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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Vehicles

BMW iDrive 4.0 Remixes Xbox 360 and iPod into Simpler Control System

9:00AM Jesus Diaz | The much-criticized BMW iDrive central control dashboard has been updated to its fourth version, and it seems that this time they have got it right. Abandoning the previous compass-based user interface, the new iDrive adopts the hierarchical vertical menu system of the iPod, mixing it with an interface similar to the Xbox 360. Apart from the faster navigation this provides, they have also included new features to make it faster and more useful: More »
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Games

Tinker Game is the First Good Windows Vista Ultimate Extra

8:40AM Jason Chen | Tinker, a game available right now for free through the Windows Vista Ultimate Extras program, is probably the first Ultimate extra that people actually like. The previous couple—Sound Schemes and DreamScene moving wallpapers—were nice, but hardly worth the extra money people paid for the premium version of Vista. Download the 60-level obstacle course game right now from your automatic Windows Update. Here’s hoping there are more Extras coming before Windows 7 hits. More »
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