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Rumors of a Google phone have been around for years now. Even after the release of the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), through the various other incarnations of Android on devices from Motorola, Samsung, Acer, and a slew of other manufacturers, there continued to be talk of how this wasn’t the “real Android,” that Google itself would release a final, real, “Google Phone.” And so, on January 5th, the rumors finally came true with the launch of the Nexus One. The online, Google-hosted store through which the phone is sold is itself big news, but now Ars takes an in-depth look at how “super” this phone really is.

In a nutshell, the Nexus One is a best-of-breed smartphone running a modern, multitasking mobile operating system. It sports a speedy 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm, 512 MB of RAM, and 512 MB of OS/Program storage. The question is, is this enough for a “no limits” device?

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Carbon Motors, the producers of what will soon become the single purpose-built police vehicle, announced today the City of Connersville took legal possession of the site which will become the Carbon Campus.

In addition, Carbon has been notified by the US Department of Energy that its funding application has been deemed Substantially Complete, the company becoming thus eligible to get the $310 million loan it applied for.

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The unique Arsenal FC themed Citroen C4 is set to go under the hammer in the next Citroen Open sale at BCA Measham, scheduled to take place on January 22. The car was originally created and raffled to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and has had just two owners so far, namely the raffle winner and one other.

Dubbed the ‘Ultimate Arsenal Fans’ Car’, the vehicle was designed by renowned cartoonist and satirist Gerald Scarfe and features images of modern Gunners heroes such… (read more)

Audi is one of the companies that are looking into ways to increase its business in the United States and the best way to do that is to offer the Americans the models they like the most. And a sedan seems to be the best idea when talking about the United States so Audi is reportedly planning an A3 sedan specifically for the local market.

According to the guys over at Inside Line, the A3 sedan is projected to arrive in the American market in 2012 and will be similar in dimensions w… (read more)

He is the overall leader in the 2010 Dakar Rally but, until yesterday, he was one of the few front-runners without a single stage win under his belt in this particular event. Obviously, we’re talking about Spanish driver Carlos Sainz, who completed the 238-km special from La Serena to Santiago in a little over 3 hours ahead of Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel.

Sainz’ 16th overall win in the Dakar Rally came at the right time for the Volkswagen racer, as his overall rival for the win… (read more)

By Joe Sharkey, Reporter, New York Times

Everybody wants to be connected, and most major airlines in the United States have made bets that in-flight Wi-Fi Internet service will be a profitable sideline, or at least a worthwhile brand enhancer.

As the year started, about 700 commercial airliners were outfitted with Wi-Fi by Gogo, a product of Aircell, which is by far the leading provider of airline Internet connections. That is roughly a quarter of the domestic mainline fleet, excluding regional jets.

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By Andy Atkins-Krüger, Contributor, Search Engine Land

In December, Hitwise released data showing that the top Google (GOOG) search term of 2009 was “Facebook” having moved up from position number ten in the previous year. Hitwise also wrote that Facebook took the number one spot on Christmas Day—a claim Barry Schwartz later investigated.

Facebook’s popularity surge reminded me of a conversation I had with a search engineer who had earlier worked at AltaVista when it was the number one search tool.

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By Douglas MacMillan, Reporter, BusinessWeek

Johnny Makkar is intent on buying a digital book reader. Yet he won’t consider any of the more than two dozen new devices introduced in recent months, many of them at the just-completed Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. For Makkar, a resident of Fairlawn, N.J., with a background in marketing, only two manufacturers will do, and one has yet to unveil a reader.

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The mess that NBC has created around its late-night talk shows continues to benefit comic online videos.

While Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have been using their fight for joke fodder over at NBC–which is owned by GE (GE), but has just been bought by Comcast (CMCSK)–I think the best stuff has been coming from David Letterman of “The Late Show.”

And, in fact, the CBS (CBS) late-night talk show legend’s analysis of the situation–”Here’s the deal. Anytime there’s a big stink like this, and, believe me, here hasn’t been a big stink like this in years, it’s money. Don’t kid yourselves, it’s all about money–was spot on and funny too.

Broadcast television networks execs have always been a great foil for Letterman and this scandal is the gift that keeps on giving.

Here are a bunch of clips online now:

TOP TEN

OPENING MONOLOGUE

ANALYSIS

LENO VICTIMS UNIT

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By Daniel Rowinski, Reporter, Boston.com

Simon Glik, a lawyer, was walking down Tremont Street in Boston when he saw three police officers struggling to extract a plastic bag from a teenager’s mouth. Thinking their force seemed excessive for a drug arrest, Glik pulled out his cellphone and began recording.

Within minutes, Glik said, he was in handcuffs.

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By Therese Poletti, Senior Columnist, MarketWatch, Tech Tales

The mood seems to be brightening among Silicon Valley start-up companies.

The atmosphere last Friday night at the Crunchies, an awards show hosted by three popular and often competing tech blogs–TechCrunch, VentureBeat and GigaOm–was downright buoyant, especially compared with last year, and had hints of IPOs in the air.

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By Christopher Schanck, Blogger, Design By Gravity

Microsoft was kind enough to comment that Google (GOOG) will have a tough time selling both a phone and an OS.

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California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attended yesterday the opening of Cobalt Technologies’ biobutanol plant in the state, an opening which in the governor’s opinion will help Cali meet greenhouse gas reduction targets under AB 32 and our Low Carbon Fuel Standard. And this is only the beginning…

"Cobalt shows us that what is good for the environment can also be good for the economy. In fact, within the next few years, Cobalt has plans to build an even larger plant tha… (read more)

The first work created for Volkswagen by its new creative agency, Deutsch LA, premiered yesterday during the third quarter of Super Bowl XLIV. According to Volkswagen, the 30-second spot reportedly debuted a new approach to the Das Auto tagline and positioning, and is also the first step in a much larger campaign destined to increase model awareness.

"With its size and reach, the Super Bowl is the ideal stage for Volkswagen to debut the new campaign to nearly 100 million vie… (read more)

The 2011 BMW 135i promises to become a little bit sportier. The athletic sports coupe will receive a heart transplant, as the current 3.0 liter twin-turbo straight six will leave the engine compartment, being replaced by the fresh twin-scroll turbocharged 3.0 liter straight six, the N55, in BMW language.

The change isn’t that radical, as both engines develop 300 HP and 300 lb-ft of torque. However, the N55 reaches it’s peak torque 100 rpm earlier and, more important, BMW promises … (read more)

Three players from the Stanford women’s soccer team have received call-ups for the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championships, which will take place in Guatemala later this month. Sophomore midfielder Teresa Noyola and freshmen defenders Alina Garciamendez and Rachel Quon will all be participating in the tournament, which will serve to determine North and Central America’s entrants in the U-20 Women’s World Cup.

Noyola and Quon will be representing the heavily favored US team after strong seasons for the national runner-up Cardinal. Noyola contributed six goals and three assists despite being in and out of the lineup with injury, and Quon had an incredible debut season at right fullback, being named not only to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team, but the Pac-10 All-Conference first team as well.

Garciamendez, Quon’s classmate, will be playing for the Mexican team. The centerback was also named to the conference All-Freshman team, and was a Pac-10 second team selection. She has already represented the full Mexican national team, receiving her first caps last month.

The CONCACAF Championships will run from Jan. 19-30, and the U-20 World Cup, which the top three CONCACAF teams will qualify for, will take place in Germany from July 13-Aug. 1.

Whoever produced this video of the Mercedes SLS AMG should go into action film production, if they aren’t already. The SLS AMG finds itself in a stunt of looping the inside of a tunnel at high speed through the down force generated (thanks to a whole lot of computer graphics but I’ll believe it’s capable anyway). My favourite part, though, is at the end, when the stationary car suddenly flips its Gullwing doors open. Lovely.

Former Stanford law professor and two-time California congressman Tom Campbell is reportedly dropping out of the California governor’s race to run for the U.S. Senate.

Campbell previously represented California’s 12th district — which includes Stanford — and, later, its 15th district. Campbell is a Republican.

According to a supporter e-mail obtained by The San Jose Mercury News, Campell is set to announce a “new venture” Thursday, confirmed by campaign sources to be a run against Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer.

The departure of Campbell from the governor’s race leaves former eBay executive Meg Whitman and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to contest the GOP gubernatorial primary.

The Republican Senate primary features former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and state assembly member Chuck DeVore.

Campbell has run twice for the U.S. Senate unsuccessfully.