World's oldest car for sale

Steam-powered 1884 car will be auctioned at Pebble Beach in August.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A steam-powered car, billed as the oldest car in the world that still runs, will be sold in a Pebble Beach, Calif., auction in August.

The car was built in France in 1884, about a year before Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz of Germany built their first experimental gasoline-powered cars. (The two were working independently of one another.) Henry Ford, the man many Americans mistakenly believe invented the automobile, built his first car 12 years after this one.

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June 2007 Fit of the Month Contest! Sponsored by Skunk2 Racing

June's Contest Theme:

How does your Honda Fit fit into your life? Is it your grocery getter, family hauler or weekend auto-x racer? Tell us how you use your Fit!



To enter this contest, please include:

1) Pictures of how you use your fit. Action shots, and pictures capturing you and how your Fit fits into your life. Extra points given for creative photography.

2) A creative write-up on how your Fit fits into your life.


The Goods:

This month we won’t have one winner, but two! If you’re chosen as Fit Freaks Fit of the month for June and you happen to have a Skunk2 product already on your Fit, whether it’s a shift knob or springs, you’ll win a Skunk2 Mega Power Exhaust. In addition, our first-prize winner will also be featured on Skunk2’s website. Don’t have any Skunk2 products for your Fit yet? Don’t worry. The runner up will get Skunk2 Lowering Springs, Skunk2 oil cap, radiator cap and shift knob for their Fit.

Contest is open to stock or modified cars.

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PC World listed the 25 Web Sites to Watch

What's tomorrow's YouTube? The Web's next breakout hit may be one of these innovative, useful, and fun new sites.

Keep an eye on these sites--you may be looking at Google 2.0. Here they are listed in alphabetical order.

• Approver.com
• BlogBackupOnline
• BuzzDash
• CircleUp
• Clipmarks
• Eyespot
• Goowy
• Ma.gnolia
• Meebo Rooms
• MyPunchbowl
• OpenDNS
• Pageflakes
• Pbwiki
• Picnik
• Popfly
• PopURLs
• Quintura
• SplashCast
• Spock
• Squidoo
• Swivel
• Trulia
• Wayfaring
• Yahoo Pipes
• Yodio

PC World listed the 25 Web Sites to Watch

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Brain Device Moves Objects by Thought

Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity.

The "brain-machine interface" developed by Hitachi Inc. analyzes slight changes in the brain's blood flow and translates brain motion into electric signals.

A cap connects by optical fibers to a mapping device, which links, in turn, to a toy train set via a control computer and motor during one recent demonstration at Hitachi's Advanced Research Laboratory in Hatoyama, just outside Tokyo.

"Take a deep breath and relax," said Kei Utsugi, a researcher, while demonstrating the device on Wednesday. -

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YouTube unveils Irish version of website: Irish Times

Popular video website YouTube has unveiled a local version of its site for Irish web users.

Chad Hurley (L) and Steve Chen, co-founders of YouTube, after a news conference in Paris today where they announced nine country sites, including Ireland, will feature local content. Photo: Reuters/Philippe Wojazer.
Chad Hurley (L) and Steve Chen, co-founders of YouTube, after a news conference in Paris today where they announced nine country sites, including Ireland, will feature local content. Photo: Reuters/Philippe Wojazer.

The Irish version - available at www.youtube.ie - will prioritise Irish-related videos and comments to give users what the company says will be a "local experience" of the site.

Until now, the featured pages users first saw when they logged on to the site were heavily skewed to US tastes.

YouTube also unveiled eight other national sites for Brazil, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain.
The co-founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, told a news conference in Paris today that the nine country sites will eventually feature locally popular content. - The Irish Times

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Forbes List The World's 10 Largest Shopping Malls

Heading out to the mall--isn't that yesterday's way to shop?

Not in Asia, where a building boom has enormous shopping malls popping up in China, Malaysia and the Philippines, with India expected to jump into the fold soon. Based on Gross Leasable Area, or the amount of space devoted to revenue-producing operations like stores, amusements and food, the continent is home to eight of the world's 10 largest malls, six of which have been built since 2004. That's added some 27 million square feet of shopping space to cities like Beijing and Guangzhou in China and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

Asia's rapidly growing economy has spawned a new wave of consumers looking for places to shop and play. Most of them are quite ritzy, too.

South China Mall
Location: Dongguan, China
Year Opened: 2005
Gross Leasable Area: 7.1 million square feet


Golden Resources Shopping Mall
Location: Beijing, China
Year Opened: 2004
Gross Leasable Area: 6 million square feet


SM Mall of Asia
Location: Pasay City, Philippines
Year Opened: 2006
Gross Leasable Area: 4.2 million square feet


West Edmonton Mall
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Year Opened: 1981
Gross Leasable Area: 3.8 million square feet


SM Megamall
Location: Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Year Opened: 1991
Gross Leasable Area: 3.6 million square feet


Berjaya Times Square
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Year Opened: 2005
Gross Leasable Area: 3.4 million square feet


Beijing Mall
Location: Beijing, China
Year Opened: 2005
Gross Leasable Area: 3.4 million square feet


Zhengjia Plaza
Location: Guangzhou, China
Year Opened: 2005
Gross Leasable Area: 3 million square feet


SM City North Edsa
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Year Opened: 1985
Gross Leasable Area: 3 million square feet


King of Prussia Mall
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Year Opened: 1962
Gross Leasable Area: 2.8 million square feet

Now that you have the list of World's 10 Largest Shopping Malls, I am sure you know where to buy your next latest gadgets. This malls have everything you you can think of from foods, clothing, gadgets, and everything.

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LEGO Masterpieces

Looks like a real 30,000 capacity Arena isn't it? But this is just only One of the biggest LEGO buildings in the world. Check out some thumbnails below for some angle of the LEGO Arena Building.

How about the Star Wars starport made with LEGO.

This impressive LEGO church.

And this Amazing LEGO Aircraft Carrier.

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10 Most Beautiful Cars of All Time

Searching for the most beautiful cars? Here are the 10 most Beautiful Cars of all time from AutomotoPortal.

Jaguar E Type


1930 Mercedes-Benz Count Trossi SSK


Bugatti Veyron 16.4


1938 Talbot-Lago T150 C SS Teardrop Coupe


Pagani Zonda


1967 Shelby Mustang Eleanor GT500


Ferrari Dino


1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe


Rolls-Royce Phantom


Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato

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The Watches of Today, Can you read it?

Can you read these watches?

The Japanese have amazing electronics that often aren’t available in America, but Tokyo Flash sends these futuristic wristwatches, and many other styles, worldwide. And they do tell the time.

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