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Mini Cooper Connected app adjusts music based on driving style, stops when airbags deploy
We're always looking for excuses to get behind the wheel, so naturally the new Dynamic Music function in the Mini Connected app made us yearn for a chance to hit the road. Version 2.0 brings this headline feature to the iPhone, which includes exclusively-composed music that adjusts based on things like a compatible Mini Cooper's "longitudinal and lateral acceleration." In other words, the faster and crazier you drive, the more exciting the music becomes. (...)
2011-04-28 09:53:00 | EngadgetWhat happens when you get a Cloud Girlfriend
For the purposes of science, Technically Incorrect tests the finer points of enjoying a girlfriend who is really interested in you and happens to not exist.
2011-04-28 09:48:06 | CnetToyota invests in wireless car charging
Deal signed to develop WiTricity's resonance wireless charging for vehicles that requires no point of contact.
2011-04-28 09:45:10 | CnetToshiba announces 1mm-thick 7-inch LCD touchscreen
The Toshiba Mobile Display division has come up with an integrated touch panel that’s only as thick as a dime. The company has developed a 7-inch LCD panel that’s just 1mm thick. The low temperature poly-silicone (LTPS) thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) is less than half as thick as a conventional LCD touchscreen. [...]
2011-04-28 09:32:16 | Geek.comReview: PrimaLuna Prologue Two
Designed in Holland and made in China, PrimaLuna's amps are essentially classic valve designs, but they bring distinctive aesthetics and a few modern design touches to the party. One such notable feature in the PrimaLuna Prologue Two amp we are reviewing here is 'Adaptive auto bias'. Bias is a long-standing pain in the neck of valve amps: quite simply it's the DC ('standing') current in the valves under conditions of no audio signal and (...)
2011-04-28 09:30:00 | Tech Radar
IPS and 3D come together in Mitsubishi's new 23-inch display
Looking for the vibrant colors and wide angle viewing of an IPS display and the in-your-face action that only a 3D monitor can provide? Well, Mitsubishi's got you covered with its new 23-inch LED backlit IPS panel that promises Full HD resolution, 178-degree viewing angles, and a 3.8 millisecond response time from a 39 millimeter-thick slab of screen. Content comes to the RDT233WX-3D through a DVI-D connector, two HDMI 1.4 ports, and D5 connections, (...)
2011-04-28 09:28:00 | EngadgetUK-based company sells gambling.com for £1.5m
The domain gambling.com has been sold off for $2.5 million (£1.5m) by UK-based Media Corp, although the buyer has chosen to remain anonymous for now. With sex and gambling two of the dominant markets on the internet, it comes as little surprise that gambling.com joins sex.com in a list of megabucks domains. The sale was handled by specialist Sedo's UK team - and it is the company's third highest price after the infamous sex.com (...)
2011-04-28 09:22:00 | Tech Radar'South Park' has fun with Apple, iPhone tracking
In a beautifully balanced episode of "South Park," Kyle discovers that this iPhone tracking is a really big deal when the suits from Apple arrive to take his blood.
2011-04-28 09:05:06 | Cnet
NASA collects proposals for space fueling stations
Sometimes rocket science is actually, you know, rocket science. Getting to the moon was tough enough, but deep space exploration poses all manner of additional concerns -- like getting back home alive, for one thing. And then there's the issue of fuel, something long distance trips require a lot of -- but stocking up on here on Earth means potential weight problems at launch. One proposal offered up in the past is space-based fueling (...)
2011-04-28 09:05:00 | EngadgetPanasonic outlines plans for reorg
Company will now be comprised of three divisions--in hopes of boosting revenue--rather than the five business units that currently make up its corporate structure.
2011-04-28 08:48:36 | CnetMozilla overhauling Firefox graphics, JavaScript
Firefox's graphics and JavaScript performance should improve with new Mozilla projects. Don't expect results by Firefox 5's June release, though.
2011-04-28 08:35:20 | Cnet
WiFi HTC Flyer visits the FCC, leaves behind a line-drawn calling card
That, dear readers, is where you'll be able to find the FCC label on your brand new HTC Flyer -- well, assuming you decide to get in on the company's 7-inch dose of Android, and also assuming that HTC ever decides to actually release the thing in the US. We assume it does, as the machine has just been given the blessing of the FCC. This looks to be a WiFi-only model, also tested (...)
2011-04-28 08:31:00 | EngadgetSony: PSN back soon, regrets incident
Sony has given out another update on the ongoing PSN debacle, with a lengthy Q&A insisting that the company is still not sure that credit card numbers have indeed been taken, defending the lack of encryption on the personal data that certainly was and insisting that the service will be back soon. Sony's PSN service has now been down for over a week – but gamers annoyance turned to horror when it turned out (...)
2011-04-28 08:22:00 | Tech RadarPlayStation network hack: Who did it?
It's one of the biggest data breaches in history. Now that Sony has come clean -- sort of -- on a computer intrusion this month that exposed personal information on 77 million PlayStation Network users, one obvious question remains: Who pulled off the hack?
2011-04-28 08:16:12 | CNN