At the Professional Developers Conference ( PDC ) 2008, Microsoft also announced Windows Server 2008 R2, as the server variant of Windows 7.

In 2011 market shares were divided between Hughes Christensen, Smith Bits ( recently acquired by Schlumberger ), REEDHycalog ( acquired by NOV in 2008 ), Security-DBS ( now Halliburton Drill Bits and Services ) HDBS, and smaller companies such as Tercel Bits, Drilformance, VIPER BITS, DOWDCO, Varel, TSK, PDC Logis, Focusrocbit, Sam ( AOE ), Walker-Mcdonald et al., Ulterra, Lone Star Drill Bits, OTS, and Shear Bits Ltd. making up the rest.

** Immediately following PDC 2008, held at the same venue, October 27-30.

Citing the inadequacies of Cashman Field and lack of planning for a replacement, Los Angeles decided to not renew the player development contract ( PDC ) with Las Vegas after the 2008 season, opting to re-affiliate with Albuquerque.

On September 5, 2008, the ValleyCats extended their PDC ( player development contract ) with the Houston Astros through the 2010 season.

On April 23, 2008, Lee accepted the appointment to posts in two Penang state government agencies as director of Penang Development Corporation PDC and InvestPenang, also executive committee chairman of InvestPenang.

2008 proved to be Van Barneveld's most barren year thus far in the PDC in terms of success, with him not winning a major tournament.

Started in 2008, the Championship League Darts and offers the players outside the top 8 in the PDC Order of Merit to compete for the championship.

The PDC withdrew their players from the 2008 IDL and WDT-which subsequently never took place.

* 2008 Dave Lanning, darts programme presenter for Sky Sports since the first PDC tournament they broadcast

* 2008 Sid Waddell, darts commentator on PDC tournaments for Sky Sports since 1994

2008 saw the publication of her autobiography, Golden Girl: The Autobiography of the Greatest Ever Ladies ' Darts Player, which chronicles her ongoing rivalry with ladies darts superstar and former Olympian Crissy Manley, wife of PDC player Peter Manley.

Part is a three-times World Champion, having triumphed in the BDO World Championship in 1994 and the PDC World Championship in 2003 and 2008.

* 2008 ( PDC )-Round 2 lost to Phil Taylor 3-4

However, this performance saw Painter re-establish his place in the top 16 of the rankings, and his good form in floor events from 2008 continued – he reached two semi-finals on the PDC Pro Tour, notably in Gladbeck, Germany, where on March 1 he led Taylor 5 – 4 before losing 6 – 5.

Despite a poor 2006 and 2007, he found his form at the 2008 World Championship, ending Taylor's record of reaching every PDC World Darts Championship final on 29 December 2007 by defeating him 5 sets to 4 in a quarter-final match having trailed 3-0 and 4-2.

In January 2008 Mardle was confirmed as the Sky Sports wildcard entry to the 2008 PDC Darts Premier League following his impressive performance at the World Championships.

Whilst he has reached 5th in the World Rankings and performed consistently well in the World Championship ( reaching the semi-final in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 ), he has not yet won a major tournament as a member of the PDC.

2008 Lakeside Runner-Up Australian Simon Whitlock also signed with the PDC in 2009.

: 2008 ( PDC ) Last 32 lost to James Wade 3 – 4

* Beyond the Threshold: Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions by Christopher M. Moreman, Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.

This graph shows the proportion of world population in extreme poverty 1981 – 2008 according to the World Bank.

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

On 7 September 2008 he took part in Soccer Aid 2008, and on 6 June 2010 in Soccer Aid 2010, playing for the Rest of the World vs a team of England celebrities and ex pros.

Since 21 April 2008, the overnight bulletins, while produced by the BBC News Channel, have usually been broadcast from the studios of BBC World News.

The channel swapped studios with sister channel BBC World, moving to studio N8 within the newsroom, where it remained until 2008.

Bacardí 8, for example, received two gold medals and a silver from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition between 2008 and 2010.

* Mobile Edition of the CIA World Factbook, last updated 10 June 2008

China during the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 ( 2008 )

As of 2008, Comoros and Mauritania are considered by US-based organization Freedom House as the only real “ electoral democracies ” of the Arab World.

Coldcut also collaborated with video mashup artist TV Sheriff and NomIg., to produce two audiovisual pieces " World of Evil " ( 2004 ) and " Revolution ' 08 " ( 2008 ), both composed of footage from the United States presidential elections of the respective years.

" Dungeons & Dragons In a Digital World ", Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2008.

Recent popularity has been increased with the Irish Wolfhound's success in the Rugby League World Cup which was held in Australia in 2008.

World map indicating Education Index ( according to 2007 / 2008 Human Development Report )

# 2008 Barcelona: Andrew D. M. Smith, Kenny Smith, Ramon Ferrer i Cancho " The Evolution of Language ( EVOLANG 7 )", World Scientific, ISBN 981-277-611-7.

Despite its success, Enniskillen was not chosen as a World Cup Stop for 2008.

The Serbian actor Sasha Pilipovic presents his cabaret at the World Esperanto Congress, Rotterdam 2008

* The Men's World Floorball Championships take place every December ( since 2008 ) in every even year.

* The Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships take place every May ( since 2008 ) in every even year.

The first ever IFF-sanctioned wheelchair floorball matches were played between the men's teams of the Czech Republic and Sweden, during the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.

* 2008 World Cup: Greg Minnaar.

* 2008 World Cup: Tracey Mosely.

In 2006 and in 2008, the World Bank named Georgia the top reformer in the world.

The World Health Organisation estimated that Malaria killed almost one million people in 2008.