Audi Australia has cut up to $9000 from the price of the 2013 Audi A6 sedan line-up as it readies the range for the launch of the flagship twin-turbo diesel model in February. The Audi A6 3.0 TDI sees the maximum reduction, with its price ...
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The Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible will be claimed as the world’s fastest four-seater drop-top when it is displayed at this month’s 2013 Detroit motor show. The GT Speed Convertible takes the twin-turbocharged ...
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The Ford Focus ST has blown onto the hot-hatch scene. Will it cause a hurricane to rip through the rock-solid Volkswagen Golf GTI and Renault Megane RS265? Words: Jez Spinks. Photos: Chris Brasher. Hands up if you still think you can only ...
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IDG News Service-Is Sprint preparing a bid for prepaid wireless carrier MetroPCS?Whatever the rumors and whatever the company's plans,its chief financial officer didn't offer any clues when speaking Wednesday morning at a conference in ...
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Computerworld-AT&T said Friday it is ahead of schedule for 4G LTE network deployments and has now reached 103 U.S.cities Previously,AT&T had predicted it would reach 100 cities by the end of 2012. All the major U.S.carriers are in a ...
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Computerworld-NEW YORK--Performer Kanye West was on hand Wednesday night when Samsung officially launched the 5.5-in.Galaxy Note II at an elaborate New York event that capped weeks of pre-release disclosures about the device's capabilities. ...
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Computerworld-Apple today said it sold 3 million iPad tablets during the opening three-day weekend of sales of the Mini,the same number it boasted it had dealt out in March for the then-new full-sized iPad. "We set a new launch weekend ...
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Computerworld-Apple today unveiled the iPad Mini,a smaller tablet starting at$329 that features a 7.9-in.1024-x-768-pixel display and can run all existing iPad software without modification. The company also revamped the 9.7-in ...
German carmaker Audi is planning to unveil the 2014 R8 sports car at the upcoming North American International Auto Show in Detroit,US,to be held during 14-27 January 2013. The new sports car is offered with three powertrain options ...
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About 19 percent of cell sites in the area hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy were still out of service on Thursday morning as recovery was slowed by other network failures and power shortages, according to the U.S. Federal Communications ...
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Apple's much-maligned iPhone exclusivity agreement with AT&T Mobility, started in 2007 but now ended, is once again the target of a class-action suit. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...
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Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy knocked out mobile, phone and cable service in many parts of the eastern U.S. on Monday, with about one in four cell sites affected in the hardest-hit band of the country between Virginia and Massachusetts, ...
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Computerworld - Mobile payment technologies are finally vaulting forward in the U.S. after years of slow advances. The biggest move ahead could occur in September, when Apple is widely expected to embrace a mobile payment scheme with its ...
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IDG News Service - Japan's Softbank, which is in negotiations to make a major investment in U.S. operator Sprint Nextel, is also mulling a competitive bid for MetroPCS, Japanese media reported Friday. The reports from sources such as the ...
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IDG News Service - U.S. cellphone carriers took a major step on Wednesday toward curbing the rising number of smartphone thefts with the introduction of databases that will block stolen phones from being used on domestic networks. The ...
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