The last remaining Lotus Esprit ‘submarine car’, one of the most famous James Bond cars of all time, has been sold at a classic car auction in London for more than $930,000. The fully submersible Lotus Esprit, which starred in ...
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Continuing our article series on natural beauties, which started with the Clay Forest of Zhada, this time we’re going to Southwestern China, in the Yunnan province to see the famous Stone Forest in the Shilin County. Covering more ...
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In ancient China, there were Four Great Beauties-Diaochan, Lady Yang, Xi Shi and Wang Zhaojun [*note] - who were so famed for their beauty that, like Helen of Troy, they could overthrow states and cities. Their beauty has been depicted in ...
Chinese folk custom believes that spring is the time to worship and fall to pay back. Spring worship welcomes all saints from heaven and earth, mainly god of the sun; and fall payback is to pay tribute to the generous, load carrying mother ...
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Corning Incorporated announced a technical collaboration through its High Performance Displays organization with AU Optronics Corp. (NYSE: AUO). Corning is exhibiting AUO’s 5-inch HD720 AMOLED panels that feature Corning Lotus™ ...
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The PGA European Tour has selected Xirrus' Wi-Fi to provide spectators with access to golfers' location, stream video content, and enable the PGA to understand more about its fans. Graham Gifford, ICT director at PGA European Tour, told ...
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Mark Webber has all but confirmed fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo will take his seat next season following his exit from the Infiniti Red Bull Racing team after seven years with the Formula One team. Speaking with Australia’s ...
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The Proton Suprima S has been unveiled at an event in its home country of Malaysia, revealing a sporty hatch set to arrive locally in November. Based on the five-door Preve GXR that's due here in October, the Proton?Suprima S is powered ...
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BlackBerry 10 smartphones are "very good" devices and don't deserve the negative reaction they often receive, Adrian Collinson, Head of IT for the Force India Formula 1 team has told Computing, with security a key benefit for the outfit. ...
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New owner of Lotus, Malaysian manufacturing group DRB-Hicom, has committed to adding 100 employees to the British brand’s operations including 45 engineers, 40 manufacturing operatives and 18 graduates. The expansion comes one month ...
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The future of Lotus has been secured, with the brand’s Malaysian owner committing to a three-year investment program to rejuvenate the embattled British sports car maker. DRB-Hicom managing director Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil told ...
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A rebound for IBM failed to materialize in the second quarter, as profit and sales declined along with a slump in revenue from hardware and services. However, in its quarterly financial report Thursday, the company raised its forecast for ...
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A rebound for IBM failed to materialise in the second quarter, as profit and sales declined along with a slump in revenue from hardware and services. However, in its quarterly financial report Thursday, the company raised its forecast for ...
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Hewlett-Packard's board of directors has received a major infusion of software know-how, with the addition of former Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie . Ozzie is one of three new board members HP announced Monday, along with ...
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It looks like a roughly modified Lotus Elise but this black prototype is actually a test mule for the new sports car architecture being jointly developed by Renault and Caterham. The French manufacturer and the British track car ...
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