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F1 Racing to Downsize from V8s to 4-Cylinder Engines in 2013

Photo: Flickr , CC A Smaller VRRRRRRRRRRROOOOMMMM The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has approved new specs for Formula One, and starting in 2013, F1s will see a huge engines downsizing (more details on this below) and the addition of new fuel-saving technologies. This is welcome news not only because it should reduce the fuel consumption of F1s by about 35%, but because it will turn this the sport into a kind of R&D lab for small engines. This increases the chances that improvements will find their way into mass-market vehi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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More Tips For Riding Your Bike All Winter

Image Credit Brian Hughes/Toronto Star; see full image here Brendan Kennedy of the Star has some terrific tips for winter biking that go beyond borrowing a balaclava from an anarchist friend. Major riding tips include riding more slowly, anticipating stops, reducing tire pressure and turning safely: In particularly snowy or icy conditions, lateral force will not take as strongly to the r… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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T-Mobile drops the G2 to $50 on contract, really wants you to buy one

Pretty self-explanatory really: the T-Mobile G2 is now available to buy for a measly 50 greenbacks from its carrier’s online store. It’s a web-only deal, but it’s sweetened by free overnight delivery for anyone ordering before the 20th of December. So, $50 and two years of your wireless freedom in exchange for a phone capable of exploiting T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network and offering an almost stock Android experience? Decisions, decisions. T-Mobile drops the G2 to $50 on contract, really wants you to buy one originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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All Things D posts full Mike Lazaridis video from D: Dive Into Mobile

By now you’ve no doubt heard about Mike Lazaridis’ recent appearance at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, where the RIM co-CEO arrived with his own personal reality distortion field and made statements like the surprising fact that RIM “arguably” invented the smartphone, and that the BlackBerry Torch is actually fast. Don’t believe us? Well, thanks to All Things D , you can now watch the complete 40-minute appearance for yourself, which just so happens to also include a fairly lengthy demo of the PlayBook. Check it out after the break. Continue reading All Things D posts full Mike Lazaridis video from D: Dive Into Mobile All Things D posts full Mike Lazaridis video from D: Dive Into Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Virginia Judge Opens Fire on Health Care Reform

It’s not like nobody saw this coming, but Monday, one Judge Henry E. Hudson of Richmond, Va., kicked off the next round of attacks on what the right still likes to call “Obamacare” by contesting the constitutionality of one of the main tenets of the health care reform bill the president signed last fall.

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Iraq-born Swede Tied to Stockholm Bombings

Swedish prosecutors said authorities are certain the suicide bomber who terrified pre-Christmas shoppers was Taimour Abdulwahab, an Iraq-born Swede who spent much of the past decade in Britain. (Dec. 13)

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FedEx Braces for Busiest Day

FedEx said it expects to ship 16 million packages on what will likely be the busiest day in company history. (Dec. 13)

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Gibbs: Gov’t May Appeal Health Care Ruling

On Monday White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed concerns that the Obama administrations hard-fought health care law will eventually will be overturned, after a court ruled one of the provisions unconstitutional. (Dec. 13)

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Apple job listing calls for Verizon iPad engineer, hints at a lot more

Do you “have enterprise sales experience and an existing knowledge of the mobile market and the technologies that support it?” Do you “have strong IT knowledge in the areas of enterprise messaging and collaboration, VPN, WiFi and enterprise security technologies?” And most importantly, do you “possess the ability to work without direct supervision or detailed direction?” If so, you might just be suitable for Apple’s latest and greatest job listing. The HR team in Cupertino is apparently looking for a Verizon iPad system engineer, primarily to work with Apple’s sales team and legions of business partners in order to “drive the adoption of iPad in enterprise accounts.” What’s interesting is the Verizon angle; if Apple simply wanted nondescript iPads in Corporate America, why hire someone familiar with Big Red? Moreover, this certainly says something about Apple’s relationship with Verizon — namely, that it’s growing, and we’re guessing that the pleasantries will eventually extend far beyond a tablet. So yeah, it’s no real shocker that Apple and Verizon are in cahoots on some level, but this kind of invitation usually comes with one or two undercover intentions. Any upstanding gentleman attached to his better half would understand. Apple job listing calls for Verizon iPad engineer, hints at a lot more originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Israel deporting Sudanese infiltrators

In unprecedented move, 150 illegal migrants to be flown back to home country; Netanyahu has been weighing option of paying African states to absorb them

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