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Kate Gosselin’s life just got a bit more complicated the other week, when she was busted for speeding in Adams County, Pennsylvania. A police officer confirms for TMZ that Gosselin was driving at 70 miles per hour in a 55 mile zone, as well as that all the children were with her in the car when she was pulled o... |
3 November 2009
03:44 GMT |
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Viper, a company producing and selling car alarms and remote starters, has launched Viper SmartStart for iPhone and iPod touch. The app works with Viper remote-start systems and can start a car, lock or unlock its doors, open its trunk, or even locate it in a parking lot. Users can also set off a panic alarm. While m... |
14 October 2009
09:44 GMT |
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As he was leaving for home after his performance on X Factor over the weekend, Robbie Williams was involved in an incident that could have proven fatal for a too nosy photographer. As the chauffeur-driven car in which the singer was was heading for the exit, a young paparazzo was hit and then pulled underneath the mo... |
13 October 2009
09:52 GMT |
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Paparazzi are often said to be responsible for minor fender-benders and rear-ends with celebrities’ vehicles, though they always claim to have kept a safe distance from the vehicle they were chasing. The same happened the other day, when Nicole Richie’s car was rear-ended by a pap vehicle, as People magaz... |
6 October 2009
03:04 GMT |
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British moto insurer Diamond has revealed the figures behind a recent survey among female motorists and they are nothing short of troubling. As it turns out, an estimated one in five women drivers admits to retouching their makeup on the go, when they’re behind the wheel, which translates into half a million cr... |
2 October 2009
16:51 GMT |
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It has often been said that women are up to no good when they get behind the wheel for reasons ranging from their inability to focus on one thing alone (driving, that is) to not being as endowed as men when it comes to spatial orientation. A recent study comes to show that women also suffer from what is known as &ldq... |
23 September 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Yesterday, we reported that 8-time gold medalist at the 2008 Olympics Michael Phelps had been involved in a 3-car accident in his hometown, Baltimore. That alcohol had not been a factor was known as early as the moment police arrived on the scene, but it has now been established that Phelps wasn’t in any way re... |
15 August 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Famous sports car maker Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. was pleased to find out that WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) ruled positive on two complaints made by the Italian-based company regarding trademark disputes on two domain names.The cases dealt with the registration and bad faith usage of the lambor... |
6 August 2009
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The people operating on the Need for Speed Blog have announced a contest for iPhone owners and players of the Need For Speed: Undercover iPhone port. Titled “iPhone Undercover Competition: Customize for the Win!,” the contest has NFS fans creating an awesome custom vehicle to be featured on NeedforSpeed.c... |
5 August 2009
06:57 GMT |
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ProClip USA, Inc. has announced a series of device holders targeting Apple’s new iPhone 3G S specifically. The padded or adjustable holders with tilt swivel, charging/USB cable or pass-through connector have been designed to securely mount the iPhone 3G S to car, truck and SUV dashboards and consoles. ProClip h... |
9 July 2009
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After reportedly scoring a new contract as judge on The X Factor worth a whopping £1.2 million, British singer, television personality and WAG extraordinaire Cheryl Cole can now tell husband Ashley Cole “From Cheryl, with love” in style. The diminutive star shed no less than £14,000 on a highl... |
14 June 2009
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Belkin, a company specializing in accessories for portable devices, including Apple's iPhone and iPods, has announced a couple of new products to go both with your iPhone and your car. The new TuneBase products from Belkin allow you to talk without taking your hands off the wheel, listen to music from your iPho... |
1 June 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Digital Chocolate, an iPhone developer with a very impressive portfolio, has released its latest iPhone game, Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks. As its name implies, the title delivers 99 tracks of nitro-fuelled stunt racing fun. Stunt Car Racing 99 tracks has players performing extreme flips, massive jumps, wheelies and a ... |
12 May 2009
09:28 GMT |
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Nicolas Cage is making his return to action movies with “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” in which the actor plays a sorcerer looking for an apprentice in New York. A car chase sequence in Times Square ended badly for two bystanders as a Ferrari swerved out of traffic and smashed into a lamppost, injurin... |
5 May 2009
09:32 GMT |
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Casey Aldridge, the father of Jamie Lynn Spears’ child, was involved in a one-car accident in the early hours of Sunday, when his truck flipped through the air as he lost control of the vehicle. He was the only one of the five people inside to require medical assistance, and is currently under observation at th... |
27 April 2009
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Belkin has announced its new Micro Auto Charger and Dual Auto Charger for iPod and iPhone. Users can acquire the products to charge their device's battery in their car, while adding no extra bulk to the dashboard of their vehicle, thanks to its compact design. “Sitting nearly flush with your dashboard, th... |
24 April 2009
09:55 GMT |
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I-Play has announced the availability of Fast & Furious The Game for iPhone and iPod touch in the iTunes App Store. Oberon Media’s publishing division and the world's leading multi-platform casual games publisher claims the title follows the storyline of the new Fast & Furious movie released in theaters la... |
6 April 2009
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The case of OctoMom Nadya Suleman has caused mixed reactions with the public and the media, with many people saying that, at the end of the day, she was probably so eager to have as many children as 14 only because she courted media attention and was in it for the money. However, until the other day, no one dared eng... |
3 April 2009
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At the moment, Nadya Suleman does not enjoy the best of reputations, with a vast majority of the public – and countless media outlets – saying she only got pregnant with octuplets for the fame and, implicitly, for the money. However, random acts of violence should never be the answer, it has been said in ... |
2 April 2009
09:40 GMT |
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A recent study by consultant Bain & Co. claims there is a real market for electric cars. Apparently, those already driving expensive, fuel-based cars are becoming more aware of the environmental problems posed by their use.The survey was carried out with the help of 4,000 individuals in eight countries, including the... |
28 January 2009
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Come May 22, “Terminator: Salvation,” the fourth installment of the box-office hit series, will hit theaters worldwide. Moreover, on that date, not only will fans get to see what director McG and appraised actor Christian Bale did to John Conner and the T, but also a couple of Chrysler cars being showed o... |
22 January 2009
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Princess Bea has, indeed, ranked so far as the smartest Royal, but her latest move has done nothing but make her feel embarrassed for being far too naive. The British media reports that the Princess had her BMW stolen the other day, as she got out of the car, left it unlocked and with the keys in the ignition, to go ... |
9 January 2009
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Automotive design student Anthony Jannarelly must really like Apple's designs, for his concept of an environmentally friendly vehicle is nothing more than a sturdy iPod on wheels. The iMo even has its own tab / section on the fake Apple website, just between Mac and iPhone. When designing the iMo, Jannarelly al... |
22 December 2008
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There are extremely few vehicles that can attenuate the bumps and/or noises of a ride, especially when conditions are tougher than normal. And even those cannot reach the dampness level achieved by a novel technology from the French ARTEC Aerospace. The company's experts devised a vibration and acoustic attenuat... |
17 December 2008
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The state of Florida took another step forward in the struggle against global warming, as Republican Governor Charlie Crist announced that he had passed legislation forcing the auto industry to produce less-polluting cars. By 2020, the levels of tailpipe exhausts will have to decrease by 23 percent, and they will hav... |
3 December 2008
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The recent Automotive News Green Car Conference held at The Diamond Center at Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan, stressed on the fast pace of gas cost and on the decrease of vehicles' carbon footprints. Major automotive issues related to lower emissions, fuel saving, enhanced safety or higher degrees of... |
19 November 2008
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The Luscious Garage in Bay Area is the only garage of the few specialized in hybrid cars that is run by a woman. However, it differentiates from the other garages by more than just that. Everything inside is green, one way or another, starting with the plants and trees thriving all over the place, to the cleanness o... |
5 November 2008
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Carbon dioxide emission gets a new bump from the vehicle industry that takes a major step into adding air among the alternative sources of fuel. Based on the idea of Guy Negre, founder and CEO of Luxembourg and France-based MDI SA company, who invented the car and had it developed in his French factories, the America... |
4 November 2008
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A revolutionary system that involves actually being paid when you park your car, for helping the energy industry run smoothly, is currently undergoing development, being in test phase. Moreover, the received sums would be quite substantial, definitely more than what you pay for the parking ticket or than the fines fo... |
30 October 2008
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It is a well-known fact that China is the largest and most populated country in the world. Statistics for this year show that more than 1.3 billion people (1,330,044,605 in mid-2008, to be more specific) can call China their home. With a rate of 3 cars to every hundred people, although pretty far behind the worldwide... |
29 October 2008
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The Bloodhound SSC (Supersonic car) is currently in the making at the Swansea University, and will apparently be ready by 2011. It will attempt to break the barrier of 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h), while also taking down the previous record held by a land vehicle (763 mph or 1,228 km/h, established by Thrust SSC on October... |
24 October 2008
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As car accidents cause more victims every year, it became clear that some form of warning system for drivers had to be developed. Experts from the Netherlands-based company Mobileye took on the challenge, and designed a camera that is able to recognize potential threats to the security of the car, warning the driver ... |
22 October 2008
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As car makers and dealers are yearning to find new approaches and features that would make their cars sell better, a new study tests how the pareidolia levels in people affect whether they like a car or not.Pareidolia refers to people's ability of finding human traits or even whole faces in objects that usu... |
16 October 2008
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A 17-year old high school boy from San Antonio, Texas, has put the results of large car companies to shame by building his own electric vehicle with a budget of a little over $10,000 (including the price of the car). And he did it in no more than 150 hours of work time. As top car companies are struggling to dev... |
16 October 2008
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France President Nicolas Sarkozy and the French government are determined to see the individual transportation system go green, as they invested 400 million Euros ($549 million) in this regard. This will allow for more than a decent start for car-making companies like Renault and Peugeot-Citroen.Following the announc... |
10 October 2008
07:29 GMT |
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Research conducted by analyst firm iSuppli has revealed that the automotive industry is preparing for a huge demand of iPod integration. 39 percent of vehicle models sold in the US in 2008 expected to offer iPod integration options. In 2009, this will rise to 58 percent of car models, iSuppli claims.Cars boasting iPo... |
10 October 2008
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The scratches of a car could soon be repaired with no stress, as Japanese researchers came up with a colorless car body paint that heals scratches by itself. Every driver in the world dreads off-road encounters with thorny bushes, children's playing with sharp things close to their cars or overzealous car w... |
27 September 2008
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The Fast and The Furious is a videogame published by Electronic Arts and Namco-Bandai alongside the movie The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2006. Inspired by the events of Universal Pictures' upcoming film, The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift, this game will immerse players in the underground world of dri... |
22 September 2008
10:06 GMT |
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No, it's not a steam locomotive! It is in fact the latest built steam powered car dubbed 'Inspiration', which will attempt this year to break the world land speed record for steam powered land vehicles, a record that has been standing up for more than one century and which was set on Daytona Beach in 1... |
2 July 2008
10:49 GMT |
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Eco-geekiness is not only a fashion trend as it is an overall outlook on life, a different perspective that involves everything from our personal car to the clothes and makeup we wear, to the kind of house we choose to live in. How do you define an eco-geek? Well, first of all, they simply love the word "green". Thin... |
3 June 2008
09:25 GMT |
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It seems like Google's Street View function is one of the hottest technologies inside Googleplex since the Mountain View-based company continuously improves the feature. Following the integration of Street View in Google Earth, it looks like Google wants more than that as the famous Street View car was spotted i... |
18 April 2008
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Since Google's Street View technology was published on the web, there were lots of speculations concerning the cars used to shoot pictures around the world. As you probably know, the Mountain View-based company has used multiple cars equipped with all kinds of high-end equipments in order to take high-resolution... |
17 April 2008
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The messages sent by brake lights to the driver behind bear a small resemblance to the binary code used by computers. But as we all know, the binary code is hardly the perfect communication language. For example, when you press the brake pedal, the break lights signal to the cars behind your intention to stop, except... |
27 March 2008
10:08 GMT |
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If you think a little bump can ruin your day, think again. A side-impact can ruin your life! Side-impacts are probably the most dangerous types of car crash, mostly due to the fact that the sides of the cars are the least protected areas. That's why European researchers are now trying to develop a car body that ... |
17 March 2008
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Verizon Wireless thought about all the automotive enthusiasts out there that are equally enthusiastic about cell phones, and today launched a new application called Car and Driver SlideShow. Developed by Viva Vision, a top provider of mobile entertainment content, the application is an interactive SlideShow one that ... |
11 March 2008
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So be it then! We should at least look at the bright side of the whole deal. No more stepping out of the car, no more getting dirty or smelling of petrol after a quick refuel. The automatic refueling unit was developed by an inventor from Netherlands who is also a gas station owner, and is the first of its kind in th... |
7 February 2008
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The Google Street View cars are racing across New Zealand, according to several eyewitnesses. Some more compromising pictures, people entering adult book stores or upskirts from ladies entering cars are not singular items to be shown so far. I guess the weird collector's gallery is going to become richer with th... |
10 January 2008
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Don't you dare say you've never heard of this before, because it isn't true and you know it! Besides, if you lie, it will count on Santa's list of people who have been good and/or naughty for the Christmas to come. Asking directions is an expiation for some drivers who feel that they are stranded ... |
7 January 2008
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We are in the middle of a dreadful global warming that could melt all the Arctic glaciers by the middle of this century. Humankind is in a struggle to find all kind of technologies reducing the emissions of greenhouse effect gases. And one of the main emitters of these gases are cars. Sun-powered cars would emit no p... |
7 January 2008
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Aptera has officially unveiled two brand new vehicles that could change the future of automotive design...again! Notably, Aptera's Typ-1 is a vehicle designed to combine the advanced aerodynamics with lightweight composite technology to create a safer and smarter car.To whom it may concern, the Aptera Typ-1 will... |
14 December 2007
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