Toyota smashes EV record on Nurburgring, speed rivals gas-powered cars (video)



Last week, Toyota’s racing team set out to break the current EV record on the Nordschleife track, part of Germany’s infamous Nürburgring — and they’ve done it, clocking a swift 7:47.79 seconds with the P001 electric racing car. The Peugeot EX1…

HP promotes ‘$40 billion’ PC business spin-off with new series of ads



Before today, HP had only expressed that it “will consider a broad range of options” for the future of its Personal Systems Group; and now, said company’s released a series of ads to confirm its intention to spin it off into a separate company. Amid…

British Gas installs smart meters



British Gas begins rolling out smart gas and electricity meters to 10 million homes in the UK.

Acer’s Ultrabook S3 up for pre-order on Italian site, is this the Aspire 3951?



We caught a sneak peek of Acer’s Aspire 3951 Ultrabook in the wild a few days ago, and now we have some unofficial specs and pricing to complement the svelte laptop. A report over on Notebook Italia points to an Italian retailer’s live pre-order pag…

Sony products: IFA 2011 round-up



Phones, eReaders and two new flagship cameras Posted by Thomas Tamblyn