Hagerty predicts this year's future classics

Hagerty Insurance, which specializes in covering cars already deemed classics, is out with its annual Hot List predicting this year's ten cars that will be future collectibles. Even though it stays under $100,000, it spans almost $74,000 in MSRPs starting with the $23,700 Ford Focus ST on the affordable end and peaking with the $97,395 SRT Viper. Other notables include the Chevrolet Corvette Convertible 427, what with 2013 being both the 60th anniversary of the brand and the last year of the C6, the 505-horsepower 427 special edition being a send-off to the sports car that always does well in the last model year of a particular generation.

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Smackelibang skinny swede minimalist wallet review

The idea of minimalism it not new, but its popularity has grown in recent years into an entire life philosophy for some.  One personal item that seems to find its way into many discussions on minimalism is the ubiquitous wallet.  Slim or “skinny” wallets are all the rage these days, with frustrated gents attempting to shrink down their spine-bending Costanza wallets to something more manageable.  In addition, concerns of wireless identify theft—with information being invisibly “skimmed” from credit cards—are growing.  How does Smackelibang's skinny swede minimalist wallet measure up. Background.










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Kcom experts look to the future at Cisco Live

31 January 2013: Two of Kcom’s Future of Work experts will be taking to the stage at Cisco Live, an event being held at London ExCel, this week. Brian Condron and Stu Smith will be taking attendees through the trends that are shaping the Future of Work, such as the Man vs Machine debate and subscription economy; they’ll discuss how the use of cloud based communications will help organisations to implement new ways of working and adapt to changing customer needs.

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Landal GreenParks improves its multichannel customer experience with Stibo Systems

Holiday company improves customer journey with more relevant information and additional servicesREADING, UK, 31th January, 2013 – Stibo Systems has been selected by Dutch holiday company Landal GreenParks to manage the quality of its product data, from its resort facilities to its accommodation types.

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Lotus opens the 2013 Formula One season with the launch of the E21 (video)

Lotus has broken the seal on the 2013 Formula One season, launching the E21 car at its factory in Enstone. With the regulations this year quite similar to those of last year, there are no dramatic changes in form compared to the E20. After some teams lobbied to be able to cover the stepped nose with a "vanity panel," Lotus retained the configuration, the team's technical director saying that the panel would add more weight and didn't make sense to put on the car unless it also added performance.

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Fiat 500 least safe vehicle to drive according to insurance website (video)

When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crashed a 2012 Fiat 500, the little car got the best scores in all categories. It's a safe car, then, right. "If safety is a priority, you should avoid the smallest cars," advises Russ Rader, spokesperson for IIHS. "Weight counts. Smaller, lighter cars are safer than they used to be, but all things being equal, people riding in bigger, heavier vehicles get more protection in crashes."

That's why, despite its near-perfect crash-test score, the Fiat 500 is No. 1 on Insure.com's list of worst vehicles for protecting passengers from injuries.





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Opera and Neomobile to bring one-click mobile payments to Opera Mini

San Mateo, Ca, and Rome, Italy, January 30 2013 - Opera Software and Neomobile today announced they will work together to bring mobile payment freedom to users of Neomobile services and the Opera Mini mobile browser. As part of the agreement with Opera Commerce, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opera Software, the Neomobile mobile payment system will be integrated into the Opera Payment Exchange (OPX). OPX’s goal is to make mobile payments a secure and easy experience for the more than 200 million Opera Mini users globally.

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Software Application Producers Are From Mars – Enterprises Are From Venus?

IDC & Flexera Software’s survey of 300+ enterprises across the globe, concludes that evolving software pricing and licensing strategies will fulfill enterprise demand for more flexible approaches to licensingMaidenhead, U.K, – January 30, 2013 The value perception gap that exists between software buyers and sellers could explain, in part, the growing diversity of software pricing and licensing models being demanded by enterprises – and offered by software application producers.

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Kodak makes it easy to capture and manage information in Microsoft SharePoint with latest Kodak Info Activate release

New version adds data governance controls and workflow for Microsoft SharePoint administrators and knowledge workers.January 30, 2013 – Kodak announces today the latest release of KODAK Info Activate software, version 1.1, which will help businesses and organisations generate additional value from their investment in Microsoft SharePoint by structuring and simplifying document entry and indexing.

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Lenovo Unveils Chromebook Laptop for Schools

Lenovo has announced it is launching a new laptop model for schools, which runs on Google's Chrome OS instead of Microsoft Windows. The ruggedly-designed ThinkPad X131e Chromebook caters to teachers and school administrators, as it can be easily controlled from the cloud and supports thousands of educational apps. The computer maker previously released Windows-powered X131e for schools, which became a hit in the education market.

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Redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra spied testing in Canada

When Toyota first announced that it would be bringing the 2014 Tundra pickup to next month's Chicago Auto Show, we weren't quite sure if the truck would fall into the "all-new" or "refreshed" category. After seeing this latest set of spy shots, we're striking "all-new" from the record, but the enhancements do appear to be more than just a simple nip/tuck. While the overall shape and greenhouse haven't really changed, heavy cladding found on the front fascia suggests that a totally redesigned nose is in store, with a fully reworked grille flanked by new headlamps.

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2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo: Introduction

The Hyundai Veloster is indeed an automotive oddball, and that's part of the reason why we're so drawn to it. Even in base form, the Veloster is a cleverly packaged little wonder that's bursting with personality, and with the added grunt and visual aggression of the Turbo model, there's a lot to talk about. Despite not really fitting into any one specific vehicle segment (unless you dump it into the all-too-vague "compact" class), the Veloster Turbo looks really good on paper, to say nothing of how it looks on the street.










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Huawei Becomes Third Largest Smartphone Maker

Independent reports say that Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has become the third largest in the global market after Samsung and Apple. According to International Data Corportation, Huawei managed to ship 10.8 million smartphone units during the fourth quarter of 2012, as well as 89.5% year-over-year growth. In comparison, Samsung shipped 63.7 million smartphones, while Apple sold 47.8 million units during that same time period.

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ARCHOS 5mm Bluetooth iPad Keyboard

From ARCHOS comes a really sleek, ultrathin keyboard for iPad. At 5mm and 240g, we agree with the company that it is almost as thin as an iPad cover, making the closed iPad/keyboard 13.4mm thick and weighing 892g. It comes with an adjustable kickstand that lets your adjust the screen angle where you want it, and It fits well with the iPad with brushed aluminum back casing.




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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TF1 Rugged Digital Camera

Getting yourself a new rugged digital camera. Be sure to check out this new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TF1. This dust-proof, freeze-proof, shock-proof and water-proof digital camera sports a 16.1MP 1x2.3″ Super HAD CCD image sensor, a 4x optical zoom lens, a 2.7-inch 460K-dot clear photo LCD display, a multi-card slot and 720p HD video recording capabilities. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TF1 retails for $199.99.

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Balls of Steel review

I will admit, when I saw Janet's news item a few weeks ago for Balls of Steel, I probably giggled.  Then when I visited the official website, ripe with double entendres, it was clear that that was the point.  Balls of Steel‘s main objective is to create a community providing support, hope, and maybe even a few laughs for men, their families, and loved ones who are struggling with testicular cancer.







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M-TEK Chooses Epicor for Complex Electronics Manufacturing

Flexible Out-of-the-Box Features and Customer Portals Will Help Drive M-TEKEpicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organisations, today announced that M-TEK, a UK-headquartered electronics sub-contractor offering full turn-key manufacturing and test services, has selected the Epicor next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to support its complex service offering and rapid expansion.Founded in 1996, M-TEK offers a wide range of services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that rely on high quality electronics manufacturing.

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Mercedes-Benz GLK coupe to get 2016 intro

Radio chatter around the emerging small, premium crossover coupe genre has thus far been dominated by the Land Rover Evoque and the Mini Paceman.

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McLaren gears up to celebrate 50 years of performance

It was back in 1963 that 26-year-old Bruce McLaren founded Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. in London with no more than a handful of dedicated employees. Today, nearly fifty years later, the McLaren Group employs more than 2,000 and is credited with developing, manufacturing and racing some of the world's greatest supercars on a global stage. Early this September, the company will celebrate its 50th anniversary.

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Toyota to name Prius developer Uchiyamada its next chairman?

A report in Japan's Nikkei newspaper cited by Automotive News claims that the father of the Prius, Takeshi Uchiyamada, will take the role of chairman at Toyota. Currently Toyota's vice chairman, Uchiyamada joined the automaker in 1969, and in 1994 became the chief engineer of the Vehicle Development Center that birthed The Hybrid to Rule Them All. He said of it, "When we started, the purpose wasn't to do a specific car project.

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NHTSA mulling adding small-overlap and angled crash tests

For the sake of safer cars, it sounds like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration could be moving to create stricter crash tests that are similar to (and potentially even more rigorous) than what the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently instituted.

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LANDesk Sets the Mark for Comprehensive User-Oriented Management Solutions

LANDesk Delivers Total User Management; Designed to Manage, Secure and Support End-Users in Today’s Highly Mobile IT EnvironmentLAS VEGAS (Interchange) – 22 January 2013 – Advancing its position as an innovator and leader in user-oriented management, LANDesk Software today announced the release of Total User Management. LANDesk is taking the lead in helping IT reorient to the new reality; the modern IT environment requires a model that allows the user to manage the totality of their computing needs versus merely managing devices.

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Chrysler expecting up to 200,000 9-speed transmissions for 3 models this year

Striving for improved fuel economy, we already knew that Chrysler will begin using a nine-speed automatic transmission in some of its new products this year, but what we haven't known is that volume at which this gearbox will be used. According to Bloomberg, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has been quoted as saying that the automaker expects to sell close to 200,000 units equipped with this new transmission in 2013. Those gear-rich trannies will be spread out across three models, consisting of the redesigned Chrysler 200, the still-unnamed Jeep Liberty replacement and the Dodge Dart.

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Flexiant and SolidFire Integrate to Help Customers Build Differentiated Cloud Services

Integration of SolidFire’s all-SSD storage and Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator combines high performance storage technologies with cloud management software to deliver better value and improved experience for service providers’ customersLondon, UK and Boulder, Colorado – 22 January 2013 – Flexiant and SolidFire today announced the integration of SolidFire’s all-SSD storage system with Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator. Using this combined solution, customers can now build cloud service offerings that are uniquely differentiated across both cost and quality of service.

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LG HECTO Laser TV Creates 100-Inch Viewing Display

For people who would want to have a larger viewing display we watching TV, then simply relying on today's technology would certainly have its limits. Screen size may be limited and, if not, the cost of the TV with the largest screen size will not be something that anyone can afford. In order to create a TV with the largest viewing display, LG is trying to take it from a different approach by coming up with the LG HECTO Laser TV. The LG HECTO Laser TV is LG's new home cinema system that features a 100-inch viewing display. But it uses a special screen and an external Ultra Short Throw (UST) projection unit to do the job.

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NextiraOne UK achieves FlexPod Premium Partner status, delivering Solutions Based on FlexPod Design Architecture

Lichfield, 21 January 2013 – NextiraOne UK, part of Europe’s leading expert in communications services, today announced that it has been designated a FlexPod Premium Partner by Cisco and NetApp to provide solutions and services supporting the FlexPod data centre solution.

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Google Experiments on Using Hardware for Passwords

With so many online services requiring passwords, it can be quite difficult to manage your secret codes especially if you prefer using a different password for each website. Google wants to put an end to it. The tech giant, represented by vice president of security Eric Grosse and engineer Mayank Upadhyay, outlined their proposal to develop a hardware that would act as a master key for all online services. The report, which was published in this month's issue of IEEE Security and Privacy magazine, said that Google's engineers have been experimenting on creating that master key.

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Analyzing De Nyscchen's 25-year comeback plan for Infiniti

"It took us 25 years to bring Audi back in the US. This kind of thing takes a long time.". De Nysschen was a key architect in rebuilding Audi in the US, from a punchline about "sudden acceleration" in the 1980s, to being a truly hot brand and legitimately vying with BMW and Mercedes-Benz for one-percenters' German car bucks. In talking about his task at Infiniti with me, he repeated a line that I wonder if he mentioned to Nissan-Renault honcho Carlos Ghosn at the hiring meeting: "It took us 25 years to bring Audi back in the US.

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Deal of the Day – ZAGG Perimeter iPhone 5 Case

Thursday's LogicBUY Deal is the ZAGG Perimeter iPhone 5 Case for $19.99.  Features:. Compatible with ZAGG invisibleSHIELD protectorsAvailable in clear, green, blue, pink, or purple.
$24.99 – 20% coupon code = $19.99 with free shipping on orders of $29.98.

This deal expires January 21, 2013 or sooner.

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High-End Nokia Smartphone Coming To Verizon Soon [Rumor]

There is no doubt that the Nokia Lumia 920 is doing very well in the U.S. As a matter of fact, one analyst believes that the smartphone is the 4th most purchased phone on AT&T next to Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3, and as well as Apple's iPhone 5. This isn't good news at all for Verizon, touted as the nation's largest carrier, who only has the exclusive Nokia Lumia 822 and of course, the high-end Windows Phone 8X from HTC. But if a tweet from Microsoft correspondent Tom Warren is true, then it looks like Verizon will be carrying the Nokia Luma 920 soon.

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Singer 911 gorgeousness explored and experienced by Chris Harris

Few things get us as cranked up as a Porsche 911. Generation after generation, this rear-engined oddity has exhilarated our senses, and the new 991 is the most capable iteration yet. Even so, there's a lot to be said for the older models, from their lighter weights and more modest dimensions to their air-cooled thrums. That elemental vintage Porsche appeal hasn't been lost on Los Angeles-based Singer Vehicle Design, which has endeavored to take the best bits from every generation of 911 and combine them into one impossibly sexy rear-engined machine.



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Obama's limo to carry tax-protest license plate (video)

The United States of America was created in part behind the belief that we should not have taxation without representation, so it is rather ironic that Washington, D.C. must deal with this same problem that helped spark the American Revolution. For years, residents of Washington, D.C. have had license plates with "Taxation Without Representation" written on them to protest the fact that they have to pay taxes but have no voting power in Congress.

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