The double strike killed off the match as a competitive spectacle, although Jermaine Pennant flashed in a couple of long-range free-kicks to give Birmingham some hope.

BBC: Marlon Harewood celebrates his opening goal

Today's Sony PS3 unveiling has opened up a world of questions regarding how Microsoft expects to maintain a competitive edge against a system that will supposedly have more than double the raw processing power, a next-gen media drive (Blu-ray, in this case), two-generation backwards compatibility, and even support for 1080p hi-def.

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In what is now a very competitive marketplace, Dr. Ferrari plans within the next five to seven years to double the size of the school's full-time M.

WSJ: Big Test at Johns Hopkins

"Our second-generation product delivers double the compute performance and up to three times the graphics capabilities1, all while maintaining competitive low power, " Eul said.

ENGADGET: Intel launches dual-core Clover Trail+ mobile Atom processors

Now, this small business owner has given itself a competitive advantage, just as Google did in developing AdWords, instead of outsourcing its online advertising to Double Click in 1999.

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The 1998 double Olympic champion was badly injured in August 2001 in a motorbike accident and did not resume competitive skiing again until January 2003.

BBC: Maier takes World Cup crown