AutoNEWS

NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander’s robotic arm.

Read full story for latest details.

A “surge” brigade deployed to Iraq last year is heading back to the United States, the U.S. military said Monday.

Here’s one of those bizarre Arabic clips that’s like a TV show from a parallel universe, where the rules of cause and effect and logic are … different. Who knew that Pepsi Cola was a tool of the International Zionist Conspiracy? (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.)

[Video]

Lucas123 writes “A vehicle used by an off-site archive company to transport patient data was broken into on March 17. The University of Miami just made the theft public last week, saying the thieves removed a transport case carrying the school’s six computer backup tapes. On those tapes were more than 2 million medical records. In fact, the archive company waited 48 hours before notifying the university itself. A University spokeswoman said the school has stopped shipping backup tapes off-site for now.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Three of the hawt babes from Battlestar Galactica get a Jane Fonda makeover and transform into full-on Sixties kitsch mode for this GQ photoshoot. It’s just another jarring piece of Katee Sackhoff’s…

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Filed under: Gaming
It’s taken a few years, but lightning’s struck twice for Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division (the portion of the company responsible for Zune, Windows Mobile, and Xbox). The operating profit of $89 million that E&D drew is just a drop in MSFT’s far, far larger fiscal bucket, but unless business turns sour, from here on out it looks like the group making all the fun stuff in Redmond is no longer in the business of losing cash hand over fist.[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

MINI of Italy have created two new special editions means solely for the Italian market: the MINI Abbey Road and the Trigger editions. Both editions are meant for the MINI One exclusively. You can read the details below in the MINI of Italy press release provided you can understand Italian.

If you don’t speak Italian, [...]

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Stuff.tv is kicking back in Nike’s HQ at the moment and claims to have official word about Nike’s future plans with Apple. They say that the Nike+ system will be “definitely” extend beyond the iPod nano to support the relatively bulky iPhone and iPod touch. Interestingly, it will move beyond the proprietary RF link between the shoe module and nano adapter to take advantage of WiFi and eventually 3G. This of course leads to all kinds of speculation with regard to Apple’s “lifestyle companion” patent we showed you last month. 3G support would presumably allow for real-time coaching and uploads of your training activity through the Nike Plus website. So let’s see… cellphone (check), iPod (check), Internet device (check), handheld gaming (almost), and now a Nike lifestyle companion (could be). Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

This is likely to cause immense outrage among Muslims, but consider this: most of the time the party line is that the terrorists are hardly Muslims at all, but are perverting and twisting and hijacking a peaceful religion. I have…