From the city that brought us such delicious items like dim sum and old school Chow Yun-Fat movies, we now have what may be the most amazing memory card reader in history. In fact, one might even say that its card reading fu is better than yours. This reader supports 52 types of memory cards (switch ‘em up every week!) and also features an integrated Bluetooth adapter. As you can see in the semi-annoying animated gif at right, it comes in “multi moody colours” — is that like a mood ring?

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From what we’re told, Philips is keeping tight lipped about their latest Pronto megamote, but it sounds like they’re close to launching it at the CEDIA home entertainment expo coming up next month. Supposedly the TSU-9600 will feature everything from a 3.7-inch VGA touchscreen display to IR and wireless extenders, a soft touch finish, and features improvied IR learning, PC macro downloads, even voice recognition. This is sure to be one of those you can’t afford it if you have to ask the price scenarios, but we’ll keep you apprised as to its existence (or arrival, as it were) when the time comes.

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Never one fall behind its competitors (well, except maybe on the portable audio front), Sony’s stepped it up and given Core 2 Duo options to a total of eight different laptop configurations: one in the 15.4-inch Vaio FE series, three in the 17-inch AR series, and four in the ultraportable 13.3-inch SZ series. The VGN-FE770G is currently the cheapest way to get your Merom-on through Sony, though you’re still getting a decent feature set for your $1,350: a 1.83GHz T5600 CPU, 1GB of 533MHz DDR2 RAM, a 120GB, 5,400RPM HDD, and a dual-layer DVD burner- though just a 1,280 x 800 resolution and integrated graphics that eat up 128MB of that RAM. As for the SZ series, you’re starting out with the $1,950 VGN-SZ320P/B (T5600, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD, DVD burner, nVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics) and ending up with the $2,550 VGN-SZ370P/C, which jacks the processor up to a 2.0GHz T7200 and the RAM up to 2GB but leaves the rest of the specs untouched. Finally we have the AR’s, with the $1,800 VGN-AR230G being your cheapest 17-inch option; here you get that ole T5600, a GeForce Go 7400 card, 1,440 x 900 resolution, 1GB of RAM, 200GB of HDD capacity, and obviously, a DVD burner. If you’re looking to go high end, Sony’s got you covered there too, as the $3,500 VGN-AR290G (pictured) sports a T7200 with 4MB L2 cache, GeForce Go 7600GT graphics, two gigs of RAM, 200GB of storage, a sweet 1,920 x 1,200 WUXGA resolution, and best of all, that multi-format Blu-ray burner that will make you the envy of all your friends and colleagues. We could bore you with an even longer list of specs for all eight lappies, but instead we’ll just link you to their respective product pages and let you peruse at will….

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Jeremy Clarkson takes a classic Maserati F1 car and the MC12 out for a road test in this Top Gear segment.

It is also powered by an impressive 630 hp six-litre mid-rear V12 engine and boasts 41%-front and 59%-rear weight distribution. Highly advanced composites and alloys have enhanced its structural rigidity and kept its overall weight down. The MC12’s bodywork is entirely carbon fibre

[more via SeriousWheels]
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Honda has just unveiled its 2007 Civic Si sedan, which will make its debut at SEMA October 31st -November 3rd. This model sports a 197hp, DOHC i-VTEC engine, mated to a six-speed gearbox. Few more pictures after the jump.

The Si sedan was previewed with a concept version of the car in February at the Chicago Auto Show. Pricing is expected to top $20,000

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