(Credit: Fanatec)If the Prince racquet controller is a boost for the Wii, then the "Porsche 911 Turbo S Wheel" and related accessories will put the Playstation 3 into overdrive. As is fitting for a global racing legend, the branded wireless equipment--complete with gear shifters, pedals and logo-bearing USB ...
Nokia announced its acquisition of Navteq today for $8.1 billion. Nokia is backing its play to add GPS to its cell phones by buying one of the two major mapping companies. Both Navteq and Teleatlas provide the maps loaded onto the majority of GPS devices on the market. Both ...
Click image to see the full gallery(Credit: CNET Networks)Ten months after its debut at CES 2007, the Alpine IVA-W205 is finally hitting the shelves and we got our hands on one for a full review in our CNET test car. In its most basic configuration, the IVA-W205 is ...
As consumers, we generally like choices. In the world of cleaner cars, those choices have been few and far between, but slowly that is changing.Scion eBox(Credit: AC Propulsion)I had a chance recently to test drive two of the cars whose creators are bent on changing the way ...
Click here for photos of the Mitsubishi Evo X(Credit: Mitsubishi)That's right, the 10th generation of the World Rally Car version of the Mitsubishi Lancer, a carmade famous by enthusiasts and in video games, goes on sale today, October 1. But it will only be available at ...
(Credit: Winding road)A Ford/Chevrolet NASCAR team; a Toyota/Honda hybrid; a post-race hug between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton; a BMW/Mercedes-Benz engine. There are some things in the automotive world that you just never expect to see. The latter, however, may become a reality. BMW Chief Executive ...
(Credit: OhGizmo)Even some of the most jaded Cravers were admittedly impressed by the recently cited $1 million-plus RV and its over-the-top appointments. But less than a week later, it's already been topped by an even more outrageous concept.The Spanish-made "Hotel Movil" isn't just a mobile home: ...
Somebody asked me a while back what my favorite product user experience was. I thought about it for a minute and, in my contrarian way, said "My wife's 1972 MGB convertible".Now let me set the stage a little: She inherited the car from her dad when he passed ...
(Credit: Drugstore.com)If there's a polar opposite to the "Aptera" spaceship car from the future, this might well be it. The "Shoprider Flagship" looks like Mini Cooper that was sandwiched between two buses, but it's really a four-wheeled electric scooter. This anorexic golf-cart rival has a roof, ...
(Credit: Aptera)Usually a spaceship-looking vehicle like this comes only in concept form, but the Aptera three-wheeled elecric or diesel-hybrid car--if it can accurately be called a car, anyway--has not only made it to the prototype stage but is available for pre-order. And why might you want to pay $500 ...
