet e-mail wherever it can access a mobile network of certain cellular phone carriers. It is the second most popular platform after Nokia's Symbian OS,and is the most popular smartphone among U.S. business users. The service is now available around the world.

Re-election (General Election 2010- Sri Lanka)

The re-election for 37 polling centres at Nawalapitiya and Kumburupiddi polling Division will be held from 7.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. today.

Results of 20 Districts have already been released. However, the final result was withheld as a re-poll was announced for the Nawalapitiya electorate and the Kumburupiddi polling booth due to malpractices.

According to the results issued so far, the United Peoples Freedom Alliance has won 117 seats.