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Octopus Paul, who became famous for “predicting” the outcome of several games of the World Cup, died late on Monday. Those responsible for aquarium Oberhausen (Germany), where the mollusk lived, confirmed the information this morning. The animal was about two years and nine months old, a little less than the average lifespan of an octopus [...]

Before starting the games of World Cup, the player Frank Lampard, a player of the England team, was named by a British company to sign a production of iPod Touch with back plates made of 24 carat gold. But with the failure of the Egland Team and its defeat at Germany Team, five thousand gadgets should be melted soon. IPods with the signing of Chelsea‘s [...]

If you are the type that does not lose a game in the World Cup, take a look at FIFA Online. The game takes you to the lawn without spending a penny: it is completely free. The game runs on the browser itself with the help of a plugin with a size of about 1GB. Video cards become entirely dispensable for the game, which is lightweight when compared to [...]

The 2010 World Cup is one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year, and ensures that for a little over a month all eyes of the world are facing South Africa after all, apart from the competition bringing together the best players in the world, is the first time an event of such magnitude happens in Africa. Even those who like to watch football [...]

The BBC television network is considering broadcast the games of the World Cup in South Africa without the viewers have to endure the incessant buzz of the vuvuzela. The public broadcaster has received 220 complaints and, reports the Guardian newspaper, wants to reflect the environment of games, is studying the possibility to pass them so that we can [...]

David Beckham is the poster boy of Yahoo! during the World Cup. The announcement was made today by the company. In addition to providing its image, Beckham will also comment the Cup on the site. The campaign, which opens tomorrow in 20 countries initiating the last step of a marketing strategy of Yahoo! Budgeted at 100 million dollars to fight competitors [...]

An interesting note about iPads. It is increasingly hard to define IPAD. Was it a great smartphone, handheld or laptop? Neither the Americans, who have more access to the phone, they know exactly defined. And when in doubt, Yankee Stadium decided to ban the use of the device on its premises. According to the site Tech.Blorge, the stadium already has [...]

After the YouTube of India live broadcast 60 games of the third season of cricket championship of the country, the Indian Premier League to 50 million viewers around the world (with the exception of the United States), Google search now possibilities of transmission other sports. When the transmission contract was signed in January this year, creating [...]

Last year China became the biggest market for cars as sales jumped by almost half to nearly 13.6 million vehicles. What’s more, in the first three months of 2010, auto sales raced up another 80% year- on-year. It was for the world to watch, as China’s elite went after the swankiest cars ever. The Beijing auto show is a proof of that. The luxury [...]

The fifth and final batch of tickets for the World Cup available to fans in South Africa no longer has entries for the final, the opening match and the two semi-finals, FIFA said on Friday. Tickets sold out just a day after being put on sale at official points of maximum authority of football and some banks. In total, 100 thousand tickets were sold, [...]