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HTC One Australian Review: You’re The One That I Want

HTC has done more for Australia than you realise. It was the first big manufacturer to introduce Android into the country via a major telco, and went on to make some incredible gear. Things tapered off in the last few years, and we wondered if we would ever see an Android-powered HTC handset that made us believe in the company again. Enter the HTC One: the saviour, the hero, the new yardstick.

Software

After Hours: Best Bar Apps

Can a smartphone help you discover new drinks and cool new places to consume them? Sure, but the golden question is: “can an app help you get free beer”? It can. Check out our best bar apps!

Online

How Twitter Took Over NASCAR

Last night, America’s wonkiest social media platform, Twitter, and its supposedly most backward sport, NASCAR, exploded together into a massive fireball fuelled by jet propellant, secret phones and good/bad timing. Here’s the story of how one driver picked up 100,000 followers in two hours and how the sport of good ol’ boys may be forever changed.

Cars

This Moron Got His Lamborghini Serviced At Best Buy

This photo provided by a reader shows car crime on the level of taking your Lamborghini to Best Buy to get a stereo (or DVD player or iPad) installed. Because it’s someone taking their Lamborghini Murcielago to Best Buy for a stereo installation.

Cars

What Car Made The Bugatti Veyron SS Back Down From A Fight?

The Bugatti Veyron SS is the fastest car in the world. The big bully in the automotive playground. And I just saw it back down from a fight with something even more menacing. What scared this Veyron driver? [Jalopnik]

Geek Out

Watch Two Guys Run Wild In An Empty Airport

Stranded overnight at the Dallas Fort-Worth airport, photographer Joe Ayala and his buddy videotaped themselves causing mischief and mayhem in the terminal that became their home for the night. How is this possible in the TSA era? Watch this amazing video and find out.

Science

Libyan Rebels Turn Power Wheels Toy Into Tiny Killer Robot Tank

You know the little Power Wheels-style ATV your kid uses to drive across the lawn? it turns out that it makes a great machine gun drone in the hands of Libyan rebel and structural engineer Mohammad Bin Saud.

Entertainment

How To Watch An Unbroadcast Live Sporting Event

Most sports, including Icelandic youth soccer, are televised. Unfortunately, American broadcasters dictate we get 900 hours of NASCAR for every one hour of something we actually want. Here’s our guide to watching live sports when the powers-that-be won’t let you.

Geek Out

The Largest LEGO Technic Ever Is A Unimog

The European truck most noted for its complete badassedness is the Mercedes-Benz Unimog – a vehicle so large the company determined Americans would find it offensively huge. Now LEGO is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the truck by building a scale 2000+ piece version that’s the largest Technic set ever sold.

Science

This Is The New ‘Space Shuttle’

With the final launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and only one more launch before the program is retired, NASA officially announced the shuttle’s replacement today: the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV). How uninspiring of a name is that?

Cars

Xzibit Pimped My $US500 Buick And I Sold It For $US18,000

MTV’s Pimp My Ride had a simple premise: rapper Xzibit and his band of merry customisers would show up at your house and make your crappy beater awesome. A former “pimped car” recipient explains what happened when MTV left.

Geek Out

Thor Press Kit Causes Bomb Scare In Bus Terminal

A briefcase-shaped press kit touting Acura’s product placement in the film Thor caused a bomb scare and evacuation at a bus station in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, after a writer for buff book Automobile tossed it in a dumpster. What’s so scary about a press kit?

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