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• A look back at the Eighties as the Ford Mustang turns 45 (Autoblog)

  Apr 5th 2009 2:23AM sort of unrelated, BUT...
  
  "The year is 1983. Ronald Reagan is serving his first term as President of the United States. Sally Ride makes history as the first woman astronaut in space, as a crew member aboard the space shuttle Challenger. The average household income is $20,885, and the cost of a postage stamp is up to 20 cents. Cabbage Patch dolls and Nintendo Entertainment Systems are big hits."
  
  I'm pretty sure that the NES didn't come out in the US until 1985. A certain PR writer needs to re-read the wiki page he referenced.

• D.O.A. - Lamborghini reportedly won't build four-door Estoque (Autoblog)

  Mar 22nd 2009 9:27PM Ken, there was no "Jolta" or "Jarma".
  
  I think you mean Jarama. Besides the LM002, the last 2+2 Lamborghini produced was the Urraco

• Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice (Engadget HD)

  Feb 24th 2008 5:13PM a years supply of old spice products? sure, why not.

• Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV! (Engadget HD)

  Feb 24th 2008 5:11PM awesome, still have time to enter! i don't need this tv, but my sister does.

• Show floor video: Axiotron's Modbook wows the crowd (TUAW.com)

  Jan 21st 2008 3:46PM there's another short hands on video at gizmodo about the modbook:
  http://gizmodo.com/345214/hands+on-axiotron-modbook-tablet-mac
  
  i was seriously looking at this as my next computer, but pricing it out, it may actually be better to get a a regular macbook, and a wacom cintiq 12WX. sure, you would have to carry both around, but at least you can update the computer in the future.
  
  looking at the modbook coverage on the web, i'm actually more interested in the new version of sketchbook pro that was being demoed, because designers who use intel macs need that app badly.

• Volvo's answer to DSG goes by the name Powershift (Autoblog)

  Jan 11th 2008 11:03PM that plant was being built by chrysler and getrag, not ford or volvo.
  
  http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/11/chrysler-halts-construction-of-dual-clutch-transmission-plant/
  

• Dakar officials won't cancel rally despite Al-Qaeda attacks (Autoblog)

  Dec 31st 2007 6:17PM Versus is airing the dakar daily:
  http://www.versus.com/nw/article/view/673/?UserDef=true&catID=76
  

• Merry Christmas: win two round trip tickets on JetBlue + noise canceling headphones (Engadget)

  Dec 30th 2007 5:07AM i'd like to go to san francisco

• Is the VW Space Up! interface developed by Apple? (Engadget)

  Nov 18th 2007 2:51PM "Hey if they call it 'concept' then they should try to be a little bit more realistic"
  
  wait...what? what part of "concept" don't you understand???

• The Porsche of kitchens (Autoblog)

  Oct 9th 2007 6:52PM you guys know that Porsche Design Group is kind of a separate entity from Porsche AG (the car company), right?