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Excuse me? Someone is living in dreamland

What's the news here? 65 MPG = 27.63 kmpl.
In July 2006, a Ford Fiesta diesel averaged 31.48 kmpl
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/autocar-ford-fiesta-enter-limca-records/19402-7.html . In August 2008, it averaged 33.4 kmpl under real world conditions http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k8/mar/marrel57.php and http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=131281

Now these are Indian conditions - I guess cars should be able to do much better in Europe and US.

This is the Indian Ford Fiesta which sells at almost USD 16K

Engadget has a slightly more information.

And ultimately, Google News will provide all the stories you could want

To summarize the facts:
1. Samsung stopped producing this drive a year and a half ago
2. The 'features' were unlockable through remote control key combos
3. "The DVD-HD841 DVD-player can allow region encoding and high-bandwidth digital-content protection (HDCP) bypassing, provided a code is entered by remote control. Although pulled off shelves, its genes appear to have been transmitted to the DVD-HD747 and DVD-HD941." reference here

HDCP Bypassing!!
Weren't we just complaining about HDCP a day or two ago?

Run, don't walk, to eBay and get one of these players before Samsung pulls 'em.

MUMBAI: Another American bastion falls to the Chinese Dragon. China has announced today the launch of the first backbone network of the next-generation Internet...

not true as can be seen here the number of tvs in india equals 63 million for a 1000 million people. as shown here in india the reach for non-cable tv is 42% while for urban areas its 69% and rural is 33%

The thing that really sucks is that Flash work has started to be outsourced, which is pretty devastating for those of us in other places who use (and make a living from) this medium.

Here's some links about Indian animation outsourcing. Many of them focus on how there's a lack of animators in the country, which aims to be a leader in outsourced animation production:
Padmalaya seeks 400 animators to execute new projects
Color Chips to Hike Headcount to 1,000
The Sky is the Limit!
Trained Talent Eludes Animation Industry

All links are pulled from the excellent animation blog Cartoon Brew

The thing that really sucks is that Flash work has started to be outsourced, which is pretty devastating for those of us in other places who use (and make a living from) this medium.

Here's some links about Indian animation outsourcing. Many of them focus on how there's a lack of animators in the country, which aims to be a leader in outsourced animation production:
Padmalaya seeks 400 animators to execute new projects
Color Chips to Hike Headcount to 1,000
The Sky is the Limit!
Trained Talent Eludes Animation Industry

All links are pulled from the excellent animation blog Cartoon Brew

Not only do they have scooby doo in india, but he's much more evil than he is in the united states -- he gives kids tattoos and has got them buying 75 gram packages of "krackjack". We americans have to settle for regular crack.

I bet Acclaim is going to sue. They have the patent on marketing gone horribly wrong.