Vatican news World

Vatican news World

4 short but interesting news

1. Borders to declare bankruptcy tomorrow, Monday

According to the prestigious Wall Street Journal, Monday morning mega U.S. book chain Borders is declared bankrupt, possibly involving the closure of some 200 of its branches in that country.

This comes after the company unable to participate effectively in the growing world of digital books (eBooks), including at least outsells Amazon and the books printed on paper around the U.S..

Make no mistake, this is a sign of the times and the pattern will be extended gradually to other countries.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704329104576138353865644420.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews

2. Explore the Sistine Chapel from home

If you can not go to the Vatican to marvel in person by the art of that nation, especially the beautiful works of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, you now have a new way of doing it on the Internet.

The Vatican has made available a tool to explore the artistic works from home by simply using a web browser (with the Adobe Flash).

Link to website: http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

3. Starts construction of 1,000 mph car

Bloodhound SSC the British company recently revealed that it has begun at last (hope since 2008) to build a car that run at the incredible speed of 1.000 mph (1,609 kph), with which to break the world land speed record at the end , 2012

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/02/11/supersonic.bloodhound.build.start/index.html?hpt=T2

4. eBooks now covered by The New York Times Bestsellers

The world's most popular newspaper, The New York Times, also maintains the world's most popular list of best selling books (in USA), for the first time in its history, the company has added electronic books (eBooks) to list.

This comes weeks after the Amazon have reported that sales of eBooks already surpassed the sales of printed books of any kind (hardcover or paperback).

List of New York Times bestsellers: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/overview.html

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