PARIS: The 1980 Geneva Motor Show saw the debut of an automobile, whose name went on to become more than just a symbol for a long line of success by the manufacturer. The quattro from Audi is also the gold standard for the combination of winning motor sport qualities with the utmost in everyday practicality. [...]
Audi presents the Audi e-tron Spyder, the study of an open sports car, at the fall 2010’s largest auto show. The show car, with plug-in hybrid drive, is 4.06 meters (13.32 ft) long, 1.81 meters (5.94 ft) wide and only 1.11 meters (3.64 ft) high. The two-seater is equipped with a 221-kW (300-hp) twin-turbo V6 [...]
2010 Paris Motor Show: Volkswagen presented its new bestseller: the seventh generation of the Passat—as a saloon and an estate car simultaneously. More than 15 million units have been sold in more than 100 countries, making it one of the greatest success stories ever in automotive history. The new Passat was joined in by Diego, [...]
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures has registered one million users one week after launch on September 15. Clone Wars Adventures is a free-to-play, family-friendly online virtual world based on the popular Cartoon Network animated series, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” “We are thrilled to have hit the one million player mark in Clone Wars Adventures [...]
Scientists revealed that a massive solar flare could paralyze Earth in 2013, causin blackouts and wreck satellite communications. It could mirror the Great Solar Flare of 1859. The announcement was made public during a conference by Dr Liam Fox, the Defense Secretary of England. This would be a once-in-a-century disaster that could cause global chaos, [...]
AMD Bobcat and Bulldozer and the company’s latest microprocessors, unveiled at the Hot Chips Conference at Stanford University. It’s important news for AMD, as it’s the first time in seven years that the company decided that it’s time to update the architecture of the processing cores. The first microprocessor, called Bulldozer, is aimed toward server [...]
We live in the era of the online leaks, when not even the government or the military can avoid being exposed online, let alone the mobile service providers – so it can be no surprise that Verizon’s roadmap has hit the great online, allowing us to see their plans regarding the launch of future handsets [...]
QNX Software will provide the advanced and powerful operating system that will be installed on RIM’s future tablet, the BlackPad. The new tablet will be roughly the same size as Apple’s iPad and is expected to hit the stores in November. QNX Software is used on a variety of platforms: it powers BMW’s audio systems [...]
Facebook is considered the best of the social networks online. Its services grow continuously, so does its user base. Their new service launched today might be – it’s called Facebook Places and it allows users to share their current location on their status page and tag others that are there with them. The online geo-location [...]
As the classic iPad is said to be too big for some, rumors start circulating online abut a new, smaller iPad with a considerably smaller weight. The new iPad is said to have a 7-inch screen instead of the 9.7 inch on the currently available model, and a weight of 500 grams instead of 700 [...]