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Nissan's much anticipated compact SUV Terrano is all set to take the roads in India on 20 August. ...
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The next iteration of the hit F1 racing game series, which somehow keeps getting better with each new version released every year (hey, we're not complaining, just stating the obvious), will not support PCs running the pre-historic Microsoft Windows XP OS. Although DX10 card owners should be able to play the game, to really enjoy it, Codemasters recommends a that you shove a DX11 complaint mid-range card into your tower in case you're planning to pick up F1 2013.
Minimum:
-OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
-Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon X2
-Memory: 2 GB RAM
-Graphics: AMD HD2600 or NVIDIA Geforce 8600
-DirectX: Version 11
-Network: Broadband Internet connection
-Hard Drive: 15 GB available space
-Sound Card: Direct X compatible soundcard
Recommended:
-OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7 64 bit
-Processor: Intel Core i7/AMD Bulldozer
-Memory: 4 GB RAM
-Graphics: AMD HD6000 Series/Nvidia GTX500 Series minimum 1GB RAM
-DirectX: Version 11
-Network: Broadband Internet connection
-Hard Drive: 15 GB available space
-Sound Card: Direct X compatible soundcard
Codemasters will release F1 2013 sometime later this year on all current generation consoles (Xbox 360, PS3) and the PC. No word on whether the title will land on next-generation consoles as well, but it most likely will.
Source: http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/2283/f1-2013-pc-requirements-revealed-dx11-in-windows-xp-out.html
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GREEN BAY - The Green Bay Packers are considering taking steps to remove a dangerous kick returner from his job. Ironically, the NFL may be simultaneously considering taking the often-dangerous kick return out of the game itself.Packers WR Randall Cobb is an explosive kick returner. He burst onto the seen in his first NFL game with a 108 yard return against the New Orleans Saints in 2011.Since then, Cobb has had a firm grasp on the kick returner job, helping give the Packers great field position and racking up over 1900 yards in two years on kick returns.In 2011, Cobb was a returner and then a receiver. He gained more than three times as many yards returning both punts and kicks than he did as a wide out.But in 2012, Cobb became a more integral part of the Packers offense. With injuries to both Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson, Cobb was in on 56% of the Packers offensive plays in 2012 and was targeted 104 times.After contributing just shy of a 1,000 receiving yards to the team, and rising in the ranks of the wide receivers there was a push to take Cobb off of kickoff returns.Why risk what was becoming a valuable offensive assest?After Jeremy Ross?s costly mistake of muffing a punt last post season, the Packers have tried a variety of players at returner.A week into camp, no one has stepped up and taken the job away from Cobb. But the NFL might have another solution for the Packers. Football is a dangerous game and kickoffs are the most dangerous.In the 2011 season the NFL moved kick offs up five yards and found that the following year, there were 40% fewer concussions on kickoffs.In December of 2012, NFL Commission Roger Goodell floated the idea of eliminating kickoffs all together. While the returner is the focus of the play, kickoffs are just as dangerous for the other players on the field.Gunners, blockers, players barreling down the field full speed; in 2010 the injury rate on kickoffs was 2%, a higher percentage than any other type of play.When players take the field for the 2013 Pro Bowl, there will be something noticeably absent. There will be no kickoffs. In a meaningless game, what?s the point of having the most dangerous play?But is the NFL testing the waters in the Pro Bowl to see if eliminating the kickoff is a viable option across the board?The Packers might be looking for a new returner for the 2013 season, but is it possible that the kick returner job won?t exist after 2013? Read more from Jayme Snowden (@jaymelee on Twitter) at cheeseheadtv.com. She also co-hosts Cheesehead Radio at Packerstalk.com.
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52653512/ns/local_news-milwaukee_wi/
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 Google will launch a new service for Android-powered devices later this month. It will help users locate lost or stolen mobile devices, and delete the data on them. (Google) |
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A man smokes marijuana outside the Congress where lawmakers debate a bill to legalize marijuana and regulate production and distribution in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Uruguay's unprecedented proposal to fight organized crime by creating a legal, government-licensed marijuana market was fiercely debated by lawmakers Wednesday, as the governing coalition counted every vote in hopes of winning passage in the lower house of Congress. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A man smokes marijuana outside the Congress where lawmakers debate a bill to legalize marijuana and regulate production and distribution in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Uruguay's unprecedented proposal to fight organized crime by creating a legal, government-licensed marijuana market was fiercely debated by lawmakers Wednesday, as the governing coalition counted every vote in hopes of winning passage in the lower house of Congress. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Lawmakers debate a bill that would legalize marijuana and regulate production and distribution in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Uruguay's unprecedented proposal to fight organized crime by creating a legal, government-licensed marijuana market was fiercely debated by lawmakers Wednesday, as the governing coalition counted every vote in hopes of winning passage in the lower house of Congress. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2012 file photo, a marijuana grower shows plants he is cultivating with some friends in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Uruguayan Congress is debating President Jose Mujica's proposal to fight organized crime by legalizing the production and sale of marijuana. A vote is expected late Wednesday, July 31, 2013 on the proposal to license growers, sellers and consumers, with a confidential registry to keep people from buying more than 40 grams a month. Anyone carrying, growing or selling pot without a license would face stiff penalties including long prison terms. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) ? Uruguay is poised to become the first nation to create a legal, regulated marijuana market, encouraging growers and sellers to produce enough pot to keep users from depending on illegal drug traffickers.
The plan to put the government at the center of a legal marijuana industry has made it halfway through the congress, giving President Jose Mujica a long-sought victory in his effort to explore alternatives to the global war on drugs.
"I'm an old man ... I never smoked marijuana, but I have come to notice what the life of young people is like," Mujica said Thursday in a radio address defending the proposal that was approved late Wednesday by congress' lower house. "The consumption is already happening ? it's around every corner, and it comes from a clandestine market that by nature has ferocious rules. It's a monopoly of mafias."
Mujica said that for every 10 deaths by drug overdose, there are 100 people murdered by drug traffickers or shot down in the fight against organized crime.
"The worst thing of all is that it never ends!" he said. "How many keep falling? And drugs are still out there ? why? Because the profits are enoooooormous!"
The move drew both praise and criticism Thursday as word spread that 50 of 96 lawmakers in the lower house of congress had voted in favor. It now goes to the Senate, where approval is expected.
Smoking pot has long been legal in Uruguay, but growing, carrying, buying or selling has called for prison terms. If the legislation is enacted, licensed adults will be able to have marijuana for any reason, including medicinal, recreational and industrial uses.
"Sometimes small countries do great things," said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the U.S. Drug Policy Alliance. "Uruguay's bold move does more than follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington. It provides a model for legally regulating marijuana that other countries, and U.S. states, will want to consider - and a precedent that will embolden others to follow in their footsteps."
The U.S. government, faced with its own legalization movement at the state level, such as in Colorado and Washington, largely stayed out of the Uruguayan debate, leaving people like Pope Francis to speak out against the "liberalization of drugs" during his recent trip to Brazil. It fell to the United Nations' International Narcotics Control Board to criticize the vote in Uruguay as violating the country's treaty obligations.
"INCB urges the Uruguayan authorities to ensure that the country remains fully compliant with international law which limits the use of narcotic drugs, including cannabis, exclusively to medical and scientific purposes," the agency said.
But Uruguay's determination to legalize pot was lauded by many, including Terry Nelson, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent who now advocates for ending the drug war as part of the Law Enforcement Against Prohibition group.
"This bill ensures a safer Uruguay and it should be a model for the world," Nelson said. "The passage of this bill will allow police to spend their time and resources on violent crime, devastate criminal networks in the country who rely on marijuana income, create jobs, generate tax revenue, and ensure the quality and safety of the product for those who choose to use it."
The global drug war's heavy death toll, questionable results and high costs to treasuries and freedoms prompted former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to join a growing number of former world leaders in declaring the war a failure and calling for marijuana legalization.
In Latin America, Presidents Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia and Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala have called for decriminalizing drugs, and the Organization of American States is openly encouraging new approaches. Jose Miguel Inzulza, the OAS secretary-general, personally visited Mujica and praised the initiative ahead of the house vote.
Mujica, who says he never smoked pot himself, said regulating marijuana is necessary because so many people already do, thus endangering themselves and the nation by fostering organized crime.
His critics said licensing marijuana will only encourage more people to become addicted to narcotics.
"I believe that we're risking too much. I have the sensation that we're playing with fire," said Gerardo Amarilla, a lawmaker in Uruguay's opposition National Party.
Under the proposal, Uruguay's government would license growers, sellers and consumers, and update a confidential registry to keep people from buying more than 40 grams a month at pharmacies.
Carrying, growing or selling pot without a license could bring prison terms, and driving under the influence would be punishable as well. But licensed consumers could grow up to six plants at a time at home, and growing clubs with up to 45 members each would be encouraged, overseen by an Institute for Regulation and Control of Cannabis.
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Associated Press writer Michael Warren contributed from Buenos Aires.
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Remember Autonet? The company -- which is best known for providing manufacturers like Chrysler with in-car WiFi hotspot solutions -- is launching a new product designed to replace the key fob and enable low-latency remote vehicle control and diagnostics from any smartphone. Of course, this is nothing new -- car makers have been featuring apps to unlock doors, start the engine and monitor vehicles for some time now. Still, most existing solutions rely on satellite or 2G connectivity and often require the car's computer to be fully booted before responding to commands, which makes for a slow and unreliable experience. Autonet's new system combines in-vehicle hardware, mobile software and cloud services to streamline this process for both manufacturers and owners. More after the break.
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Lydia Ko has made her best start to a major golf tournament this year, finishing with a three-under par 69 in the opening round of the women's British Open.
She is in a 20-way tie for 18th, three shots off co-leaders Morgan Pressel of the United States and Sweden's Camilla Lennarth.
The 16-year-old amateur looked more comfortable than her professional playing partners Lexi Thompson and Chie Arimura (both 75), despite a double bogey on the seventh and bogeys on the second and 15th (all par fours). She recovered to shoot seven birdies, including two to finish. Ko is level with world no.1 Inbee Park of South Korea who is pursuing an unprecedented fourth straight major.
Ko's measured temperament, driving accuracy (13 out of 16 fairways) and stable putting (29 strokes) helped her embrace the occasion at the Old Course as it hosts the tournament for the second time.
"I got angrier after that [double bogey]. It made me want to play better. I was boiling away but the birdie on the next hole [the par three eighth] put me on the right track."
The world no.17 was thrilled to complete the back nine holes in four-under par.
"I think that is harder [than the front nine]. The two birdies were a great way to finish."
"John", a local caddy, also helped with his intimate knowledge of course measurements and conditions.
"The course is largely flat but the greens are undulating so it was good getting help in pressure positions," Ko said. "That flatness means it is harder to see dangers like bunkers. He also helped me line up to the target."
Ko's Mum Bonsuk and coach Guy Wilson observed the teenager's progress first hand.
Wilson says the use of the local caddy was a conscious move.
"As an amateur Lydia doesn't have someone on the bag week-to-week so it's important to pick someone who's a good fit. Knowledge about playing the right lines and conditions are vital. John has done that so far."
The coach admitted to being a touch nervous early.
"Especially with the double bogey. She had a rare poor tee shot, got a bad bounce and paid the price. I thought 'oh God, the last thing we want is to be making plans to leave early', but Lydia kicked herself into action and made a string of birdies.
"She played patient golf. Inside she might've been angry but I don't think you'd ever see any of it. The driver tends to be one of her safe clubs, she doesn't hit too many wide ones. If you miss a fairway here you're looking at bogey straight away."
After a spot of lunch, the afternoon was spent working on her pitching and putting.
"The greens were damp and quite skiddy. We've got to manage that better if it rains tomorrow," Wilson said.
Patchy drizzle became heavier later in the afternoon before fining up. Ko finished her round shortly after midday so missed the worst of it.
Ko has three top-40 finishes at the majors this season - a tie for 25th at the Kraft Nabisco championship, a tie for 17th at the Wegmans LPGA championship and a tie for 36th at the women's United States Open. The final major, the Evian championship, will be held in France next month.
- Herald on Sunday
By Andrew Alderson at St AndrewsSource: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10907094&ref=rss
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