Barn Find of the Decade: 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante (2)
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Filed under: Coupes, Auction Action, Bugatti Click above for image gallery of this rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Close your eyes and imagine opening a deserted garage door, only to find a forgotten four-wheeled treasure sitting there in perfect condition. What would it be? We have a feeling we'll get all sorts of answers in the comments section, but for many enthusiasts, the answer would be, without hesitation, the Bugatti Type 57S Atalante. And ...
Keep the receipt: Hyundai buyers can take back the car if laid off (2)
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Filed under: Car Buying, Hyundai, Carsumer AdvocacyIf you need a new car but your job at the First National Bank of the City Federal isn't exactly guaranteed, Hyundai has an offer just for you.The Hyundai Assurance Program gives buyers some peace of mind that if they lose their jobs during their first year of ownership, they won't have to pay back the full amount owed on their cars. Hyundai is teaming up with Walkaway USA ...
'Tis The Season For Cold And Flu (1)
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Both bring wintertime suffering, but how different is the common cold from influenza, scientifically speaking? Ira Flatow talks with cold and flu experts about how these viruses are transmitted, how best to dodge them, and why hand sanitizer may not be of much help.
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BritCrit said:
It sure is. Not feeling so well.
Internet Explorer bleeding market share (5)
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Preliminary statistics from Net Application show that Internet Explorer is losing more ground in the internet browser battle. It’s not really surprising as Firefox, Safari and Chrome are all gaining popularity. Internet Explorer usage dropped from 71.27 percent in October to 68.15 percent in December. Firefox went up to 21.34 percent, up 1.37 percent from 19.97 percent in October. Safari market share moved from 6.57 to 7.93 percent and Google Chrome from 0.74 to 1.04 ...
Video: Robbie Maddison jumps a motorcycle 120 feet to top of Arc de Triomphe (5)
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Filed under: Videos, Motorcycles Click above to watch the video Ever since Evel Knievel made jumping a motorcycle into a national phenomenon, there seems to be an endless supply of insane (and inane) stunts with which to occupy our imaginations. The latest feat was performed in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve and involved launching Robbie Maddison -- the man who performed a different jump in Sin City last New Year's Eve -- over 100 ...
Seido Increases G1 Battery Life By 15 Percent Without Adding Bulk [T-mobile G1] (8)
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The T-Mobile G1's lack of battery life has always been a concern, especially after we learned about its data roaming issues. Seido's new battery combats this problem without the need for a new cover. The 1400mAh battery adds an additional 400mAh over the OEM version, which should earn you an extra hour or so of talk time. And, as mentioned, it does not take up any additional space, so no replacement battery door is necessary. ...
Toyota: if you need them, Prius replacement batteries are "no big deal" (3)
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Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Green Daily click for more images of the 2009 Toyota Prius As the first batch of Priuses sold in the United States reach their get ready to turn eight in 2009, the battery replacement issue is going to pop up more and more. We noted back in September that Toyota had dropped the price of a new pack a few hundred dollars to $2,299 for model years 2001-2003 and $2,588 for ...
VIDEO: Ford demonstrates automatic parallel parking (2)
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Filed under: Tech, Videos, Ford, Lincoln Click the image above to view the video after the jump Ford's new Active Park Assist system generated plenty of discussion, ranging from those who berated the Dearborn company for following Toyota and those who thought Ford could do it better. Not having actually tried the system ourselves, we'll reserve judgement on how well it works. However, Ford has put up a video with Ali Jammoul, a Chief Engineer ...
NYT: Text Messaging "Virtually No Cost" to Carriers (22)
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Hear the scorn of a million parents cry out in righteous anger: despite recently increasing basic text messaging rates from ten cents to twenty across the board, NYT reveals that Carriers pay roughly nothing. The meat of the NYT article: Perhaps the costs for the wireless portion at either end are high — spectrum is finite, after all, and carriers pay dearly for the rights to use it. But text messages are not just tiny; ...
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Tony said:
Bullshit but I'm not very surprised. I hope bringing this to the attention of people forces something to happen.
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Jacob W said:
This is a pretty naive complaint. Companies don't charge based on a service/product's cost to them--they charge based on what the market will bear.That said, the real question is why the market will bear such expensive text messaging--you'd think one of the companies would undercut the competition by slashing text message prices. And the fact that it hasn't happened is pretty shady.
Garmin: Yeah, We Have an Android Phone Coming - No, It’s Not the Nuvifone (1)
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The much delayed and anticipated Nuvifone from Garmin is still on track for a 2009 release. Unfortunately, it won’t be running Android as the OS. It was rumored that the reason for all of the delays was that Garmin was taking second looks at the platform. It might be easier to take Android and meld it to your preference than say, creating your own blend from Linux. Officially, we heard today that Garmin plans to ...
T-Mobile shipping out extended life battery to current T-Mobile G1 owners (10)
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Reports are coming in that T-Mobile has finally admitted that the T-Mobile G1 does indeed have a battery problem as we stated in our review of the Android-powered device. With the inability to end background processes which kill the battery in less than a single day, T-mobile is giving lucky G1 owners an extended life battery. While this is still just a rumor, T-Mobile may just be doing a little preventative maintenance under our nose ...
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jeromewoody said:
I hope to GOD this is true. I love my phone, but the battery life is completely unacceptable.
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Newly launched Power.com, a service that lets users aggregate their social networking experience across multiple sites (Facebook, Orkut, Hi5, MySpace, etc.), was sued by Facebook on December 30. The complaint, filed in Federal court in California, is embedded below. The Power.com service lets users view activities on all of their social networks at once. It also marks up pages to include additional functionality in a way that Greasemonkey users are familiar with. Facebook clearly doesn’t ...Shared by Aaron (10) Amr ElGarhy (60) Ant (38) AP (44) Blake (41) BritCrit (30) Clint Maher (1383) dan (100) DarkBls (70) Erik J. Heels (40) Four (23) gadgetboy (37) green (28) iAlja (38) James (18) Jeff Douglass (114) John Boitnott (903) Kim Landwehr (20) Matt (13) Michael Pinto (1133) Mr. BabyMan (459) Nate (49) Nicholas (84) Paul Dunay (37) Prune (28) Robin Wauters (20) Sean Rasmussen (1726) Sheldon Levine (9) Svein Håvard Djupvik (11) Uno de Waal (40) uob[ (25) Victor Barrera (1163) Vish (24) Zsombor (19)Advertising Age - MediaWorks (8) permalink
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