Ford to charge $700 premium for Ecoboost - Autoblog

Brett Hinds, Ford’s advanced engine design manager, said the 3.5L V6 Ecoboost slated for F-150 duty in 2010 would produce “significantly more” than 340 hp and 340 lb-ft, which easily bests the 300 ponies delivered by the truck’s current top shelf 5.4L V8. A similar story will unfold with boosted four-pots, as V6 power is attainable with small displacement fuel economy.

I don’t have a use for this, but I want one.

VIC Ltd-NAVISURFER,CAR COMPUTER, CAR PC, TAXI COMPUTER, POLICE COMPUTER, AMBULANCE COMPUTER, COURIER CAR COMPUTER, MARINE COMPUTER

NAVISURFER IIâ„¢ is the first indash 1-DIN computer with a combination of 7″ touch screen monitor. Monitor able to move as vertically as well horizontally. NAVISURFER IIâ„¢ allows to run any normal Windows or Linux compatible applications also serves as Audio / Video Player, Vehicle GPS Navigator & Tracker, Rear View Camera, In-Car wireless Internet, In-Car TV, In-Car Game Console and In-Car Mobile Office and real-time OBD-II vehicle diagnostics.

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That’s a pretty good deal.  And I don’t see Yahoo going out of business this week, unlike some of the cheap web hosts I have used in the past.

Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Introducing all-you-can-eat web hosting

Our new Yahoo! Web Hosting plan offers unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer, unlimited email storage, and 1,000 email accounts — all for $11.95 a month.

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Yes, he named it for the Skywalker.  It’s impressive.

IEEE Spectrum: Video Viewer

Segway inventor reinvents the prosthetic arm

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Bubble 2.0: The Video

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I’m voting for the Wii, but I would happily take a PS3.

Amazon Customers Vote Homepage

Welcome to Amazon Customers Vote! The products that get the most votes in each of six rounds will be offered at ridiculous winning prices, and the runners-up will also be sold at slightly smaller discounts. (But they’ll still be sweet deals.)

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At some point in the next 10 years Verizon will finish ripping holes all over my neighborhood and actually get my internet service switched over to Fios.  Maybe I will try the TV too.

Zatz Not Funny!»Blog Archive » Verizon FiOS TV Getting Media Extender Capabilities (and more!)

Verizon’s FiOS TV Interactive Media Guide (IMG) currently offers rudimentary photo and music PC sharing capabilities. However, with upcoming releases, music and photo navigation will be enhanced (folders, playlists) AND the ability to stream video from “Media Manager” will be added. All sorts of file formats (AVI, MPEG4, DiVx, Flash, etc) will be transcoded on the fly.

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I’d drive that.

Inhabitat » BRAND NEW ELECTRIC SPORTS CAR: Lightning GT Electric

According to the company, the electric version of the Lightning will go for up to 250 miles on a single charge. But what I’m sure that you are interested in knowing is how fast it’ll go, it is after all a sports car. The specs mention that the vehicle do up to 130 miles an hour, and will make the 0-60mph run in about 4 seconds.

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Gizmodo has the iPhone unlock code up on their site.

Exclusive: iPhone Free Software Unlock Confirmed! (Death Star Explodes) - Gizmodo

Their server is collapsing under the load, so the iPhone Dev Team has given the Giz permission to host a mirror of the file and the source code. Get the file and the source code after the jump]

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I don’t have the skills to need a place like this, but it would be cool to hang out there.

How to Change the World: TechShop: Geek Heaven

Jim Newton founded TechShop in the summer of 2006 because he needed a
world-class workshop so he could work on his projects and inventions.
…
TechShop provides its members with a huge variety of tools, machines, and equipment in a 15,000 square-foot workshop environment. The equipment at TechShop is not likely to appear in the hobbyist’s home workshop. The range of tools and equipment covers machining, sheet metal, welding, casting, laser cutters, rapid prototyping, CAD, CNC equipment, electronics, sewing, automotive, plastics, composites, and lots more.

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