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We told you it was coming soon, but we didn't know precisely how soon: Wadlimir Palant has already pushed the first beta version of Adblock Plus for Google Chrome. It was just four days ago that TechCrunch reported that Palant had changed his mind about never releasing a Chrome port -- citing reasons like not wanting to maintain two unrelated projects and the availability of capable alternatives like AdThwart.

That's all changed, however, and AdThwart has become the foundation of Adblock Plus for Chrome. The first release includes improved filters, updated code to bring the extension more inline with its Firefox cousin, and better XHTML support.

Those of you who already had AdThwart installed should be automatically updated, and new users can install ABP from the Chrome Extensions Gallery.

Adblock Plus for Chrome now available originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google, with the aid of some weather balloons and Nexus S handsets, has successfully launched the Android OS into the stratosphere, all in the name of science.

Well, ostensibly in the same of science. Yes, there were some interesting findings -- the Nexus S only works below 60,000 ft (18km) and above -50C -- but really it was all about the photos and videos. There's a Picasa album with a bunch of photos, both of the set up and from space, and there are two videos (both after the break).

Of course, Android is only the second smartphone OS to make it into space; iOS was first, way back in October.

Yes, I know 100,000 ft isn't quite 'space', but it's still pretty damn high.

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Google sends Android astronauts into space originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Etc., Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Earnings/Financials

The automotive seat and specialty slice of Recaro officially has a new owner. Johnson Controls has snapped up Keiper Recaro Group - formerly owned by Putsch Gmbh & Co. KG - swallowing both the recliner manufacturer Keiper and the well-known automotive seat-maker Recaro in one fell swoop. In so doing, Johnson Controls is hoping to broaden Recaro's OEM applications, serving up both whole seats and components on a larger scale than ever before.

Challenges facing such efforts include increased standardization and globalization in the industry. Meanwhile, the remaining faces of the Recaro brand will stay behind. The company's aircraft seating, child safety and home factions are not included in the sale. A total of 4,750 employees across seven countries are included in the Keiper and Recaro Group sale.

[Source: Automotive World]

Report: Johnson Controls buys Recaro originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Getting an award is quite an honor, but getting the title of Japanese Car of the Year is apparently something that warrants a little more than a simple thank you. The Honda CR-Z’s success on the Japanese market has led it to this prestigious award, and has led Honda to unveil a special edition to celebrate the event. Appropriately named the Memorial Award Edition, this special edition will only be available in Japan in a limited run of 1000 units. Honda sure seems excited about this title, huh?

The CR-Z Memorial Award Edition will be offered exclusively in Pearl Deep Sapphire Blue exterior paint with Dark Pewter Gray 16" wheels in a five double-spoke design. Onlookers will know exactly what this car is all about thanks to a sticker affixed on the driver’s side quarter glass that lists all of its options.

For the interior, the new CR-Z Memorial Award Edition adds a medium gray finish, sporty aluminum pedals, and a standard navigation system. Other than that, you get the standard 1.5-liter i-VTEC four-cylinder engine with 122 HP and 123 lb.-ft. of torque.

The price for the special CR-Z Memorial Award Edition is JPY 2,794,000 (or about $34,200 at the current exchange rates). So basically, customers interested in the Award model will get to spend almost twice the amount of the standard CR-Z for less upgrades than we can count on one hand. Doesn’t seem smart, does it?

gallery: 2011 Honda CR-Z

Honda CR-Z Memorial Award Edition originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:00 EST.

Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/honda/2011-honda-cr-z-memorial-award-edition-ar102584.html

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Filed under: Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

Twenty years ago, when I started covering NASCAR stock car racing, the sanctioning body's public relations staff consisted almost exclusively of one man who ran 'his' media centers in the same dictatorial manner that his boss, the late Bill France Jr., ran NASCAR.

That PR guy is now doing hard time in prison, but that's another story. Today, the many-tentacled NASCAR public relations operation is a media bureaucracy -- an endlessly churning mill of facts, figures, videos, press conferences, photos and other information and content.

In their efficiency and zeal, bless their hearts, the PR folks at NASCAR have informed us exactly which five of the season's 36 Sprint Cup races were the best of the year. Although I don't agree with all the choices -- I think the race in Texas last month was one of the best races I've seen in years -- NASCAR says these five were selected "from discussions with the national series director, competition department and NASCAR PR managers."

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/12/10/tell-us-the-best-nascar-race-of-2010/

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Filed under: Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

Twenty years ago, when I started covering NASCAR stock car racing, the sanctioning body's public relations staff consisted almost exclusively of one man who ran 'his' media centers in the same dictatorial manner that his boss, the late Bill France Jr., ran NASCAR.

That PR guy is now doing hard time in prison, but that's another story. Today, the many-tentacled NASCAR public relations operation is a media bureaucracy -- an endlessly churning mill of facts, figures, videos, press conferences, photos and other information and content.

In their efficiency and zeal, bless their hearts, the PR folks at NASCAR have informed us exactly which five of the season's 36 Sprint Cup races were the best of the year. Although I don't agree with all the choices -- I think the race in Texas last month was one of the best races I've seen in years -- NASCAR says these five were selected "from discussions with the national series director, competition department and NASCAR PR managers."

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/12/10/tell-us-the-best-nascar-race-of-2010/

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Car and Driver presents Lightning Lap No. 5 - Click above for high-res image gallery

The annual Lightning Lap roundup from Car and Driver is easily one of our favorite car magazine features of any of the past five years, and this year's extravaganza at Virginia International Raceway delivers ones again. The five classes in the throwdown represent vehicles under $30,000, $30k to $60k, $60,000 to $120,000, $120k to $240k and the elusive "and up" category. C/D asked manufacturers to supply production vehicles that come equipped with the most track-ready options that any Tom, Dick and Harry can get straight from the factory, including uprated tires, brakes and sporting suspensions. The goal? To find out what production car is the quickest around VIR's challenging roadcourse.

After the jump are video summaries of the LL2 and LL3 competitions. The LL2 class features dream matchups of the Ford Mustang GT, Lexus LS-F, Shelby Mustang GT500, Mazda RX8 R3, Mitsubishi EVO and Subaru WRX STI. The LL3 class features the Jaguar XFR, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, Lotus Evora, Mercedes E63 AMG and Porsche Boxster Spyder.

We won't reveal any winners here, but you can find out the LL2 and LL3 champs by hitting the jump. Heck, one LL3 car would have also won the LL4 class, so we're talking serious speed here. There aren't many better ways to spend eight minutes of your life, but if you've got an hour or two to kill, head over to C/D's website for all five Lightning Lap summaries, plus a bunch of individual laps and summaries from past Lightning Laps.

Gallery: Car and Driver's 2011 Lightning Lap

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Car and Driver returns to VIR for Lightning Lap No. 5 [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you buy any of LG's latest HDTVs, you're pretty much assured it'll have a big sticker saying "Smart TV" somewhere along its fascia assuring you of its internet connectivity and compatibility. But, if you're still rocking some old school piece of visual tech that isn't yet past its "watch by" date, you'll be needing a set-top box of some kind to get on the web without leaving your couch. Naturally, LG would like to be the one to Smarten up your viewing habits there too, and so it's just unveiled its new ST600 sidekick for older television sets. It adds DLNA connectivity for some wireless media transfer fun, grants access to a "vast range" of premium content as well as local programming, throws in a web browser, and finishes things off with LG's TV Apps selection. Of course, this is the week of the pre-CES announcement, hence we've no pricing to share yet, but the way the company's talking about it, the ST600 sounds like it might make an aggressive MSRP its standout feature. Sadly, that's a bit of a distant hope for now as this Upgrader isn't expected in shops until Q2 2011. Who knows if we'll even be watching TV by that time?

Continue reading LG ST600 Smart TV Upgrader brings DLNA, apps, and a web browser to formerly dumb displays

LG ST600 Smart TV Upgrader brings DLNA, apps, and a web browser to formerly dumb displays originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember just earlier this month when OffHollywood studio head Mark Pederson became the first man to own a RED EPIC? Well, now his $58,000 über camera is gone. According to REDUSER forums, the EPIC was heisted last night along with some cash from Pederson's chalet in France while he and his family were sleeping. Pederson shares on the forum that "there was a forced entry through the front door. The thieves actually entered the master bedroom while my in-laws were sleeping, and standing a foot from their bed - emptied wallet and purse. There were 6 children and 8 adults sleeping in the house." That's a scary caper worthy of a Hollywood script for sure, but thankfully no one was hurt. Here's hoping the movie-like storyline continues now with law enforcement gumshoes actually cracking the case. In the meantime, maybe Peter Jackson can lend Pederson one of his 30 RED EPICs until his own baby returns.

[Thanks, Derek]

The world's first shipped RED EPIC gets stolen in home break-in originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Man, who needs to go to CES anymore? Intel's frailly maintained secrecy around Sandy Bridge processor identities has been blown to smithereens today by Italian systems integrator Santech. The company lists a now familiar Core i7-2630QM (quad-core, 2GHz) alongside an i7-2720QM (2.2GHz), an i7-2820QM (2.3GHz), and an i7-2920XM (2.5GHz), confirming once and for all that Intel has completely lost its mind when it comes to naming chips. Other specs include up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM, up to 750GB of magnetic storage or 160GB of the solid state stuff, a pair of USB 3.0 ports, and a 15.6-inch display that can be either glossy or matte, with a resolution of either 1366 x 768 or 1920 x 1080, depending on your preference and budget. Deliveries are said to start on January 27th and prices range between €1,200 ($1,577) and €3,000 ($3,943).

Santech can't wait for CES, lists a bunch of Sandy Bridge CPUs on new N67 laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hey everybody,

2010 has been an amazing year for El33tonline, and thanks to you, we?ve been able to continue to bring the latest news and reviews to the world, as well as run batches of exciting competitions to give everybody the chance to win great prizes!

Not only that, but we went to gamescom in Germany this year (the biggest videogame show in the world!) to tell you about all kinds of new and unreleased games, we frantically produced reports on the best news coming out of GDC 2010, E3 2010 and Tokyo Game Show 2010, we brought you news straight from rAge 2010 in South Africa, and we are now a fixture on Good Hope FM to talk some hectic game!

We also wrote almost two hundred game reviews and thousands of news posts all in an effort to keep you, our valued readers, in the loop on everything to do with the wonderful world of videogames!

As good as 2010 has been to El33tonline, though, we can say with authority that 2011 is going to be even better, and we?re definitely looking forward to fulfilling our commitment to bring continued, best-in-class coverage of this fantastic industry to you all.

So for now, El33tonline bids you adieu as we begin to close down for the year to take a small break over the Holidays and the New Year? but fret not!

We?ll still be popping up now and again to bring you (even more) game reviews, and starting next week, we?ll be posting up looks back at the best coverage and media that we?ve provided over 2010, while taking a few glimpses into the future, too. Join us, won’t you?

From all of us at El33tonline, we would like to most sincerely wish you a happy, relaxing holiday, and a fantastic and memorable New Year!

See you online soon p33ps,

El33tonline Team

PS. Don’t forget about our range of competitions running over the holidays, and our second Ultimate Achievement Grinder competition!

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Filed under: Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

Twenty years ago, when I started covering NASCAR stock car racing, the sanctioning body's public relations staff consisted almost exclusively of one man who ran 'his' media centers in the same dictatorial manner that his boss, the late Bill France Jr., ran NASCAR.

That PR guy is now doing hard time in prison, but that's another story. Today, the many-tentacled NASCAR public relations operation is a media bureaucracy -- an endlessly churning mill of facts, figures, videos, press conferences, photos and other information and content.

In their efficiency and zeal, bless their hearts, the PR folks at NASCAR have informed us exactly which five of the season's 36 Sprint Cup races were the best of the year. Although I don't agree with all the choices -- I think the race in Texas last month was one of the best races I've seen in years -- NASCAR says these five were selected "from discussions with the national series director, competition department and NASCAR PR managers."

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/12/10/tell-us-the-best-nascar-race-of-2010/

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Whoa, what?s this? Why are we breaking our news reporting silence when we?ve already said our goodbyes for the holidays? For awesome ?Breaking News,? of course!

What?s so newsworthy that we felt the need to come out of hiding?

Release dates have been announced for DC Universe Online as well as the European version of LittleBigPlanet 2, the first map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been revealed, and other interesting morsels have emerged, too.

Let?s first talk about that DC Universe Online release date: January 11th 2011 is when all of you would-be superheroes and supervillains in the US will be able to get your hands on Sony Online Entertainment?s massively multiplayer online action RPG, the UK will get it on January 14th, and other PAL regions will be able to check it out on January 12th.

Check out El33tonline?s extensive previous coverage of DC Universe Online, and read over the US date announcement over here, and the UK/Europe announcement over here.

And what about that release date for LittleBigPlanet 2 in Europe, the UK and other PAL regions? January 19th 2011 is the date European-types can look forward to, Australasian inhabitants can circle January 20th on their calendar, and gamers in the UK and Ireland can book January 21st off.

Have a look at that date announcement over here, and peruse El33tonline?s massive collection of LittleBigPlanet 2 coverage for tons of information and bunches of great videos.

Also, tons of new pieces of downloadable content have been released today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace (and will be releasing later today on the PlayStation Network), including the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ? Vietnam add-on, the ?Dead Money? add-on for Fallout: New Vegas, a car and event pack for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, and a demo for Dead Space 2!

Additionally, the first map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been announced in the form of First Strike, and will include four all new multiplayer maps as well as a new Zombie map. Get the details over here.

And let?s not forget about the release of the LittleBigPlanet 2 demo today and tomorrow on the US and European PlayStation Network respectively!

OK, returning to radio silence. Carry on with the holiday cheer, everybody. Over and out.

El33tonline Team

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Press Release: Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premieres of the Mazda Furai concept vehicle and the heavily revised 2009 Mazda RX-8 sports car at the 2008 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), to be held in Detroit from Sunday, January 13 through Sunday, January 27, 2008. On the heels of its show-stopping debut at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show in October, the Mazda Taiki concept vehicle also will make its North American debut, the first time it has been shown outside Japan. Mazda ...

Source: http://www.distrocars.com/2008-mazda-furai

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Paper Boy originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:39 EST.

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Friday, December 31, 2010

Adblock Plus for Chrome now available

Google sends Android astronauts into space

Report: Johnson Controls buys Recaro

Honda CR-Z Memorial Award Edition

gallery: 2011 Honda CR-Z

Tell Us The Best NASCAR Race of 2010

Tell Us The Best NASCAR Race of 2010

Car and Driver returns to VIR for Lightning Lap No. 5 [w/video]

LG ST600 Smart TV Upgrader brings DLNA, apps, and a web browser to formerly dumb displays

The world's first shipped RED EPIC gets stolen in home break-in

Santech can't wait for CES, lists a bunch of Sandy Bridge CPUs on new N67 laptop

El33tonline wishes you happy holidays and a fantastic New Year!

Tell Us The Best NASCAR Race of 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Breaking Holiday News: DC Universe Online and LittleBigPlanet 2 dated, more

2008 Mazda Furai 450 hp MoTeC Data Acquisition & Engine Control

Paper Boy

Radiohead for Haiti charity DVD now available on BitTorrent and YouTube as donationware

Skype outage caused by server overload, bug in Windows client

The Best and Worst Automotive Trends of 2010