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Hotmail is set to be consigned to history, marking the end of the era when the electronic mail service introduced many people to Internet and thanks to its Indian inventor, Sabeer Bhatia, heralded the country's prowess in technology.
Microsoft on Wednesday launched Outlook.com, which it said will replace Hotmail, a move that is seen to be aimed at taking on increasing competition from Gmail, Facebook and Yahoo. Hotmail quickly grew to 40 million users within three years. Currently, it commands over 370 million users, more than the size of the entire US population. But aggressive bundling of web search and email helped Google capture the top spot with Gmail, which has about 425 million accounts. Yahoo! Mail is still behind Hotmail, though, with about 310 million users.
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The machine-like swimmer, who seemed to run on motor rather than muscle and scooped up medals by the handful, had become an actual human being, one whose less than golden perfection made the victories that much sweeter when they came as they did on Tuesday night. "This has been an amazing ride," Phelps said almost pensively Tuesday night, when he won the 19th medal that made him the most-decorated Olympic athlete ever.
"It was a cool feeling. I'm sure I'll be able to put it more in words once we get through the meet and then probably down the road," Phelps said of how on Tuesday he first tied and then surpassed the 48-year-old record for most Olympic medals previously held by Soviet-era gymnast Larisa Latynina.
The race that allowed him to surpass Latynina's 18 medals, the 4 X 200-meter freestyle relay he anchored, was won quite easily. But what perhaps was most impressive was that it came about an hour after he suffered a heartbreaking, second-place finish by .05 of a second in his signature event, the 200-meter butterfly.
London Olympics: Lightening fast Bolt proves he's the greatest ever
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Coming into the 100 metres final with a bit of a question mark against his name, following defeats at the hands of compatriot Yohan Blake, the defending champion -- in less than 10 seconds -- left none in doubt as to who the world's greatest sprinter is. He stopped the clock in the giant arena at an incredible 9.63 seconds, the second fastest time ever.
Bolt, a major showman, was not the fastest off the blocks. In fact, he was only the fifth fastest at the start. But the Jamaican got into his upright sprinting position fastest and then completely blew away the field. Blake ran a great race, clocking a personal best at 9.75 seconds, but it was more than a tenth-of-a-second slower than Bolt.
It may have been the greatest 100 metres Olympic final ever with seven of the eight runners clocking under 10 seconds.
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These athletes are amazing and inspirational to all!
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