Filed under: Spy Photos, Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, BMWClick above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 BMW 335d.KPG's crack team has caught the U.S.-spec BMW 335d undergoing testing ahead of its official launch in the States later this year, and according to the shooters, the introduction of the 335d will coincide with the launch of the revised 3-series. Don't expect much from the facelift, as the new 3 will only receive a new fro
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Filed under: Car Buying, MINI, Alfa RomeoAs reported earlier, BMW and Fiat will be teaming up on a new front-wheel-drive, small car platform that will underpin the next MINI and future Fiats and Alfa Romeos. Now comes word from Automotive News that the partnership will also include the two automakers collaborating on Alfa Romeo's return to the States in 2010 and the introduction of a new model, code-named "project 940." Fiat's statement included
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Filed under: CelebritiesWe don't have any details on when this happened or if when Top Gear will air the man in white piloting Batman's meanest machine. But with the Tumbler making its recent appearance at the British GP with Toyota, was there any doubt that something like this was going to go down? We're taking bets about what kind of time the Tumbler is going to set around the TG test track. Check out the current Power Lap times and make your o
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Filed under: Green, Porsche, UKLondon motorists can rejoice after a planned £25 daily congestion charge was lifted by a signature of consent order by an administrative court in London. Porsche was a major voice against the charge, and the German automaker went full-tilt in the courts to throw out former mayor Ken Livingstone's hefty tax. The proposed tax likely didn't do much good for Livingsone's re-election campaign, which he lost to Boris John
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Time Warp, Green, VolkswagenClick the above image of the Ego for more shots of VW's 2028 conceptsFor years, Inquiring minds have been imagining what the world will look like in the not-too-distant future, and, as you're no doubt aware, our brains have a knack for envisioning more than our feeble hands can produce. That appears to be the case with Volkswagen and its look 20 years into the future of the automobile. So, wi
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China has yet to clean Beijing's air or finish two new subway lines for games.

Six bulls stampeded through a crowd of hundreds of daring runners in Pamplona.

ABC News correspondent Dan Harris negotiates for a human life in Haiti.

World leaders reject Mugabe's election, promise sanctions.

Rights group: domestic workers in Saudi Arabia subjected to severe abuse.

Israel reopens Gaza border crossings as Palestinian mortar fire violates truce.

Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iTunes, iPhone, App StoreWhile it's not a replacement for the Amazon Kindle, ZappTek today announced Legends, an ebook service for iPhone and iPod touch. The Legends service will be available in the App Store on July 11th, with pricing of $1.99 for short stories and $4.99 for novels.ZappTek plans on partnering with "today's hottest writers" to distribute new fiction using Legends to bring the reading experien
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Filed under: Software, Beta Beat Sometimes Command-C and Command-V just aren't enough. You're working on a project and want to capture a bunch of text, pictures, or code, and then paste it into the project you're working on. Using the Mac clipboard, you're toggling between open applications, cutting and pasting like there's no tomorrow. Wouldn't it be nice to capture all of that information into one place, then pull it out when you're ready to us
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhoneTime is a funny thing. A few weeks ago, eBay and Google were flooded with pricy first-gen iPhones starting at about $400 and people were snapping them up like crazy. Now, the same auction sites are showing dozens of listings from just $200 for 8GB iPhones. The iPhone, as you will remember, debuted last year at $499 for a 4GB model and $599 for 8GB. Then there was the price drop, the $100 store credit and the
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Filed under: iPhone My Portuguese isn't very good... alright fine I can't speak a word of Portuguese, but they say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so you should really check out these iPhone 3G unboxing pictures that were posted at iPhonePortugal. I have no idea how this lucky person got their hands on an iPhone 3G so early (they might work at a phone store, since the Swiss seem to have setup their displays), but they took some pictures
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Filed under: iPhone AppleInsider is reporting that Apple won't be selling the iPhone 3G in its 6 Canadian retail stores this Friday. This seems to be confirmed by Apple Canada's 'Where to buy an iPhone' webpage which lists Rogers and Fido stores as the only locations to buy an iPhone (the same page in the States lists both Apple stores and AT&T stores) in Canada.Is this a reaction to Rogers less than stellar iPhone rate plans? That doesn't seem t
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Filed under: Apple Corporate, Retail, RumorsThe MacRumors Forums are abuzz with discussion about the opening of the first Apple Store in Kansas. Not to be confused with Apple Store Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo., this store is in Leawood, Kansas. Specifically, the store is located in the new shopping center being built in the Crate & Barrel area on the south east corner of 119th & Roe. While there's no listing on Apple's retail page, they
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The EU's top farm official is begging German farmers to stop mailing her milk.