Monthly Archives: April 2010

Google Sued Over Search Suggestion

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Google on Tuesday was sued in a Wisconsin court for allegedly violating the privacy rights of Beverly Stayart, an animal rights activist and the CFO and director of business development at Stayart Law Offices, the firm filing the complaint. The lawsuit claims that Google is responsible for suggesting the search term “bev stayart levitra” as a user types “bev stayart” … Continue reading →

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Nokia and Intel To Make MeeGo a Force in Smartphone Market

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Nokia and Intel are collaborating on a joint operating system called MeeGo, and while the news was announced in February, new details have slowly been emerging. MeeGo is a combination of two operating systems: Nokia’s Maemo, an open source development platform used on the N900 mobile computer and Intel’s Moblin project, a netbook and embedded platform. MeeGo is designed to … Continue reading →

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Ferrari 599XX Laps Nürburgring in 6 Minutes, 58 Seconds

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Ferrari is the latest manufacturer to claim a lap record on the famed Nürburgring, with the race-ready 599XX. ( Click here to read our review of the burly beast.) Test driver Raffaele De Simone lapped the German track just in 6 minutes, 58 seconds. Click here to watch an in-car video of the lap. Ferrari says the 599XX is the … Continue reading →

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BMW Says It Will Build Gran Coupé Concept

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

The sleek, 7-series-based four-door concept from Beijing will make it to production. After a two-year hiatus in which the project sat on the shelf, BMW’s 7-series-sized four-door “coupe” is back on again. The licorice-black Gran Coupé concept shown in Beijing at a private reveal for journalists “will be built” according to BMW head of design, Adrian von Hooydonk, “though we … Continue reading →

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Could this be the new iPhone?

Posted on April 19, 2010 by

It sounds too good to be true, and it just might be. An Apple employee reportedly left a prototype of the new iPhone at a bar, and it ended up in the hands of a gadget blog. Photos of the fourth-generation iPhone prototype first appeared on the tech blog Engadget over the weekend. The site said whoever sent the photos … Continue reading →

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