'Ring Queen Sabine Schmitz battles Ron Simons in Porsche vs Ferrari scrap

We hope you have seven minutes to kill. RSR Nürburgring recently took the time to pit Sabine Schmitz and her slightly modified Porsche 911 GT3 RS against Ron Simons and his Ferrari 458 Italia in a sparring match around the infamous Green Hell. The clip begins with the two drivers engaging in a smidgeon of smack talk before the two get down to the business of beating each other's doors off around one of the most challenging courses in the world. Simons calls his car superior to Schmitz's 911, while Schmitz says she's up against nothing more than a Fiat driven by an old Dutch man.



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Adobe XD's Project Mighty and Napoleon: the future of cloud-connected design tools for tablets (hands-on)

While we saw a few different design possibilities for Project Mighty on the table, certain aspects remained consistent: each has built-in storage, a selector button, an aluminum frame and a top-mounted LED for input feedback and Bluetooth status. Different variations of charging bases are also being tested, one with two contacts on the shaft and second which lets the tip rest in portable and desk-purposed cradles (we're told the latter has become the preferred one). The current tip is 5mm, but smaller variations are currently being worked out for finer applications.


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BMW X1 EV for Zinoro spotted

BMW has teamed up with Chinese automaker Brilliance Automotive to create a joint venture in China, called Zinoro, and it appears that an all-electric version of the X1 crossover is to be the brand's first model.

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Infiniti boss ices plan for EV

Infiniti President Johan de Nysschen has postponed plans for an electric vehicle in order to focus on high-volume models. Automotive News reports de Nysschen is attempting to be realistic about Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn's goal of nearly tripling Infiniti global sales from 170,000 units last year to 500,000 by March 31, 2017, saying, "500,000 cars by 2017 is an inordinately ambitious challenge." An electric vehicle would likely sell in rather small numbers. Still, the executive is already making moves to improve Infiniti sales worldwide with new production in both China and England.

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Toshiba's new 10″ tablet trio: Excite Pro and Excite Write with Tegra 4, $299.99 Excite Pure

Toshiba's introduced some new tablets of its own, not to let Asus steal the spotlight for this week. The new devices are called Excite Pro, Excite Write, and Excite Pure. All are powered by Nvidia processors, with the latter sporting a Tegra 3. The Pro and Write come with Nvidia's Tegra 4, so there will be no shortage of performance over there.
The Toshiba Excite Pro has a 10.1-inch 2,560×1,600 touchscreen, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, a microSD card slot, an 8 MP rear camera, Harman Kardon stereo speakers, and it runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.



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Happy Birthday, Julie!

Today is Julie's birthday.  She works hard all year long to keep us informed with gadget news and reviews to help us make decisions about which gear is right for us.

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Eclipse Internet launches Eclipse Backup, the first of many new services to come from their Eclipse Cloud portfolio

The ever-increasing need to stay connected, not just to each other but also to our data and business applications, has led to us working wherever we are and on whatever device we choose.  Recognising this, Eclipse Internet’s strategy to provide new, intuitive ways of working in the cloud starts today as they announce the launch of their first service under the Eclipse Cloud portfolio; Eclipse Backup.The Eclipse Backup service is designed to provide intuitive and responsive access to your data, via a simple subscription based service. This could be from your office, laptop or mobile device.

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