Xbox 360 250GB Racing Bundle announced

Are you a racer at heart. Then you might want to take the less dangerous route whenever you have the itch to burn up some asphalt, doing it digitally instead of in real life. One of the ways would be to have a decent video game console as well as the relevant peripherals to get you started – and I am quite sure for those who prefer everything to come right out of the box, the recently announced Xbox 360 250GB Racing Bundle ought to do the trick.

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Xperia arc and neo get the Android 4.0 treatment, Sony makes good on its upgrade plans

Sony's been pretty forthcoming about its Ice Cream Sandwich rollout, informing users of certain instabilities (see: Xperia Play) and mostly abiding by its planned upgrade schedule. In line with its announcement from last week regarding second round refreshes, Xperia arc and neo handsets have now begun to receive that Android 4.0.4 update, no doubt delighting owners and invoking the ire of their Gingerbread-toting friends. It's a rare moment of reversal that should see owners of those two elder devices from a bygone SE-era enjoying a temporary leg up on their faster, better, flashier brethren.

Engadget, Xperia arc and neo get the Android 4.0 treatment, Sony makes good on its upgrade plans

Diablo 3 patch 1.0.2 is now live

Yes, we talked about how Blizzard detailed out Diablo 3 patch 1.0.2 earlier this morning, and we are pleased to announce that the Diablo 3 patch 1.0.2 has just gone live – so you might want to go ahead and download it here before doing anything else. The Bug Report forum will carry the slew of known issues for you to go through, while hotfixes made in addition to changes in patch 1.0.2 are available here.

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And Then There Were 76: Aston Martin One-77 wrecked in Hong Kong

It was only a matter of time before we heard word of a deceased Aston Martin One-77. Reports kicking around the web suggest the owner of one of the 700-horsepower supercars got just a bit too close to a curb at a high rate of speed in Hong Kong, sending ultra-rare bodywork scattering across the landscape. Details are scarce at the moment, but reports suggest the owner is from mainland China and the accident only involved the Aston Martin.

Autoblog, And Then There Were 76: Aston Martin One-77 wrecked in Hong Kong

ARCHOS Arnova 7d and 10b G3 Android 4.0 tablets now on sale, from £110

The Currys/Dixons/PC World electronics chain has started selling another pair of super-budget Android tablets, and these have a bit of brand name heritage attached to them. Released under the ARCHOS Arnova brand, the awkwardly-named Arnova 7d G3 tablet features a 7″ capacitive display running at 800×480 resolution, a 1GHz Cortex A8 chipset, 4GB of storage space and 1GB of RAM. Plus there's a 10″ model, the Arnova 10b G3. And they have quite an appealing design, too:

The 7″ model is yours for £110, the 10″ one for £150.

Eurodroid, ARCHOS Arnova 7d and 10b G3 Android 4.0 tablets now on sale, from £110

GM admits $600k ad contract went to company of CFO's wife

Mother is a well-respected ad agency with offices in London, New York and Buenos Aires. Another noteable detail about Mother is that Pernilla Ammann is a partner and COO of Mother New York. That's important, because Mrs. Ammann's husband is General Motors CFO Dan Ammann.

Autoblog, GM admits $600k ad contract went to company of CFO's wife

Insert Coin: Modkit Micro asks us if we're ready for six-year-olds coding Arduino boards

In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. What does microcontroller programming have in common with Tetris. Quite a bit if you're doing it with Modkit Micro from a Kickstarter project out of Cambridge, MA., which allows almost anyone to visually set up their hardware using graphical blocks to write the code.

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