TODAY WORLD NEWS: 6/6/10

Friday, June 11, 2010

Ferrari keep Massa on for two more seasons

Alonso and Massa formed a new partnership in 2010 Ferrari have given Felipe Massa a new two-year deal that will keep him with the Italian team until the end of 2012.The announcement comes hard on the heels of Red Bull's retention of Mark Webber, who was regarded as a contender to take over Massa's drive. "It's a matter of pride to continue working with a team that I regard as my second family," said Massa....

Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button expect future F1 battles

Turkish GP in 90 seconds Lewis Hamilton is anticipating further on-track tussles with McLaren team-mate Jenson Button following their one-two finish at the Turkish Grand Prix.The 2008 world champion took his first victory of the season, but was passed by Button with eight laps to go before retaking the lead straight afterwards. "There are 12 races left and I'd be surprised if we weren't racing each other soon,"...

Force India designers join Lotus

Gascoyne has made three appointments from his former team Lotus have recruited three designers from rivals Force India in a bid to continue their progress in Formula 1.Mark Smith will take over as the team's technical director, Lewis Butler joins as chief designer and Marianne Hinson will be head of aerodynamics. Team owner Tony Fernandes said: "I am honoured that these fantastic talents have put their...

Robert Kubica lukewarm on future with Renault F1 team

Robert Kubica is one of the most highly-rated Formula 1 drivers In-form Renault driver Robert Kubica has refused to commit himself to the team for next season.The 25-year-old Pole is sixth in the drivers' standings and has two podium finishes in seven races this season. That form has seen him linked with a move to Ferrari and when asked about next season, he was non-committal. "It's not the time to talk...

Mark Webber wants unity with Red Bull team-mate Vettel

Vettel and Webber's catastrophic collision Championship leader Mark Webber has called on Red Bull to be united as they look to recover from the disastrous finale to the Turkish Grand Prix.The team were on course for a one-two finish when Sebastian Vettel attempted an overtaking move, collided with Webber and crashed out of the race. The drivers blamed each other for the crash, but Webber is now keen for the...

McLaren admit to communication errors in Turkey

Button and Hamilton were all smiles on the podium after the race at Istanbul Park in Turkey McLaren have admitted to making errors in communicating with their drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button at last month's Turkish Grand Prix.Hamilton led a McLaren one-two in Istanbul but was upset to be overtaken by Button on lap 50 after being told via radio this would not happen. McLaren team principal Martin...

Ferrari sign 11-year-old prodigy Lance Stroll

The Ferrari team is the most successful in Grand Prix racing Ferrari have signed up 11-year-old Lance Stroll as the youngest member of their driver academy.Ferrari set up the academy last year to help young drivers progress from karting through to Formula 1. Stroll, from Montreal, has twice won the Canadian national championship in the Rotax Mini Max category. "He is very young but he has already shown...

Red Bull extend Mark Webber contract by one year

Webber is currently top of the drivers' championship with 93 points Formula 1 world championship leader Mark Webber has signed a one-year contract extension with Red Bull.The new deal means the Australian, 33, will line up alongside Germany's Sebastian Vettel for the third successive season in 2011. The two drivers controversially collided when Webber was leading the Turkish Grand Prix last week. "At this...

No favourite at Red Bull - Vettel

Sebastian Vettel has insisted he is not favoured by Red Bull over team-mate Mark Webber in the aftermath of their crash at the Turkish Grand Prix.Red Bull team bosses have appeared to pin most of the blame for the crash on Webber, despite the vast majority of pundits believing Vettel was at fault. Vettel told BBC Sport: "What we have been discussing internally is neither driver is favoured in any way. "We go out and try to find out who is the better...

Lewis Hamilton says more to come from McLaren after win

Hamilton pleased to win eventful race Lewis Hamilton believes there is more to come from his McLaren team after they clinched a one-two finish in an incident-packed Turkish Grand Prix.Hamilton took advantage of a collision between the two Red Bull drivers to secure his first win of the season at Istanbul Park on Sunday. "We have closed the gap and we have good things coming in the next few races," said the...

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Notion Ink Adam 'on track' for Q3 after all, may have 'more aggressive price'

Thought the Notion Ink Adam was delayed yet again? So did we, but founder Rohan Shravan just cleared up all that nonsense with a new update. If you've been pining for a Pixel Qi screen, you'll be happy to know the Tegra 2 tablet is still on track for Q3, and will be joined by a cheaper LCD version around the same period. Celebrating his good fortune at securing investment, Shravan teased lower prices and a third, more battery efficient Notion...

Volkswagen 2011 Phaeton can read street signs using windshield mounted camera

Volkswagen's showing off its 2011 Phaeton all over the place, and it's boasting some pretty interesting features if you're the nerdy type. In addition to regular navigational systems, the Phaeton will be the first to integrate a new system which can download Google maps satellite images and points of interest info over a mobile phone, and then laid over existing maps within the GPS, providing a far superior, up to date database of information...

MotoCzysz E1pc claims to be the world's most advanced electric motorcycle, we don't argue

We've seen quite a few electric motorcycles, and even driven some ourselves, but none quite like the MotoCzysz E1pc, which is touted to be the "world's most advanced." As Popular Science discovered in an exclusive look at the bike, there seems to be little doubt about that fact -- for starters, the bike packs ten times the battery capacity of a Toyota Prius and two and half times the torque of a Ducati 119 motorcycle and, well, look at it....

MSI rolls out GT660 gaming laptop with Dynaudio sound system

We caught sight of this one back around CeBIT time, but MSI's just officially dropped some fuller details on the GT660. The HD16-incher will be powered by a quad core Intel i7 CPU, a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and a standard 500GB hard drive. It also boasts two USB 3.0 ports, HDMI output, plus a 9-cell battery and a Dynaudio sound system. There's no word on pricing or availability yet but we'll let you know when...

Sony 3DTVs go on pre-sale at Sony Style stores immediately, 'Cloudy' hits Blu-ray 3D June 22

After getting price and release date information in the UK, Japan and even Canada, Sony has finally seen fit to announce US details for the latest and greatest additions to the BRAVIA LCD lineup. Additionally, the software update to turn on Blu-ray 3D playback and DLNA streaming in its latest players (the out of the box 3D ready BDP-S770 ships next month) is going out today, provided you can find a disc to slip in them -- which you can't...

How-to: stay connected while traveling internationally

It's a harsh reality that every avid traveler faces, and unless you're fortunate enough to have been born in a generation where you're not expected to check your inbox every half-hour, glance over Twitter updates every 7.23 minutes seconds and tell the world where you're at this very moment via Foursquare, you've probably found yourself wondering how on Earth you're going to remain connected once your swipe that passport and leave the comfy...

Google Maps Navigation comes to Canada and mainland Europe, remains free as a bird

23diggsdiggPatience has had to be your foremost virtue if you were eager to use Google Maps Navigation outside the US or UK, but you might be in luck today as a sizable new batch of countries is getting the free turn-by-turn nav service activated. Googleites in Canada and most of mainland Europe will now be able to hear their Android (version 1.6 and above) giving them voice directions, and as an extra bonus, some nations are also seeing...

Google, Verizon, Comcast, and more band together to form tech (and policy) advisory group

BITAG doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, as far as spoken acronyms go, but the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (also goes by TAG, for short) is looking to make (radio) waves. Facilitated by former FCC Chief Technologist (and University of Colorado at Boulder Adjunct Professor) Dale Hatfield, the group aims to "develop consensus on broadband network management practices and other related technical issues that can affect users'...

AT&T breach reveals 114,000 iPad owners' email addresses, including some elite customers

Uh oh. According to Valleywag, an AT&T security breach led to the exposure of 114,000 email addresses (and associated SIM / ICC identifiers) belonging to Apple iPad owners. A group of hackers calling themselves Goatse Security (be careful looking that one up) figured out a number of ICC-IDs and ran a script on AT&T's site through a faked iPad UserAgent, which would then return the associated addresses. Some of those affected were actually...

Acclaim Android slider revealed by Samsung's own site

We know you've been kept awake at night by this question: just what does the Samsung Acclaim look like? Well, thanks to one of our awesome readers, we now the first official pic of the handset. This was discovered on Samsung's site without too much effort, which might indicate just how excited the Korean manufacturer is about the whole thing. Clearly running Android as its OS, this slider offers a full QWERTY keypad with a dedicated number...

Sprint says it overstated EVO launch day sales

Sprint said on Tuesday the total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on the launch day was in line with the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined."We originally reported that the total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was three times the number of Samsung Instinct and...

The Ultimate 3D Experience: Stereoscopic 3D Gaming on PlayStation 3 Available Tomorrow

Hi everyone! The moment is here — starting tomorrow, high-definition stereoscopic 3D gaming will be available in your very own living rooms! As you already know, all PlayStation 3 systems are already equipped with everything they need to play stereoscopic 3D games. Thanks to a free firmware update released this past April, the PS3 system is the only console on the market that can support full stereoscopic 3D gaming — right from your...

Speeding Fine Provokes Man To Purchase Expired Police Domain

Getting a speeding fine is enough to drive anyone to road-rage, but Brian McCrary decided to do something entirely different with his rage. While browsing the local police department's website, he saw the domain was close to expiring... Pity the police chief at Bluff City, who saw his website turn into a shrine for speeding fine contesters, hellbent on complaining about their unfair tickets. Police chief David Nelson excused it away, commenting...

Links and Twitter: Length Shouldn’t Matter

Since early March, we have been routing links within Direct Messages through our link service to detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of malware, phishing, and other dangers. Any link shared in a Direct Message has been wrapped with a twt.tl URL. Links reported to us as malicious are blacklisted, and we present users with a page that warns them...

Our new search index: Caffeine

Today, we're announcing the completion of a new web indexing system called Caffeine. Caffeine provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches than our last index, and it's the largest collection of web content we've offered. Whether it's a news story, a blog or a forum post, you can now find links to relevant content much sooner after it is published than was possible ever before.Some background for those of you who don't build search...

Samsung: iPhone 4's retina display is nice, but it's no AMOLED

Samsung seems to have taken exception to a little sidenote made by Steve Jobs during his iPhone 4 announcement at WWDC10 this Monday. While waxing poetic on the virtues of IPS, Jobs let us know that he considers it an entirely superior display technology to OLED, and now the world's biggest display maker has a few words to say about it. According to a Samsung spokesperson, the high-res retina display on the iPhone 4 offers only a 3 to 5 percent...

Fun on the Autobahn: Google Maps Navigation in 11 more Countries

There’s nothing quite like driving through Europe in the summer. In the past week, I’ve seen the beautiful Val d’Aosta, the Swiss Alps, the Cathedral in Chartres, and travelled through the Channel Tunnel as I road-tripped from Milan to Geneva, Zürich to Stuttgart, and on through Paris to London. Why the burst of mileage? Well, I’ve been testing Google Maps Navigation version 4.2. Yes, road-testing it around Europe was a grueling process,...

Mobile advertising and the iPhone

Apple proposed new developer terms on Monday that, if enforced as written, would prohibit app developers from using AdMob and Google’s advertising solutions on the iPhone. These advertising related terms both target companies with competitive mobile technologies (such as Google), as well as any company whose primary business is not serving mobile...

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