Skunk2 is an aftermarket parts manufacturer and they have been modding these four wheeled power monsters since the 90’s.The company’s extensive racing efforts and an R&D facility only found in the dreams of most engineers have rocketed it to the forefront of today’s sport compact market.

Skunk2’s latest project is the heavily modified Civic RR which boasts of 254 bhp power and 258 Nm torque. Everything is modified fron the interior to the outside with upgrades like Civic Type R body trim pieces and lightweight Volk wheels.The price they are asking for is $17,000.

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Id Software has just released two new Rage screenshots, showing off the game’s mutants.John Carmack [ Technical Director, id Software ] said that the Xbox 360 version is going to be worst among the platforms in which the game is going to be released.He says that it’s not feasible to produce a 3 DVD title for Xbox due to the royalty charges which has to be paid.

High Tech Computer (HTC) is planning to start shipping its first Google Android-based handsets by the end of 2008, according to company CFO Hui-ming Cheng.HTC is one of the big player in the Open Handset Alliance [ OHA ],who is getting ready to launch Android trotting against the Symbian OS.

Further , in the press announcement he noted that they are getting ready to ship the Xperia X1 handsets to Sony Ericsson soon. HTC revenues are expected to grow 10% sequentially and 30% on year in the third quarter, buoyed by the planned launch of CDMA, GSM and sliding form-factor HTC Touch Diamond handsets, Cheng indicated.HTC has shipped Touch Diamond handsets to 50 telecom operators in more than 30 countries so far, Cheng noted.However, Cheng said that HTC’s gross margin will be reduced by one percentage point in the third quarter as compared to the second quarter due to the rising ratio of ODM handsets.Market sources in Taiwan indicated that HTC is expected to start shipping Xperia X1 handsets to Sony Ericsson in the third quarter, pushing up the ratio of ODM handsets.The ratio of ODM handsets will continue to rise marginally in the fourth quarter of 2008 but it is unlikely to surpass 10% through the whole year of 2009, Cheng noted.

Yamaha unveiled their Japan only [ Nope , No Export ] electric bike The PAS Brace with a gear assistance system which will help you adopt to the optimal gear position.The bike will be 8 geared and will be available in Black, Red or White at a price tag of $1,150.

Yamaha has named their patented electric assistance system as S.P.E.C.8 mechanism which recognizes the change in the speed of the bike and the gear in which the rider is riding it and automatically adjusts the electric power to the motor thus saving the battery life, it runs on a 4Ah 26V Li-ion battery pack.

If the bike runs faster than 15km/hr, the auxiliary power unit starts to reduce its output, depending on which gear is currently put on. If the bike reaches a speed of 24km/hr or faster, electric assistance will be stopped. Owners can choose between 3 modes: automatic, “power” and “auto-eco plus”.The automatic mode will have a range up to 39 km while the power mode has 23km and auto-eco plus has 61km range.The bike weighs around 22 kg .

So those of you who want to ride bike instead of burning the fuel [ along with your wallet ],can opt to spend this one time $1150 price tag and own their high end advanced electric bike.Yamaha is expecting to sell around 2500 units of these.And the PAS Brace will be available by August 8 , only in Japan.

Details about the latest Eee PC Laptops got leaked , It appears that Asus is trying to reawake their original Eee 701 PC ,which guaranteed small form factor computing at lower price.Newer members are Eee 01SD, 701SD (30GB) and 701SD (4GB).There are couple of other series like :[ PRO Fashion Series ] 1000HV , 1002SA,1002HA and T101  & [Ultimate Series ] S101 and S91.

The new 701 models will be available in two colours  : white  and black matte finish & they will be bearing the Eee badge  instead of the Asus badge. The only real difference we can tell from the slides in terms of design is the button below the track pad is not a clear left and right instead of the one long button that was on the original 701. The Price tag of the 7 inch series is expected to go down below the current price tag of $399.

Alienware announced their latest high performance notebook , the Alienware Area 51 m15x with Nvidia Quadro FX 3600M GPU inside it.It’s actually the first 15.4 Inch display notebook to feature the Quadro FX3600M GPU.The Quadro FX 3600M delivers support for Open GL 2.1, Shader Model 4.0, DirectX(R)10 and more. Combining this graphics processor with the award-winning performance of the Area-51 m15x allows designers and engineers to working complex, real-time, photo realistic environments throughout an array of CAD, DCC and scientific applications.

Area 51 m15x is already the one of the high performance notebook  in their sleeve.But with the Quadro 3600M GPU  instead of the Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT will make it an unbeatable in speed and capabilities. Alienware also offers an NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M on the Area-51 m9750 and will soon make available the Quadro FX 3600M on the Area-51 m17x. Price of the Alienware Area 51 m15x lappy with Quadro FX 3600M GPU will be around $2100 [90,000 Indian Rs ]where as its available at $1500 with 8600M GPU.

Casio G’zOne Boulder is macho phone with all the rough look  guys would ever want/wish to have.The Clamshell type phone is built upto military specifications to withstand shock, water and dust environments.Also It supports the Push To Talk [PTT] service in EVDO network.The Casio G’zOne Boulder is  available in 2colours - Black & Silver , Orange.It has got some features in too besides the rough look, like the GPS,1.3 MP Camera, Flashlight and best of all ,It’s priced at only 130$ [by Verizon in the 2 year contract ].

•  design : 810F standards for water, shock and dust resistance; immersion; vibration, salt fog; humidity; solar radiation; altitude; and low and high temperature storage
• Flashlight
• Electronic compass
• Field Force Manager-capable – a resource management tool that provides businesses with the ability to locate, monitor and communicate with their mobile field workers
• Camera : 1.3 megapixel camera
• Music player : Supports .MP3, .WMA, unprotected .AAC and unprotected .AAC+ formats
• Memory : microSD Card support upto 8GB.
• Supports the following Bluetooth® profiles – headset, hands-free (car kits), dial-up networking, advanced audio distribution profile (stereo), audio/visual remote control profile, object push profile for vCard, object exchange profiles for phonebook access profiles, generic audio/video distribution profile, audio/visual distribution protocol, and audio/visual control transport protocol
• Advanced speech recognition with dedicated voice dial key
• Alarm clock, calculator, calendar, stop watch, countdown, timer, world clock, electronic compass
• Phonebook with up to 500 entries with multiple contacts
• TTY compatible
• Display:
  • Main: 2.0” 240 x 320 TFT display with up to 65K colors
  • External: 1.2” 96 x 96 Mono STN display
• Dimensions: 3.9” x 2.0” x 0.9”
• Weight: 4.9 ounces
• Usage time: up to 214 minutes.
• Standby time: up to 63 hours.