Michael Phelps Wins 8th Gold Medal in Beijing Olympics

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The US swimming team has made history in Olympics with Michael Phelps winning his 8th Gold Medal defeating Mark Spitz’s 7 Gold Medal record since 1972.

23-year old Michael Phelps consistently performed his best during the 2008 Olympics, proven by record-breaking speed at different swimming events. Eight times a winner, Phelps finally broke Mark Spitz’s record which remained untouched until now.

Phelp’s winning events include:

400 m individual medley 4:03.84 World record
4 x 100 m freestyle relay 3:08.24 World record
200 m freestyle 1:42.96 World record
200 m butterfly 1:52.03 World record
4 x 200 m freestyle relay 6:58.56 World record
200 m individual medley 1:54.23 World record
100 m butterfly 50.58 Olympic record
4 x 100 m medley relay 3:29.34 World record

Congratulations to Michael Phelps!

Mozilla Breaks Guinness World Records!

Rai    Internet     download, firefox, guinness, mozilla, software, world record

It is now official! Guinness officials announced that Firefox holds the record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours with 8,002,530 number of Firefox 3 downloads beginning 18:16 +UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 +UTC on June 18, 2008.

Firefox community now has 180 million users in 230 countries all around the world. The best part of it is I am part of the event! And of course you are too, if you downloaded Firefox 3 on that date. And to celebrate this joyous event, you can get your personalized Firefox Download Day certificate here.

Congratulations, Firefox team!

Pledge Your Allegiance to World Domination

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What I mean to say is, pledge to download Firefox 3 on its release date and help Firefox set the Guinness World Record for Most Software Downloaded in 24 Hours.