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Ferrari Shows New 458 Spider -- Mamma Mia! - Forbes - 0 views

  • to guarantee maximum sportiness and absolute driving pleasure with the top down, in line with Maranello’s exclusive spider tradition.”
  • Ferrari says every exterior element has been crafted with aerodynamic efficiency in mind.
  • . The V8 generates a generous 570 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque
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  • Either 458 version is claimed to reach 60 mph from a standing start in a reality-altering 3.4 seconds with a top speed of 202 mph.
  • No word as yet on availability or pricing, but we’d expect the cost of entry to be around $250,000.
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    Ferrai modified 458 Spider into much better car. It has better aerodynamic design.
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Ferrari auctioned for record $16.4 million - Business - Autos - msnbc.com - 0 views

  • A 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa fetched $16.4 million at a California auction, setting the record for the highest price ever paid for a car at auction.
  • The car was the first Testa Rossa built, and served as the prototype for Testa Rossa race cars.
  • The buyer was not identified.
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  • The bright red, Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, which competed in the Le Mans 24-hour race, won first place in the 2006 Concours d'Elegance, where classic cars are judged based on their looks and condition.
  • The previous record for a car sold at auction was the $12 million sale of another 1957 Testa Rossa in Maranello, Italy in 2009
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    Ferrari set a record  for auctioned by unidentified person with 16.4million dollar
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IPhone Users in South Korea Sue Apple for Collecting Data Without Consent - Bloomberg - 0 views

  • A group of South Korean users of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone sued the company in a local court, claiming it invaded their privacy by allowing the smartphone to collect location data without their consent.
  • About 27,000 people joined a class-action suit against Apple’s South Korean unit and headquarters, seeking 1 million won per person ($930) in damages,
  • Apple was fined by South Korea’s telecommunications regulator on Aug. 3 and ordered to encrypt location data of people using iPhones to address privacy concerns.
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  • Apple was fined 3 million won for collecting such data even when some users turned off location-recognition features on their iPhones, the Korea Communications Commission said Aug. 3. Google Inc
  • Earlier this year, Apple was sued in the U.S. by two iPhone and iPad users who claimed the devices secretly collected information on their movements.
  • “I’m an iPhone user myself, so when I first heard about this in the media, I reviewed the legality of the matter based on Korean law,” Kim Hyeong Seok, an attorney for the plaintiffs
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    Iphone user in South Korea sued I phone because it damage their private life
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Twitter, Facebook, Skype and foursquare are all coming to the Playstation Vita - 0 views

  • The PS Vita will not only have the computing power of the PS3, at the same price, but you will also be able to tweet your new high-score directly from the device
  • Users will be able to download the apps through Sony’s PlayStation Store for free. Once the apps are installed you can launch them directly from the home screen.
  • We are curious to see just how each of these social apps will be implemented on the Vita
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  • Only time will tell exactly how all of these apps will work. One thing is for sure having these types of apps will make the Vita an overall more appealing product.
  • The real app that we are waiting to hear confirmation about is NetFlix, with the Vita’s amazing screen it would be a great viewing experience
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    There is new psp that contains apps of facebook, twitter, and skype.
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Libyan rebels claim to make advances - 0 views

  • In Libya, rebel fighters were seen celebrating in the Libyan port city of Brega on Saturday, as they boast of advances in their battle against Moammar Gadhafi's forces
  • Fighting has intensified in the troubled land of Libya, with rebels saying they have made new advances
  • According to their military spokesman, the rebels are now clashing with Gadhafi's troops to take control over the rest of the city.
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  • Also on Saturday, the rebels said they fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya, seen as their most significant advance in months.
  • But the Gaddafi government has denied the rebel report as a "media game,"
  • The city of about 200,000 is key because it controls the main supply road to Tripoli from the Tunisian border.
  • Many of Zawiya's rebels then fled into the mountains and were among the lead forces advancing on the city on Saturday.
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    Rebel in Libya claims that they reached a great advancement taking over city.
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Britain Turns to Reckoning With Rioters as Cameron Faces Parliament - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Thursday that over 1,200 people had been arrested, the bulk of them in London.
  • Britain’s second-largest city, where the police and political leaders worried about a potentially explosive new pattern of interracial violence that could be set off by the past days and nights of mayhem
  • Three young men of Pakistani descent were killed in Birmingham on Tuesday night when a car crashed into a group of residents who had gathered to protect local businesses from attack
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  • Meanwhile, politicians braced for the fallout from the convulsion of violence as Prime Minister David Cameron faced the most severe crisis of his 15 months in office.
  • While many Britons had initially blamed the violence on unemployed youth, however, one surprise was the presence of young men and women with regular jobs among the riot suspects lined up in police wagons outside courthouses in London and other cities
  • Ahead of the emergency House of Commons session on Thursday, Mr. Cameron declared a “fightback” against what he condemned as the “groups of thugs” who had driven the riots
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    The riot in Britain is getting more serious, and a lot of people were injured or died.
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