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The Nissan Leaf may be designed with the environment in mind, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t want to race.

Nissan has announced that a racing version of the much-touted electric vehicle will be unveiled later this month at the New York Auto Show.The NISMO RC, as it’s being called, will feature a carbon fibre body, rear-wheel drive, and a shorter wheel base than the standard Leaf.

“Combining the talents of NISMO, Nissan’s world renowned motorsports group, and engineers behind some of the company’s Super GT and FIA GT1 race teams, the Nissan LEAF NISMO RC will serve as a rolling laboratory for the accelerated development of EV and aerodynamic systems, as well as a platform for the development of new green motorsports series,” Carlos Tavares, chairman of Nissan Americas, said.

The car will officially debut on April 20 and is expected to participate in a number of unannounced races throughout the rest of the year.

Via PluginCars.com

Sometimes the best way to combat environmental issues is simply to raise awareness. At least, that seems to be the logic behind the US Postal Service’s new Go Green campaign.

The USPS has launched a series of 16 stamps, each of which features a different environmentally friendly tip. Everything from planting trees and adjusting the thermostat, to using reusable grocery bags and turning off lights when they’re not in use. The tips are generally all common sense, but at the same time, a reminder every now and then is always a helpful thing.

You can purchase a set of all 16 stamps from the USPS for $7.

To date, we’ve heard scant few details about the next-generation iPhone, except for a rumor that it may or may not have a bigger screen, and that it almost certainly won’t pack an NFC chip. Now, one analyst is reporting the design will remain unchanged, though its innards will get a slight boost. Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities (who has been dead-on in the past) talked with sources in Apple’s supply chain to learn that the iPhone 5 will boast the same A5 processor as the iPad 2, along with an 8 megapixel rear camera, improved antenna design, and that Qualcomm baseband for both GSM and CDMA models we’ve seen bandied about (technically, the one in the current Verizon version is already GSM-capable). His sources also claim that Apple will begin mass production of its next-gen phone in September, which aligns with what we already heard about Apple moving to a fall launch — and because of the ongoing disaster in Japan, the company might not have sufficient supplies to launch a new iPod touch at the same time. Typically we take many Apple rumors with a grain of salt, but these tidbits all sound plausible. And given that Kuo has been right before, we’re especially inclined to believe him — even if the truth is more ho-hum than magical.

iPhone 5 to have 8 megapixel camera and improved antenna, same old design? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung’s Epic 4G just recently got Froyo, but it might not be too long before the handset bites into another toothsome treat — a user agent profile at Sprint’s own website lists a newer software based on Android 2.3. We can’t say definitively whether this ED12 build will actually make it to retail phones anytime soon, mind you — our own Epic 4G is presently on EC05 right now — but it seems very likely that Europeans won’t be the only Galaxy S owners to snarf down gumdrop buttons this year.

Epic 4G user agent string suggests Gingerbread is on the way? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on November 12, 2006 by CyberNet.

An anonymous tipster sent in a direct link to the Zune software so that anyone can download and use it…even if you don’t have a Zune! I’m not sure where they found it or how long it has been available but I didn’t see a link on the Zune.net site.

The setup file is only a small portion of what you have to download and once you get that running it will download the rest of the installation files. Here is what the initial setup screen looks like:

It isn’t anything really special but I did notice after it completed the download for the installation files that it also downloaded the firmware for the Zune. A little while later it finished doing everything (no advanced installation options available) and I was able to start playing around, but no until I restarted my computer.

Honestly, I can’t tell that much of a difference between this and Windows Media Player (WMP), which is exactly what I expected. The library and options all appear to come from WMP which makes me wonder why they didn’t just make the Zune work with WMP 11 in the first place?

Here is a screenshot of the interface for those of you who aren’t able to get it installed or just don’t want to install it:

It also appears that some Best Buy’s have started to sell the Zune a little early…I wonder what Microsoft thinks about that!

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