Playing racing sim game is fun, but sometimes the force-feedback steering wheel just couldn’t deliver the oomph that we need. They’re just short of leather wraps and some proper feedbacks, and the logo of Porsche. But don’t worry though as here comes the real deal. It’s a $250 Fanatec Porsche 911 GT2 steering wheel, which is officially-licensed Xbox 360 wireless wheel.

The wheel features fourteen hidden buttons, a 900° steering angle, and the exact same soft Alacantra leather you’ll find on the real deal. The controller also plays nice with PS3 and PC via USB cable, and an extra $250 for the Clubsport Edition gets you a stick shift, carbon fiber paddle shifters, and some seriously high-end adjustable aluminum pedals. You know, sometimes you just need to feel like you’re in a car, to drive properly and win the race. Then again, racing never comes cheap, especially when your steering is wrapped with leather.

SOURCE via Fanatec

I’m not sure how many uses Dropbox, but I use it every day, and it really saves lots of time especially when you want to sync some important files back home. Probably one of the more popular cloud storage solutions around, Dropbox has finally announced the availability of Dropbox 1.0.

Among the new features are Selective Sync (choose which folders get downloaded to which computers) and Extended Attribute Sync (improved support for Mac apps like Quicken and Quark whose resource forks bedevil most sync applications and corrupt data in the process). But that ain’t all! Hit the source link to get started.

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Do you remember this Yike Bike from New Zealand? Once a concept debuted a year ago, it’s finally available in the US, for a very ‘reasonable’ price of $3,595. The Yike Bike is a carbon-fiber electric bike which weights merely 22 pounds (10.8kg), and is capable of going up to 6.2 miles on a single charge. Max speed is 14mph (22.5kph). You ride it by sitting on the combined saddle/handlebar, and when you reach the destination, you can fold the bike, and put it in a bag. Then again, what happened to good ‘ol cycling? But at least this looks better than the Segway.

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We love electric vehicles. They’re quite fast, having instant torque, and they’re “Mother Earth” friendly. We’ve seen them in huge numbers, but most of them have four wheels. Today we saw another electric vehicle, but it only has two wheels. Yes, an electric motorbike. No, that’s wrong. This is an electric superbike. Yes, it’s fast. In fact that’s 260kph fast!

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Despite having the Nexus S, Google is still not forgetting its darling Nexus One which the company used to startup the momentum for Android’s snow ball rolling. Now, when Google announced Nexus S, they also made Gingerbread freely distributed to the open-source shortly after. Now there’s already a custom ROM for Google’s Nexus One. But the Nexus One is not the only handset out there to have an early taste of Gingerbread. HTC’s HD2 is also getting this custom ROM. Surprised?

Yes, that HD2 which runs on Microsoft’s previous ‘failed’ platform Windows Mobile 6.5 can now survive the same Android code, and it works perfectly decent too. However, as early custom ROM culture, you’re still not getting quite a number of features running along. What’s missing? Well, not much. Cameras, GPS receivers, official Google apps, and probably a few more minor stuffs, but not a big deal really.

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The Engadget Chinese squad has got hands on of the much awaited Meizu M9. What’s the Meizu M9? An iPhone 4 wannabe with the display of the Galaxy S, and runs on a heavily tweaked Android 2.2 UI. Jack Wong, CEO of Meizu claimed that the screen is very much capable of challenging the iPhone 4’s Retina display. The M9 sells in China for RMB 2,400, which is around $350 unlocked, with no contracts.

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Great news for those in UK, as Carphone Warehouse has just slashed the price of the highly acclaimed Nexus S phone by a whopping 22-percent for those SIM-free versions, down to £429.99 ($668). Contract-saddled pricing has also taken a tumble, as the Nexus S can now be had for free on two-year agreements costing £30 ($47) per month.

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These days there are many digital photo frames for you to choose from, and they all looked very sleek and futuristic. But what if you get a photo frame that’s quite bulky, but the picture is light and transparent? Dismantled, deconstructed, and disconnected from the frame as if there was nothing behind, this is Parrot’s idea of a digital photo frame.

“The photo frame designed by Jean-Louis Frechin is very mysterious,” continues Henri Seydoux. “Jean-Louis was smart or ‘crazy’ enough to dismantle the LCD screen we get used to, and the result is quite simply magical. We don’t see where the photo comes from… It is simply there, on this transparent and half-dismantled screen… It is prestidigitation!”

It’s coming in this February, but with a hefty price of $500. Well, aesthetic stuff are never cheap to begin with.

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The Razer Scarab gaming mouse mat is the much anticipated sequel to the Razer Destructor mousepad. Like they say, if it’s a great product, you don’t change it, or kill it. That’s why the Destructor has been around for nearly two years now, and that’s quite legacy. But then again, all things great come and go, and so does the Destructor. Therefore, the team at Razer has molded a successor that follows the great cues of its former self. With all things sugar, spicy, and nice, the Scarab is born.

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