- US gives its blessing to Google’s Moto purchase
When it rains, it pours. Just hours after European regulators gave the green light to Google to snatch up Motorola Mobility, the US Justice Department gave the couple it’s own blessing.
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Open-source friend to all the video codecs, VLC media player, has hit version 2.0, bringing with it a raft of new features across Mac OS, Windows and Unix versions. VideoLAN’s also brought the player kicking and screaming into this decade with a better (read; less Windows 98-looking) makeover. The PC version will include a new 64-bit edition, while Mac OS X users will get a new iTunes-esque look, playback for Blu-ray and a new native full screen mode for Lion. There’s also a new subtitle manager and support for multiple videos inside RAR files. There’s also two extra surprises; an iOS version makes a return to the fold, with the development of an Android version appearing in the change log. Willing to give the first release a try? The files are available for your platform of choice at the source link below.
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We may have attended the Model X premiere, but despite us pleading for a ride-along, Tesla PR insisted only those who’d plunked cash for a pre-order that evening would get the chauffeur treatment. Thankfully there’s YouTube user TheSpeedRead, who either threw down enough cash or was swift enough to evade security, slipping into a Model X and gratuitously posting it for all to see. In the video above you’ll catch a glimpse of the interior, which features the same 17-inch touchscreen as in the Model S. In addition, a Tesla employee muses about the advantages of its dual motor AWD system and low center of gravity as he sashays the crossover through a slalom course outside Tesla’s design HQ. Our friends at Autoblog Green also culled a video from SmartPlanet featuring the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, reflecting on the advantages of the Model X’s unique “Falcon Wing” rear doors and touting the advantages of not having a space-hogging combustion engine in its front — enabling the front trunk, or Frunk, to serve as a crumple zone “two to three times greater” than in competing vehicles. Get the full sales pitch from the entrepreneur extraordinaire after the break.
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