McLaren introduces the MP4-28 Formula One [w/videos]

McLaren F1 hasn't gone into much detail on the changes included in its brand new MP4-28, which might cause a double-take since it has the same lines and paint job as last year's car. We're told, however, that under the skin it is a new beast, team managing director Jonathan Neale saying that instead of evolving last year's race-winning car it made more sense to be more ambitious and provide a more open-ended development track. The front suspension is a pull-rod type like the one used by Ferrari, which is a change from last year, and the sidepods and rear bodywork are probably the most notable of the other upgrades.





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Gears + chocolate = I want some!

It's almost the weekend folks. For me that means I can eat junk. Yay. I have this thing where I don't eat sweets during the week, but starting Friday night, all bets are off. That's why these edible gadget gears are calling my name right now. They are hand crafted chocolate candies made by Andie's Speciality Sweets, an Etsy artisan. They are made to order from Fair Trade Organic Chocolate, Certified Organic Flavorings, and Organic Starches.

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Fujifilm FinePix F850EXR Travel Zoom Camera

Fujifilm has once again expanded its line of travel zoom cameras by unveiling the FinePix F850EXR. It sports a 16MP 1x2″ EXR-CMOS image sensor, a 25mm wide-angle lens, a 20x optical zoom lens, a 3.0-inch 920K-dot LCD monitor, Fujifilm's EXR Processor II, Eye-Fi Card compatibility and 1080p (60fps) Full HD video recording capabilities. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment.

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Micromax A89 Ninja Dual SIM Android 4.0 ICS Smartphone

Micromax is reportedly preparing to release a new dual SIM Android 4.0 ICS smartphone ‘A89 Ninja' in India. The handset is said to feature a 4.0-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen display, a 1GHz dual-core processor, a 512MB RAM, a 2GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), dual SIM card slots, a 3MP rear-facing camera and run on Android 4.0 ICS OS. The A89 Ninja is expected to hit shelves in the next few days for only Rs 7,000 outright (about $130).

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GM investing $600M in plant that produces Malibu, LaCrosse

General Motors, committed to investing upwards of $2 billion in plant upgrades, has just announced that it is making a $600 million investment in its Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant in Kansas City, KS – it is one of the largest investments GM has ever made in a single plant. Construction is set to begin later this year, and the work will increase the footprint of the facility by 15 percent, bringing its total to to 3.7 million square feet. Production schedules will be unaffected by the work, meaning 4,000 employees will stay on the job.

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Russel Sutton's nine-cylinder radial engine LIVES!

Russell Sutton has proven once again that patience can trump all adversity. If you recall, the man has spent nearly five years constructing a nine-cylinder radial engine from a smattering of Honda single-cylinder XR600 thumpers. The last time we saw this beast, it ran briefly before succumbing to mechanical failure due to some lackluster cylinder sleeves. Now Sutton has resleeved each of the nine cylinders and has his creation running like a song with a little help from an MSD rev limiter.



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Apps Market Update Report by Flexion – Q4, 2012

€4.5m spent on Flexion-enabled content; 4.3 free trials per second enabled; 48.5 million new registered customers globallyJanuary 2013 – In Q4 2012, mobile app monetisation and discovery platform Flexion saw €4.5 million spent on apps monetised through its wrapper globally, with consumer spend highest in EMEA at €2.2 million, thanks to a strong demand for new Android devices leading up to Christmas.In the last quarter of 2012, 48.5 million new consumers joined the platform, a year-on-year consumer quarterly growth of 73%.

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The Best Electric Knife Sharpener

When it comes to the kitchen, having a good set of kitchen tools like knives is always essential. But over time, these knives can have its share of wear with every use. Eventually, they get dull that they affect their use and function. To keep them useful, you might need a device like the Best Electric Knife Sharpener to do the job for you.
The Best Electric Knife Sharpener features diamond abrasives and stropping discs to polish an edge of a knife to restore it to its original sharpness in as little as 10 seconds.

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Ford nets $5.7B in 2012, $1.6B in fourth quarter

Ford brought in $5.7 billion in net income during 2012, which is around $307 million less than one year prior. Even so, the automaker closed out 2012 with the highest pre-tax profit for a single quarter in nearly 10 years, earning $1.7 billion in the fourth quarter thanks largely to a higher-than-average truck mix in the US. That's a jump of $577 million over 2011. Likewise, that translated into fourth quarter income of $1.6 billion. All told, Ford set a full-year pre-tax profit record in 2012.

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Top Gear USA returns tonight (video)

Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood are set to return to our television screens. The trio are back in action for the third season of Top Gear USA, and this time around, they'll be exploring even farther flung destinations. From testing the best college car for a road trip to Mexico to building a machine capable of taking on the apocalypse, the guys have plenty of entertaining stunts planned for the new season. You can check out the first episode of the season tonight at 9:00 PM EST on the History Channel.
Can't wait that long? We've got a teaser from the crew's jaunt to Mexico below.


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Bizarre Honda Civic explosion triggered by trunk remote

In most states, it's illegal to transport oxygen and acetylene tanks inside of a closed cabin vehicle. Why. Ask the owner of this 2012 Honda Civic. Jackie Sugrue's boyfriend, a plumber, left his welding rig inside the vehicle's trunk while the couple went shopping. Unbeknownst to him, the acetylene tank was slowly leaking, filling the whole interior with highly flammable vapors. When the wife hit the remote trunk release, the mechanism generated enough of a charge to ignite the fumes, causing the gas inside to explode.

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AppSense Unveils MobileNow, Unlocks BYOD Potential for Organizations and Employees

State of the Art Mobile Management Solution Liberates Users While Providing IT Precise Control Over Mobile Device, Application and Data Management PoliciesNEW YORK – Jan 29, 2013 – AppSense, the leader in people-centric computing, today released MobileNow, the only 100% SaaS based mobile device, application and data management solution designed for Enterprise and Mid-Market organizations that bridges application/data access, corporate compliance and strong security to personal devices in work environments.

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Hyundai shows us two more Super Bowl commercials

Hyundai is gearing up to show five commercials during this year's Super Bowl, and you've probably already seen one of them called Don't Tell that's been airing on television for weeks now. The Korean automaker has released two of the other four ads, though it looks like it might keep the headlining ad for the three-row Santa Fe, called Epic PlayDate, under wraps until the big game. Of the two ads published on YouTube, we like Stuck the most, which features the Sonata Turbo.





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China Considers Lifting Ban on Consoles

Video game consoles have been banned in China for over a decade and reports claim that the country's government is considering to lift the ban. The speculations arise after Sony's PlayStation 3 obtained a quality certification from China's safety standards body late last year. For China to end its ban on consoles, an approval must be sought from all seven ministries that issued the ban.

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