May 14, 2006, 8:48 AM CT

Road Test: Bugatti Veyron

Bugatti's Veyron is claimed to be the world's most expensive and powerful production car ever.

At $1.3 million, it boasts a 8.0L quad-turbo W16 engine that produces 1000+hp and 927 ft. lb torque - rocketing the vehicle from 0-60 mph in just 2.4 seconds. Top Gear takes this beast out for a test run. Watch after the jump.

After what seems like years of teasing us with prototypes, mock sketches and the odd mention of a 1001 brake horsepower engine, the Bugatti Veyron is finally finished and will be sold to European markets late in 2006, and America and Asia Pacific territories after that.........

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May 14, 2006, 1:17 AM CT

Connectable Multimedia To The TV

Eventhough it is simple to mount a computer near the television set to be able to reproduce films or to listen to music, everybody does not have the time or the desire to do it. In that case, Mvix the Player Multimedia can be a good option.

This will allow you to reproduce video, audio and to see photographs, besides its ability to transmit the audio by means of an emitter FM, by which we could listen to it in our radio. It has outlets for Super Video and composite video, a remote port USB and remote control.

Its price is of 249 dollars, eventhough strangely it does not include hard disk, which we will have to add.........

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May 12, 2006, 0:17 AM CT

Tools To Analyze Musical Expression

Music expresses and elicits emotion. But how, exactly?

Philosophers have been fascinated by the question since Pythagoras. At the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Elaine Chew, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering, now teaches a graduate course on using computational and other engineering tools to look for answers.

Chew, who continues a career as a distinguished concert pianist in addition to her engineering research, has written an account of the issues in creating the course in an article that will be presented at an engineering conference later this year.

Meanwhile the students in "Computational Modeling of Expressive Performance" presented their results May 3, a collection of 10 projects now up on the class website as what Chew calls a "non-peer reviewed publication" at http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ise575/b/projects.

The projects from the class, offered for only the fourth time this Spring, range widely. Arpi Mardirossian found a trove of silent movie scores specially written to evoke specific emotions, and analyzed their characteristics.

For "Analysis of Dynamic Shaping in Unaccompanied Bach," student Eric Cheng created intricate graphs comparing, note-by-note, performances of a Bach unaccompanied violin sonata by three master violinists: Jascha Heifetz, Yehudi Menuhin, and Nathan Milstein, with respect to their dynamic shaping, i.e. the nature and amount of sound intensity variation.........

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May 11, 2006, 11:53 PM CT

Da Vinci Code Raises Real Questions

With more than 40 million copies sold in 45 languages, Dan Brown's bestseller The Da Vinci Code is a true phenomenon. And now there are dozens of books that "decode" the Code, not to mention re-releases of books on related themes, such as the Knights Templar, Opus Dei, and other "mysteries." The movie version is set to open in May.

"The Da Vinci Code is like Harry Potter for grown-ups, but it asks real questions," says Pietro Boglioni, a specialist in the history of Catholicism in the Department of History, who has given about 40 lectures and interviews on the subject himself.

Boglioni isn't surprised that the novel has been such a runaway success. The author has skilfully woven together three different threads, he says. The Da Vinci Code is a thriller set against a backdrop of the unknown; it gives a feminist interpretation of Christianity, a strong trend in the U.S.; and it shows the Vatican as an all-powerful institution that has a great deal to hide.

Boglioni notes that Brown constructed The Da Vinci Code on the same scaffolding as his prior novel, Angels and Demons. He also dipped into works by other authors, some of whom sued him unsuccessfully for plagiarism. "But how can historians sue a novelist for plagiarism?" asks Boglioni. "That means they're acknowledging that their book was a work of fiction!".........

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May 10, 2006, 11:07 PM CT

Another Football MP3 Player

It's about another 6 weeks to wait for Fifa World Cup 2006. If you're a soccer fan, you probably take take a look at Matsunichi MF228. Matsunichi announced that its football MP3 player, MF228 will be available worldwide by 1st May 2006. It specs is almost same as Shiro AS, except its diameter. Matsunichi MF228 has a diameter of 45.2mm while Shiro AS is 37.4mm.

Specs:

80 x 48 OLED display.

Supports MP3, WMA, WAV audio playback.

Built-in FM tuner with 30 presets.

Voice recording, FM recording.

Built-in lithium-polymer battery.

Up to 10 hours battery life.

Stopwatch, timer.........

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May 10, 2006, 11:05 PM CT

MSI Digi Player 600 - Another iPod Shuffle Lookalike

MSI recently introduced their latest Digi Player 600 in Europe. It is a very typical iPod Shuffle lookalike MP3 player with display. Digi Player 600 only comes with 1GB of storage capacity. It features a tiny 65K colors OLED display, Fm tuner and voice recording that an iPod Shuffle doesn't have. If you don't mind the tiny screen, Digi Player 600 may also playback video for you!

MSI Digi Player 600 is now only available in Europe for 50.71 Euro (approx US$65), including VAT.........

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May 10, 2006, 10:57 PM CT

Britney Spears is Losing Hair

Britney Spears is so stressed about her pop comeback, that she is losing clumps of her luscious locks.

Britney has even started wearing large hats to cover her thinning tresses.

She might be suffering from stress-related alopecia, specially when she has a useless husband who doesn't even help her with their baby.

The singer - who gained 50lbs during her first pregnancy has been highly stressed and the real cause of her hair fall may be her constant fretting about getting slim and developing a new look for her return to pop.

How can you lose weight honey, when you are having a baby one more time?.

Don't worry my blogs will help you fetch some good maternity wear as well as some hair care tips.........

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May 10, 2006, 10:28 PM CT

The Plaid 2007 Mercedes S-Class

What better way to start the morning than with a plaid Mercedes S-Class? Thanks to an alert reader over at Jalopnik, that's exactly what we're doing.

The S-Class, which bears a striking resemblance to the lining of a sleeping bag I owned when I was five, was photographed at MBUSA's parking lot.

Other than that, I think the photo speaks for itself.

For more info, head over to Jalopnik for the full article.

[Update: An informed reader sent us a tip notifying us the S-Class in question is scheduled to appear at an unnamed fashion show. Eventhough I doubt any of you are considering transforming your S-Class into a rolling Burberry advertisement, we'll keep you posted if we hear anything new.]........

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May 10, 2006, 10:25 PM CT

Mercedes-Benz Introduces SL550

Great news man! 50 years of Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster begets a-like great baby SL550. The 1957 Roadster's refined versions will be out in limited numbers. It will be out with an attractive metallic exterior paint finish on its body and cognac brown leather interior accented with Black Ash wood. Also very impressive is the 18? aluminum twin-spoke wheels: very cool and sexy.

If you are interested, act soon. You will get a rear shelf bag with Anniversary Edition tag along with your purchase.........

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May 9, 2006, 11:09 PM CT

Remobeads, for a Spiritual TV Experience

This is the first time we've come across a gadget with an ultimate blend of spirituality and technology. The 'Remobeads' is actually a television remote control with buttons in the form of small beads, each representing a single TV channel, allowing you to browse through the infinite channels your TV sports, along with melting down all your sins, as they promise (which we'll doubt, particularly while switching between channels late night).

Anyway, the glowing Remobeads, designed by Dima Komissarov are marked with channel numbers or logo and can even chant your favorite mantras if you want.........

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