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2009 Jaguar XF Supercharged Road Test (Video)

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Inside Line tests the 2009 Jaguar XF Supercharged, which is powered by a 420hp, mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission. Base model starts at $62,975. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The Jaguar XF Supercharged adds up to one impressive car. Yet this is not because the XF S/C is necessarily better than its competition at everything a car should be. Rather, the XF succeeds because it is unashamed to propose a new path for the luxury sedan, one that’s tangential to the one chosen by the German sedans that we’ve come to love

[via Edmunds]

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Leaked Pictures of BlackBerry “Kickstart” Clamshell Phone

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BoyGeniusReport provides us with the first pictures of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry “Kickstart” clamshell phone. It sports “a Pearl-esque keyboard, typical trackball navigation, and apparently utilizes both an internal and external LCD screen.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

Ready to have your brain blown out through the top of your head? Look above — you’re staring at the heretofore unseen BlackBerry clamshell, the Kickstart

[via Engadget – BoyGeniusReport]

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Israel’s $600,000 “Guardiam” Robocop Robot (Video)

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Israel’s $600,000 “Guardium” is an autonomous, 4-wheeled robot that “can be mounted with cameras, night-vision equipment and sensors, as well as more lethal tools like machine guns.” Video after the break.

Following pre-programmed routes, it can navigate alone through cities – the vehicle knows how to deal with intersections, traffic and road markings. It can patrol borders, its cameras scanning 360 degrees at all times, and alert operators if it spots anything suspicious

[via Engadget – NewLaunches]

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Mural Dishwasher Hangs On Your Wall

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No other dishwasher quite matches the design of the Mural, which “slides along the length of the rack, cleaning as it goes.” Pricing and availability have not yet been announced. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Putting your dirty dishes into a dishwasher to clean them only to move them again to a cupboard for storage, is a pretty inefficient system when you think about it.

[via Dvice – MocoLoco]

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Fifth Gear: Mazda2

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Fifth Gear’s Jonny Smith takes the all-new 2008 Mazda2 out for a road test in this segment. Find out how it fares when Britain’s strongest man becomes a passenger. Continue reading to watch. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Power is provided by either a MZR 1.3-liter four-cylinder producing 75 hp, the “High-Power” version that shovels out 86 hp or the 1.5-liter four which makes 103 hp. All models are sold with a five-speed manual transmission, including the 1.4-liter MZ-CD diesel.

[via Autoblog]

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Transformable NeoCube Keeps You Busy (Video)

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The NeoCube is basically “composed of 216 individual high-energy sphere magnets, which can be formed into BILLIONS of shapes and patterns.” Video after the break.

Rubik’s Cubes are nice if you actually want to think, but how about for those times when you’re just sitting there and you want something to fiddle with? The Neocube has 216 spherical neodymium magnets that connect and make a cube, a sphere, or any other obscene shape that springs to mind.

[via Gizmodo – NeoCube]

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Hi-Fi Foosball Table is Stylish, Packs Speakers

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Designed by Chelpa Ferro, “Hi-Fi” is essentially a “vanilla foosball table with an artsy overhead light and a hodgepodge of speakers wrapped all around.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

Word on the street has it that the machine belts out sound effects based on the action up above, but sadly, the actual details about this potential ninth wonder of the world are being left to our imaginations

[via Gizmodo – Engadget]

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