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Call it a record, or just a whole lot better than Windows “rhymes-with missed-ya,” Microsoft says Windows 7 can lay claim to 350 million licenses sold since it launched on October 22, 2009. And that's about all they said, meaning no, we don't have the breakdown in terms of full copies, upgrades...

Gladys Burrill has been named the oldest woman ever to finish a marathon, despite not even knowing she was eligible for the title when she entered the race. Nicknamed the Gladyator, 92-year-old Ms Burrill completed the Honolulu Marathon, in Hawaii, late last year in nine hours and 53 minutes...

Ah, summer days at the public swimming pool: No running, swim at your own risk and of course, no diving. Darren Taylor clearly doesn't remember that rule: The Denver resident recently broke the "certified shallow diving record," aka, the "hurling oneself from a very great height into a pool...

Nightclub owner Steve Stevens is nursing tired limbs after breaking a disco world record by dancing non-stop for more than five days. Steve strained his right knee but managed to keep moving for 131 hours. The 35-year-old set off on Tuesday last week and ended on Sunday at his club...

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If running a marathon sounds like a daunting feat, try covering 26 miles in freezing February weather through hills, mud and streams -- while carrying a 60-pound backpack. On Monday, that's just what Paddy Doyle, a former paratrooper and amateur boxer from Birmingham City, U.K., did to...

Talk about a Valentine's Day catch. A Vicksburg, Miss., man caught what may turn out to be the largest-ever alligator gar. Weighing in at 327 pounds, the nearly 8½-foot-long prehistoric-looking creature has a girth of 47.95 inches, WAPT.com reports. "At first I didn't think he was that...

Link Removed - Invalid URL The heavens may be closer when you're 6 foot 8, but that doesn't mean you stop reaching for the stars. So is the case for a woman known professionally as Amazon Eve, who is about to reach a big milestone by being officially declared "the world's tallest model."...

Man Eats 255 Wings for Wing Bowl Win Jonathan "Super" Squibb isn't your average wing man. The New Jersey man devoured 255 chicken wings at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center this morning to set a Wing Bowl record and take home the 2011 crown. Squibb's meal -- estimated at 40,000...

Think you’re fast texting on your smartphone? That’s because you’ve got fingers. How do you think you’d do without using your hands? Quadriplegic Hank Torress is here to put us all to shame when it comes to our hands-free texting skills. In fact, he’s the new Guiness World Record older for...

Elite Gamers Set Marathon Record by Playing Video Game for 50 Hours He just set a whole slew of world records for playing video games and knows just where he's going to put the official certificate from Guinness World Records. "I'll put it right next to my master's degree," Dino said...

World's Longest Handshake Record Within Grasp A good, firm handshake shouldn't last more than two or three seconds. Any longer and it starts to get a bit awkward. Unless, of course, you're trying to set a world record. Last night, four teams of two from around the world congregated...

Gamon is a drunk level 85 warrior who likes to hang out in the inn at the Horde city of Orgrimmar. Unlike most NPCs, anyone can walk up and start a fight with him. While tempting, it’s generally a bad idea. Gamon has been known to unleash the crush on teams of top level players. With his...

Another year gone, Another friend made. To the best forum on the net Merry Christmas! In 1967 BF Goodrich gave away christmas promo records for every set of tires sold, this record contains many rare recordings that were never officially released to this day. I came across a sealed copy and...

At the close of trading Thursday, Microsoft announced the results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2011, which ended September 30, 2010. Revenue of $16.20 billion, a 25 percent increase from the same period in 2009, set a new first quarter record for the company. The three other financial...

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Microsoft Thursday said more than 240 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold during the first year of the operating system’s availability, a record the company says makes it the fastest selling OS in history. Link Removed

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