Yahoo! Tech’s best and worst tech products of 2008. Hulu and Sony Xperia X1 among the best and Blu-ray in the worst category.
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Boing Boing Gadgets’ Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart. The short answer: Get an MSI Wind or Dell Mini 9.
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I have raced karts since I was three years old. In the last 24 years I have been fine with all of my teams, except for one. It was the same team that had problems with Senna, Prost, Raikkonen and Montoya. Perhaps the problem is with the team rather than with the driver.
Alonso in reference to his disastrous spell at McLaren last season.
∞∞I admit that one day I would very much like to be with Ferrari. It’s the best team in the history of Formula One, and it is clear that those who go with them, are part of history.
Out of the car he is a little bit arrogant.
I think he has slightly too high an opinion of himself and that irritates the other drivers.
Ecclestone on championship leader Hamilton.
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Hamilton and Kovalainen were penalized five grid places. Following several hours of deliberation by the stewards about whether or not the McLaren pair had done anything wrong, it was eventually decided that the duo should be punished. Hamilton was penalised for blocking Heidfeld, while Kovalainen got his penalty for blocking both the German and Alonso. It means Kovalainen will now start from eighth place on the grid, with Hamilton one place behind him. A McLaren spokesman confirmed that the team would not appeal the decision.
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Ferrari lock out the front row at Sepang
The rain threatened to be a factor this afternoon in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix but never materialised as expected allowing Ferrari to show its raw speed around the 5.543km Sepang circuit. Felipe Massa claimed pole position, the tenth of his career, with a lap almost half a second clear of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. The F2008 has run flawlessly today and the team dominated qualifying leaving Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton very much second best on the second row of the grid.#.
