Petrol-electric range-extended EV completes Dakar Rally (video)

An interesting entry in the 2012 Dakar rally was from the Latvian company OSC.  Their Oscar eO is a petrol-electric range-extended EV.  In addition to regenerative braking, it also has regenerative damping!

More at:

http://www.greenmotor.co.uk/2012/01/dakar-rally-2012.html

/ Senegalese Senegal quad Lima Latvia /

SOPA: So how much does it cost to buy off America's Internet freedom?

http://m.zdnet.com/blog/government/sopa-so-how-much-does-it-cost-to-buy-off-americas-internet-freedom/11050

41% of mobile users in North America plan to buy iPhone 5, study suggests

I'll believe this when it translates into sales.  Notice too that the 41% depends on a major update to the iPhone.  For a minor update, the numbers fall appreciably.

http://m.bgr.com/2011/09/28/41-of-mobile-users-in-north-america-plan-to-buy-iphone-5-study-suggests/

A Linux distro from the US Department of Defense

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/21/235215/A-Linux-Distro-From-the-US-Department-of-Defense

US could respond to cyber-attack with conventional weapons

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8550642/US-could-respond-to-cyber-attack-with-conventional-weapons.html