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BMW Launches DriveNow Car Sharing Program

Rue Liu, Mar 23rd 2011 Discuss [1]

BMW has partnered with rental car company Sixt for its own car sharing service called DriveNow. The two German companies will be providing a “premium” car sharing service with a fleet of BMW’s sub brand BMW i and MINI vehicles. The service is open to all drivers, but if you’re between 18 and 21 you’ll have to take an extra driving safety test before you can use a use a car. Read The Full Story

FarmVille credit & exclusive items added to American Express reward scheme

Chris Davies, Nov 30th 2010 Discuss [2]

American Express has announced a new partnership with online gaming company Zynga, which will allow credit card users to swap their membership reward points for FarmVille points, exclusive items or credit in other online games. 100 membership points gets you a dollar's worth of in-game credit; however there are also "exclusive" virtual items, including a dashing purple cow for 540 points, which can only be secured via American Express. Read The Full Story

Intel Tunnel Creek Atom SoC debuts

Chris Davies, Apr 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

Intel have outed their latest Atom based SoC, Tunnel Creek, at IDF 2010 this week, a combined chipset intended for embedded applications, straightforward consumer electronics and making previously dumb devices - like printers - "intelligent". Tunnel Creek takes a standard Atom processor core, complete with display controller, GPU, memory controller and audio, and allows manufacturers and OEMs to link to it directly via a standard PCI Express interface; according to Intel the GPU packs 50-percent more graphics performance than existing Menlow chipsets. Read The Full Story

Lexus announce HS 250h and LF-Ch Concept hybrids

Chris Davies, Sep 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Lexus have announced not one but two hybrids, though we have to say there's only one of them that we'd like to find in the SlashGear garage. The 2010 Lexus HS 250h, shown here, is the bread & butter of the range, a four-door saloon capable of 35mpg and various combinations of hybrid power. Meanwhile the more exciting model is the Lexus LF-Ch Concept, which you can see after the cut, and which is headed to Europe to show that hybrids don't have to be slow. Read The Full Story

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Acer Aspire 8930G: Quad-Core CPU, Blu-ray & 1080p

Chris Davies, Mar 4th 2009 Discuss [3]

At their CeBIT press conference today, Acer unveiled the Aspire 8930G, the first notebook to use Intel’s new Core 2 Quad Mobile Processor. The Acer Aspire 8930G has an 18.4-inch 1920 x 1080 Full-HD 220-nit display, optional DVB-T digital TV tuner, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory and up to two 320GB hard-drives.

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Mio Knight Rider GPS Review

Ewdison Then, Nov 12th 2008 Discuss [4]

A GPS unit with classic 80s Knight Rider styling and the original voice of K.I.T.T. to give directions: Mio could’ve filled the box with rocks and still sold thousands to loyal fans of the TV series. Mio insist though that, behind the gimmicks, there’s a solid PND (Personal Navigation Device); SlashGear strapped on a chest-wig, unbuttoned our shirts to the waist and released a hit record in Germany to find out.

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Telenav Shotgun PND Review

Vincent Nguyen, Nov 10th 2008 Discuss [3]

Telenav just announced the Shotgun, a new Internet-connected personal GPS navigation device (PND). The Shotgun is the company’s first two-way PND taking advantage of cellular networks to provide real-time traffic alerts, Internet content such as maps and business listings as well as updated gas prices.

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Dash cuts GPS hardware development & jobs in new licencing plan

Chris Davies, Nov 4th 2008 Discuss [0]

Dash, makers of the highly-esteemed Dash Express GPS device, have announced they will be reorganizing their business model to concentrate on software and system licencing rather than hardware. In the process, fifty employees (out of a total workforce of around eighty) have been made redundant. The move follows Dash's struggle to find sufficient buyers for the Express GPS to make it economically feasible; it seems that even with a massive sale at Amazon it wasn't enough to compete in the current GPS race to the bottom line. Read The Full Story

SlashDeal: Dash Express GPS for $199 at Amazon

Brenda Stokes, Oct 28th 2008 Discuss [1]

If you're in the market for a new GPS, you might end up spending more than you needed to. Hopefully this SlashDeal will save you some cash. Check it out! A Dash Express GPS for just $199 on Amazon right now. Normally priced at $299, you get a $100 savings, on the Dash Express. This GPS can offer a comprehensive solution to your traffic problems. It features the Dash Driver Network with super accurate traffic information and access to the Internet from the comfort of your car. Read The Full Story

Best Buy Insignia NS-CNV20 & CNV10 GPS with cellular connections

Chris Davies, Oct 2nd 2008 Discuss [2]

Best Buy are preparing to launch a pair of new GPS units that will include a cellular connection, allowing the navigation devices to access real-time traffic data and local Google searches. Released under the store's own Insignia brand, the NS-CNV20 and NS-CNV10 will be differentiated by screen-size and hands-free use: the former will have a 4.3-inch touchscreen display and Bluetooth. Read The Full Story

Intel Centrino 2 gets official launch: WiFi N, switchable graphics, WiMAX on the way

Chris Davies, Jul 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

Intel have officially announced their 'Montevina' Centrino 2 platform, including five new processors, new chipsets and wireless products. They've also stoked up a high-performance version, the Centrino 2 Extreme Edition, which promises to be the world's highest performing dual-core mobile processor. Support for WiFi draft-n and, later in the year, WiMAX are also promised, as is longer battery life. Read The Full Story