‘A retired US general and
member of Iran Policy Committee (IPC) says all 18 to 28 years old
Muslim men should be strip searched at airports as “one of these
bombers” will explode an airliner in the coming days.
Thomas McInerney, a
retired Lt. Genera with the US Air Force, told Fox News television on
Saturday that within the next 30 to 120 days, “there is a danger of
high probability” awaiting US airliners.
“If you are an 18 to
28-year-old Muslim man then you should be strip searched. And if we
don’t do that there’s a very high probability we’re going to lose an
airline,” he said.’
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From now on, every Kia model sold in Europe will be offered with a 7-year warranty! The offer was previously available on a limited number of models, including cee’d and Sportage, but, according to kia-world.net, it will be extended to the entire range starting with January 2010.
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Facebook may not be the biggest site on the planet, but it’s certainly the most connected. It’s also the biggest place for user-generated content on the web. The problem with user-generated content is that it needs to be moderated in one form or another. But with 350 million users, it’s easy to understand the amount of work necessary to weed out the objectionable content. In order to help out with the gargantuan task, Facebook is turning to its most valuable asset, the users, and the social network is now testing a crowd-sourced model of content moderation.
If you have been keeping an eye on autoevolution, you might know by now BMW is preparing a sequel to the controversial 5 Series GT launched in 2009. The soon-to-be Progressive Activity Coupe (PAC), as BMW likes to call it, is not quite the same as the 5 Series, as it will focus more on dynamics and performance rather than on more frugal aspects, like luxury. 
Another day, another stage winner and yet another overall leader in the 2010 edition of the Dakar Rally. Following the action in Day 3 of the South American event, it is legendary driver Stephane Peterhansel to grab 1st place in the overall classification, after a smashing performance La Rioja to Fiambala.
It seems that downsizing is drastically affecting the sports car manufacturers as well, as the next Porsche Boxster could feature a four cylinder engine or even a three-cylinder turbocharged one, a Porsche official told Autocar.
As the 2010 Geneva Auto Show is still some three months away, the revised versions of the 3 Series Coupe and Convertible models still keep a tight lid on what they will bring new to the table. This however doesn’t stop some pieces of information from leaking here and there on the web, you know, to keep us interested. 
As we reported throughout the year, 2009 was not auspicious for car sales. In the Unites States, however, not only there were fewer buyers, but the entire car fleet lost 14 million units last year. The Earth Policy Institute (EPI) recently announced there will be a teleconference with reporters tomorrow during which it will report that "America’s century-old love affair with the automobile may be coming to an end." 
Renault is currently working on the CC flavor of the new Megane and the recent sets of spyshots are here to confirm this to us. And although we do have a glimpse into how the future model will look like, here is a brand new teaser that shows the overall shape of the car due to be released sometime this year.
Although most of the Italian tifosi are now very happy with Michael Schumacher signing with rival team Mercedes GP, some F1 pundits believe the German will certainly not be booed during the 2010 Italian Grand Prix, at Monza. Returning to Italy in a silver, rather than red, race suit will certainly not look good in the eyes of the Italian fans, but going as far as booing the man who brought you almost a dozen titles in the last decade is surely out of the question.
The ‘white space’ promise continues to be enticing to tech companies as much as to the consumers. Several big tech and hardware companies, like Dell, HP, Google and Microsoft, have lobbied for the US government to open up the so-called white space, unused portions of the lower frequency spectrum usually designated to TV broadcast. One requirement before manufacturers can start offering devices using that space is a national database to keep track of the portions of the spectrum already used in every location. This database will be maintained by several private sector administrators. Google has now made its intentions of becoming one of the database administrators official in a submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
As EV technology and solution manufacturers and providers are gearing up for the battle ahead, the Chinese from Wonder Auto managed to get a head start by signing a deal with the local Liaoning government to provide electric motors for 100 of its taxis. The deal is a first for the Chinese and, according to Wonder Auto, a sign for the "adoption of electronic cars(!)" (their words).
