U.S.-Market Land Rovers to Get Eight-Speed ZF Transmission for 2013

Several Land Rover models sold in the U.S. will receive a ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic transmission for the 2013 model year, a source within the company has told us. We expect that the Range Rover Sport, its close sibling, the LR4, and the international-arms-dealer special, the Range Rover, all will feature the gearbox when they go [...]

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CrunchGear Week In Review: Nook Dome Edition

Here are some highlights of the past week on CrunchGear: Review: L.A. Noire (And Giveaway) DIY Geodesic Dome On Kickstarter Review: The Barnes & Noble Nook Post-Apple Palate Cleanser: More Swiss Army Axes! Player 1 Start: The Wii U Vs. The Playstation Vita (Fly Or Die)

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/13/week-in-review-nook-dome/

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HP Pre 3 not Coming to Sprint [Unconfirmed]

Considering that Sprint and Palm/HP washed their hands of each other awhile ago this shouldn't come as a huge shock, but yeah, This Is My Next has sources telling them the Pre 3 isn't coming to Sprint. Sad face? [ThisIsMyNext] More »


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O'Reilly helps Japan, offers entire e-book catalog for 50% off, today only

O'reilly make some of the best computer books in the world. They also sell them as DRM-free e-books in a bunch of formats, including PDFs and Mobi for Kindle.

They usually offer one "Deal of the Day", which is a 50% discount code for a book chosen for that one day. But just for for today, they've created a discount code -- DDJPN -- that gives you a 50% discount on their entire catalog, and they give a part of the proceeds to aid Japan relief efforts.

So far they've raised over $60,000, and the day is still young. So if you've been recently hankering after some nerdy book (or three), now would be a great time to grab one.

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Gurney, Fogarty end winless run

Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty got their first Rolex Sports Car Series victory in nearly a year Saturday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, winning the Continental Tire Sports Car Festival. Gurney led the final 28 laps in the No. 99 GAINSCO Chevrolet/Riley Daytona Prototype, ending a 10-race winless streak dating to July 2010.

Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/gurney-fogarty-end-winless-run.html

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2012 Audi Q3 First Drive: You?ll Want to Get the Turbo Five-Cylinder

Audi launches a compact crossover?and dumps the TT RS engine into it. Not content with the success of the Q5, Audi is launching an even smaller crossover to compete with the BMW X1 and the Acura RDX. While the Q3?s underpinnings started with the VW Tiguan platform, the architecture was significantly altered to be considered [...]

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Fukushima plant operator uses modded robot vacuum to suck up radioactive dirt (video)

A few months ago, back when Japan was freshly reeling from that devastating earthquake and tsunami, it became obvious that robots could help survey radiation levels in Fukushima, even if they were powerless to lower them. Now, Tokyo Power Electric Co., the company that operates the damaged nuclear plant, is experimenting with an ad hoc system designed to clean at least some of the radioactive dirt from the reactors. What you see in that clip below is an industrial-grade vacuum cleaner attached to a Warrior, the most heavy-duty of iRobot's mobile bots. The idea is that workers can control the system from a safe distance, and let the robot handle the dirty work of removing toxic sand and debris. Head past the break to see it in action, combing the floor of the (eerily) empty plant.

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Solving The Scoble Problem In Social Networks

I finally blocked Robert Scoble in Google+. I have absolutely nothing against Scoble. I quite admire him, actually. He's a great asset to the startup scene and he works damn hard. I've met him a few times and I'm sure we'll meet again. But he was just getting to be way too much. My Google+ feed was dominated by him. I tried to take a half-step and just remove Scoble from my circles. But then he became Google's perpetual #1 suggestion for a new friend. I've seen the Scoble effect elsewhere

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