Nigel Mansell going for the Triple Crown at Le Mans with a little help from his sons
The Triple Crown of Motorsport is an elusive distinction earned by only a handful of drivers in the history of motor racing. It’s elusive partly because it evades definition, but given its immense difficulty, we’ll take the broadest possible: To score the Triple Crown, a driver has to win either the Indianapolis 500 or the Indy/CART title, plus either the Monaco Grand Prix or the F1 drivers’ title and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Fortunately not in the same year, but over the span of a career.
Read the rest of this entry »
7 Million Ford Rangers can’t be wrong?
2010 Ford Ranger – Click above for high-res image gallery
It may have taken 28 years to get here, but the Ford Ranger is living inanimate proof that determination eventually pays off. Or something like that. Automotive News reports (via PickupTrucks.com) that Ford built its 7 millionth Ranger last month at the assembly plant in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Read the rest of this entry »
Google starts live phone support for Nexus One owners
Google readily admits that its Nexus One customer support at launch was lacking. However, the Goog says that it’s committed to improving the experience as it blazes a path into the world of consumer handset sales.
Read the rest of this entry »
Panasonic TH-P54VT2 takes plasma HDTVs into 3D territory
Finally making the transition from the trade show floor to retail shelving are Panasonic’s famed Viera 3D plasma HDTVs. The company has just announced it will be launching two 1080p panels on April 23 in Japan, priced at Â¥530,000 ($5,932) for the 54-inch P54VT2 and Â¥430,000 ($4,813) for its smaller sibling, the P50VT2 (pictured after the break). For your money, you’ll be getting those deep, deep blacks that ensure a ridiculous
Read the rest of this entry »
Report: Toyota Prius braking issues may predate 2010 model; other problems reported
2009 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res gallery
Could the apparent braking problems reported on the Toyota Prius – which Toyota admits was an issue on the current model prior to being resolved earlier this year – extend past the recently released 2010 model? According to TheDetroitBureau.com, the answer is a resounding… maybe.
Read the rest of this entry »
Total War games 66% off on Steam this week
Strategic war game buffs, take note: All of the Total War titles on Steam are receiving a massive discount this week, to the tune of a whopping 66 percent off. In fact, you can pick up the Total War Mega Pack,
Read the rest of this entry »
Nintendo Australia fines NSMB Wii uploader $1.5 million
Read the rest of this entry »
Get rich quick by extorting university student pirates!
In what must surely be a sign that schools and universities are under-funded, a network security dude at the University of Georgia has just been arrested for shaking down multiple file-downloading students.
Read the rest of this entry »
Helium Digital HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband gets reviewed, given 3.5 Jack Bauers
Looking to get a Bluetooth earpiece without actually upping your tool factor by 40x or so? Good luck. Helium Digital’s so-called alternative (that’d be the HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband) was recently reviewed by our iPhone-lovin’ pals in the Great White North,
Read the rest of this entry »
AMD Fusion sampling soon, arriving in 2011 with Llano APU
To say that we’ve been waiting for AMD’s Fusion CPU / GPU combo for a long time would be an understatement. In fact, while AMD was busy talking about it, Intel swept in with its own Arrandale and Clarkdale chips that pack graphical and computing processing into the same chip. Lest we were discouraged, then,
Read the rest of this entry »
