Hamburg - Serena Williams of the United States retained top spot in the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA while Russian Dinara Safina drew closer to her despite a quarter-final exit last week in Indian Wells.
Williams remained on 9,432 as she didn't play in the Californian Masters event, while Safina improved to 9,121 points. Third-placed Serb Jelena Jankovic has 7,985 points.
Hamburg - Rafael Nadal stretched his lead at the top of the men's tennis rankings by virtue of his Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday.
The Spaniard leads the list issued on Monday by the ATP with 14,990 points from Switzerland's Roger Federer (10,910) and Serbian Novak Djokovic (8,420). Nadal beat fourth-ranked Briton Andy Murray in straight sets on Sunday.
Hamburg - DVD writers boasting high speeds sound good, but their error rates are high, also too.
A total of 48 different recordable DVD blanks were recently put to the test by Computer Bild magazine. The Hamburg-based magazine determined that burn speed has a major impact on quality. Quality is excellent when burning at four to eight times the standard burn speed. At a 16x tempo, however, the error rate climbs quickly.
Hamburg - Search engines specializing in flight prices seem to be the way to go to when looking for affordable flights, according to Germany's Computer Bild magazine.
The search engines yielded the best deals in online travel agencies, the report added. The magazine tested several ticket search engines and online travel agents on 30 different routes.
First place went to search engine Swoodoo, which found the best price in 13 instances. Second place went to checkflix. de, followed by kelkoo.
Hamburg - Hertha Berlin's lead at the top of the Bundesliga was slashed to one point after they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at VfB Stuttgart on Saturday, while Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg both won.
Champions Bayern overcame bottom side SC Karlsruhe 1-0 thanks to a goal from Argentine Jose Ernesto Sosa, while Wolfsburg made it seven league wins in a row with a 3-0 victory at Arminia Bielefeld.
Hertha have 49 points, with Bayern and Wolfsburg joint second on 48 with the same goal difference and goals scored.
Hamburg - Hertha Berlin saw their lead at the top of the Bundesliga slashed to one point after they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Stuttgart on Saturday, while Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg both won.
Champions Bayern overcame bottom side Karlsruhe 1-0 thanks to a goal from Argentinian Jose Ernesto Sosa, while Wolfsburg made it seven league wins in a row with a 3-0 victory at Arminia Bielefeld.
Hertha have 49 points, with Bayern and Wolfsburg joint second on 48 with the same goal difference and goals scored.
Hamburg - Serena Williams of the United States retained top spot in the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA while Russian Dinara Safina drew closer to her despite a quarter-final exit last week in Indian Wells.
Hamburg - Rafael Nadal stretched his lead at the top of the men's tennis rankings by virtue of his Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday.
Hamburg - DVD writers boasting high speeds sound good, but their error rates are high, also too.
Hamburg - Hertha Berlin's lead at the top of the Bundesliga was slashed to one point after they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at VfB Stuttgart on Saturday, while Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg both won.
Hamburg - Hertha Berlin saw their lead at the top of the Bundesliga slashed to one point after they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Stuttgart on Saturday, while Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg both won.
