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  • Button Glad with Underdog Status at McLaren

    With Jenson Button moving to McLaren Mercedes in 2010, one knew this will stir up plenty of negative comments from around the F1 paddock, all directed at the reigning world champion. Most argue that the 29-year old Englishman will not stand a chance ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton next year, while everyone agrees Button will have ten times tougher the year he had in 2009.

    The latest criticism came from former Ferrari and Januar racer Eddie Irvine, who told ESPNF1 recently that Bu… (read more)

  • 2010 Dodge Nitro, Renamed for the New Year

    The 2010 Dodge Nitro lineup has been revised here and there by American manufacturer Chrysler and even got its three models renamed into Heat, Detonator and Shock. The most exciting features of the 2010 Nitro lineup is the 4.0l overhead cam V6 engine, which develops 260 horsepower and 359 Nm of torque.

    The Nitro Heat thus produces 23 percent more horsepower and 12 percent more torque than the previous entry-level model. It received 20-inch painted Mopar aluminum wheels and body-co… (read more)

  • Renewable energy under the spotlight – Hexham Courant

    A MEETING to discuss the business case for investing in on-farm renewable energy technologies will be held next week. On Wednesday farmers and land managers will gather in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, to debate whether renewable energy generation …


  • Earthquake! Waves Of Tweets, But Where Are The Ads? [Voices]

    By Zoran Basich, Editor, Dow Jones VentureWire

    “Earthquake!”

    “Did you all feel that?”

    “What the f— was that?”

    “OMG, an earthquake!”

    Okay, so no one said the nearly instantaneous Twitter-sphere reactions to the medium-sized temblor that struck the San Francisco Bay Area Thursday morning were going to be full of insight and analysis. But it was another example of a tectonic shift in media – how quickly so many people have grown accustomed to turning to the service before anything else, before CNN or local radio or, don’t be silly, newspapers, to confirm our observations or just connect with others when a shared experience strikes.

    Within seconds of the quake, which caused the San Francisco bureau of VentureWire to sway and jolt for a few brief seconds, up on the 10th floor above California Street, thousands of Tweets had already been posted. But one couldn’t help noticing what a massive opportunity awaits the famously non-revenue-generating Twitter when it finally figures out its business model.

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  • Moot FTW in Wired.com’s Sexy Geeks 2009 Contest [Voices]

    By Lewis Wallace, Contributor, Wired.com, Underwire

    After surprisingly intense voting, 4chan founder moot walked away with top honors in Wired.com’s 2009 Sexy Geeks competition.

    Hundreds of thousands of votes were cast in this year’s edition of the annual competition. More than 500 nominees made the list before submissions were closed at the appointed hour, including many geeks with sexy brains to go with their fetching photos — scientists, coders, mathematicians and the like.

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  • Mobile Phones Eliminate Single-Serving Devices [Voices]

    By Nick Bilton, Lead Blogger, Bits Blog, New York Times

    As chips and sensors become smaller and more advanced, mobile phones are beginning to swallow and adopt any number of new functions. As a result, they are quickly replacing other single-serving devices, including GPS units and cameras.

    The first big shift took place a few years ago when mobile phones added headphone jacks and consumers began leaving their dedicated music players at home to conveniently play music directly from the phone.

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  • Journalist, Freelance and Sci-Fi Authors Groups Take Aim at Google Book Settlement [Voices]

    By David Sarno, Internet Culture and Online Entertainment Writer, L.A. Times

    Three national authors groups comprising more than 4,000 writers and journalists today decried the controversial agreement between Google (GOOG) and author-publisher groups that would allow the tech giant to sell access to millions of books online.

    In a letter to Congress, the three groups — the National Writers Union, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America — pointed to what they saw as the overly confusing and ultimately unfair rules that would govern what Google could do with the books if the settlement were to be approved in federal court.

    In language by turns wry and outraged, the writer groups accuse Google of inadequately explaining the terms of the agreement to the many authors it could affect, and the Authors Guild and publishing industry of fashioning a deal that favors current authors, while leaving less lucrative out-of-print authors behind.

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  • NAIAS Preview: 2010 Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty

    Dodge’s Ram 2500 and 3500 might not be as acclaimed as the their little brother, the 1500 model, but they still managed to get some important awards like Motor Trend’s 2010 Truck of the Year, Four Wheeler’s Pickup Truck of the Year and the Texas Auto Writers (TAWA) Heavy Duty Pickup Truck of Texas during the past year.

    For 2010, Ram Heavy Duty is available for the first time in a crew-size cab model, and the truck’s coil-spring suspension up front and multi-leaf spring suspension … (read more)

  • CES 2010: DivX TV brings Internet TV to participating Blu-ray players

    divxtv 300x163 CES 2010: DivX TV brings Internet TV to participating Blu ray playersDivX just announced a new Internet TV platform which aggregates and streams many popular online video feeds. DivX TV will be built into Blu-ray players of participating brands, first starting with LG. The application organizes media from a variety of popular websites into channels and genres. Think of it like Pandora for internet television. This encourages content discovery and engages users. There is no charge for the service. Content providers are willing to license out their media because it they will be streaming with the advertisements that are normally packaged with the content. DivX TV is loaded with HD and SD content with feeds from DivX, The White House, Barely Political, Associated Press, Revision 3, Break, CBS News, CnetTV and more. No YouTube as of yet. DivX TV makes a pretty good attempt at becoming an actual media center by offering movies, photos, and music streaming from the device. Photos can also be pulled from Picasa. No word on the video formats that will be supported, but I think it is safe to assume DivX will be supported. The user interface was very clean and easy to use.

    vbrand 300x225 CES 2010: DivX TV brings Internet TV to participating Blu ray playersDivX TV seems to be a watered down version of Boxee, but it has something Boxee does not have—good ties with hardware developers. Computers are still too tricky for the average computer to hook up to their television and easily use. DivX TV will be great for consumers looking to easily bring internet video content to their televisions. As of now there is no word on whether or not DivX TV will be released to use on our PCs or Macs. Pricing is up to the OEMs, but you can imagine they’ll be similarly priced to any other [non-budget] Blu-ray player. We will see the players packaged with DivX TV at some point this year.

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  • GOVERNMENT FAILED TO ACT DESPITE ROAD SALT WARNING by Alison Little, Daily Express

    Article Tags: Met Office, UK Winter Forecast 2009/10

    DITHERING ministers who failed to act for months on advice about ­preparing for extreme weather contributed to this winter’s road chaos, it was claimed yesterday

    And when the bad weather finally hit last month, Government guidance to councils on how much salt they should have in stock – six days’ worth – was woefully inadequate given that the UK is experiencing one of the worst winters in 100 years.

    A report for the Government completed in July and published in early August made 19 recommendations on what preparations should be made to ensure Britain’s roads kept moving in the event of a severe winter.

    The UK Roads Liaison Group, drawn from national and local government, had been asked to report on the lessons of last winter’s long cold snap which culminated in February in serious problems and saw many salt supplies almost exhausted.

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  • Pleo to return in 2010 – Jurassic Park, as Alan Partridge Might Say [Ces2010]

    Despite the fact that we thought they had become extinct in, oh, 2009, Pleo is, apparently, back for 2010 with a second-gen model, and an outsized version of the current,, extinct model. [Engadget]







  • 2010 Dodge Avenger, Cheaper than the 2009 Model

    OK, we are only talking about at most a $1,500 difference in the prices of the two model year vehicles, but it’s still a start. According to American manufacturer Chrysler, the new Avengers will also get two new additions, the Express and Heat models, both "loaded" with standard features.

    The Avenger will start at $19,970 (including $740 destination), a price to be paid for the new entry level model, the Express. The car is powered by a 2.4l World Engine, mated to an au… (read more)

  • Casio’s XJ-A series portable projectors are both attractive and environmentally conscious

    Here’s something you don’t see everyday: a projector with some sex appeal behind it. Casio’s XJ-A Series is quite the looker by design. It’s pretty slim, too, measuring 43 mm in height. Your green friends can enjoy knowing it’s Merucury-free, and you can take solace in up to 3,000 lumens. Of the seven models in the lineup, two have WXGA and five XGA, and depending on your choice you’ll get USB or WiFi connectivity and a price tag between ¥148,000 and ¥318,000, or $1,5182 and $3,399 if converted to stateside currency. See? Not everything exciting has to come from CES this week.

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  • Panasonic SDXC cards roadmap and Lumix camera lineup at CES 2010

    You see those SDXC cards on the far right? Yeah, that’s 1TB and 2TB, dear friends, and word has it that Panasonic will let out the 1TB card by the end of this year. When you’ve calmed down, we’ve also got photos of the newly announced Lumix camera galleria to get the party going, notably the new FP and FH series in their various colors. Enjoy the gallery!

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  • Bharathiar University Ug Results 2009 Information

    The Bharathiar University is the University of Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore. The name is given on the name of Subramania Bharathi- a national poet. It is working with the slogan “Educate to Elevate” since 1982.

    The Bharathiar University Exam Results 2009 of MBA/MCA/DIP/PG DIP are available online on its website. To check the Bharathiar University results, July 09.

    website http://www.b-u.ac.in/. Visit bellow link and get Bharathiar University UG/PG/MBA Exam Results.
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    The Bharathiar University is the University of Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore. The name is given on the name of Subramania Bharathi- a national poet. It is working with the slogan “Educate to Elevate” since 1982.

    The Bharathiar University Exam Results 2009 of MBA/MCA/DIP/PG DIP are available online on its website. To check the Bharathiar University results, July 09.

    website http://www.b-u.ac.in/. Visit bellow link and get Bharathiar University UG/PG/MBA Exam Results.
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  • Madonna Urges Gwyneth Paltrow To Divorce Chris Martin

    Goop Goddess Gwyneth Paltrow has plenty of pals urging her to stay in her supposedly strained marriage to Coldplay rocker Chris Martin — but Madonna isn’t one of them!

    The Material Girl has reportedly suggested her Oscar-winning bestie send Martin packing following months of rumored strife between the couple. Madge — who separated from ex-hubby Guy Ritchie last year — is certain that with proper guidance, Gwyn can follow in her footsteps and obtain “the perfect divorce, with no squabbling and sharing the children equally.”

    A snitch blabs in the Jan. 18 issue of GLOBE’s Loosch Lips Column: “Whenever Gwyneth complains about problems with Chris, Madonna’s solution is she should leave him….Madonna has never liked Chris because he refuses to kiss her butt. The few times they’ve hung out together, their egos clashed big time.”


  • Cyber Snipa Game Pad

    Cyber Snipa the makers of the best game pad ever

    A  first person shooter needs a lot of concentration from the player and then a normal keyboard often is just to cramped to really work.

    But worry no more because now there is the Cyber Snipa Game Pad with it’s spacious layout it will really improve your game play.

    Of course the 34 keys will help you a lot to :)

    Just hook it up to your USB and you are ready to start playing.

    Go see the Cyber Snipa Game Pad today before it is to late!

  • Rosberg Was a Fan of Mika Hakkinen, Not Schumacher

    As another day goes by, it’s another comment from Nico Rosberg that suggests an interesting duel between him and future teammate Michael Schumacher in the 2010 Formula One Championship. The fear of being relegated to No 2 status within the Mercedes organization made young Rosberg launch some slight attacks at the 7-time world champion.

    First, the son of world champion Keke Rosberg accused his new teammate of being the one that caused careless driving in Formula One, with his dange… (read more)

  • My account got banned IP from SSC for no reason

    Hôm nay bỗng dưng ko vào SSC không được, vào qua proxy thì nhận được thông báo bị admin ban IP. Account này ko hề tham dự tranh luận nói xấu hay vi phạm quy tắc gì ở các section tiếng Anh mà hầu như chỉ tham dự forum tiếng Việt, không hiểu vi phạm điều gì để bị ban ip? fk..