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Field Trip: Wimbledon

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iFive: BP Re-Caps Leak, Teething Troubles for Apple, First Female Aussie PM, Epic Sports Matches, Petraeus to Afghanistan

While you were sleeping, and Stanley A. McChrystal was wondering if his next post should be as the France soccer team's manager, innovation was doing stuff. On its iPhone, in pantyhose, and against Ghana.1. After yesterday's ...READ»

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iFive: BP's Hayward Sails Into PR Storm, Facebook Movie Poster, World Cup Red Cards, Wimbledon Begins, Red Sea Redemption

While you were sleeping, innovation was limbering up for a competitive game of tennis, lobbing balls over the net, rather than into the back of it.1. So Tony Hayward went sailing into yet another PR storm. Meanwhile, an oil worker on ...READ»

Wimbledon Seer App Serves Augmented Reality on a Grass Court

You may think Wimbledon, with its exquisitely manicured grass courts, royal family attendees, and strawberries and champagne is an old-fashioned affair. You'd be wrong. This year, along enjoying a retractable roof, the audience is ...READ»

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IBM Serves Up Two New G1 Apps for Wimbledon

Summer wouldn’t be summer without Wimbledon, and Wimbledon wouldn’t be Wimbledon without IBM. This summer, Wimbledon’s long-time technology partner--IBM creates the systems that log each and every stroke as well as other match ...READ»

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Why W.L. Gore's Retractable Roof Changes Wimbledon Forever [video]

Remember last year's seven-hour final at Wimbledon? Never again.READ»

Wimbledon 2009

  Rain, rain, go away, come again ... never! There's a new retractable roof over Centre Court. It doesn't promise a total end to the weather delays that plague this hallowed tennis championship -- it takes 10 minutes to ...READ»