The Geneva motor show started today, and Audi seemed to want to show the R8 TDi off. However rather than doing what Ford or GM would do, and ship the car they showed off in Detroit to the show, it built another one. This time in Red and black, and it does look good!

I challenge anyone to say that this car is not production ready, if they can just knock together 2 ‘prototypes’ in under a month, then there must be some drive inside Audi to do the Diesel SuperCar.

This car however might not see the light of day, now that Porche have been given the all clear by the VW board to take a 51% stake in the company, will they want a challenger to the Porche 911, that could be considered ‘Green’, well Green for a SuperCar at least.

Pictures and details of the new facelifted Lamborghini Gallardo.

The 5.2ltr V10 pumps out 552bhp and weighs in less than the current Gallardo.

It seems that Sony have won, Toshiba announced today that they have begun winding down all production of players and hardware.

This is a sad day, as in my personal opinion, HD-DVD was the better format. But hey, I have both, I only have 10 HD-DVD titles, so it’s not cost me the earth at least.

The Microsoft HD-DVD drive for the XBox 360 will just have to make do with the few titles I do have, and hey one of them is Transformers and I have the Bourn box set as well, so it’s all good.

It’s a pity that Blu Ray won though, Sony’s draconian values obviously were liked more by the studio’s than Toshiba’s more open format.

Noticed a few post’s of people asking for the theme music for the new Knight Rider.

So here ya go, Download away.

updated version (from the TV Show not the movie) here

The odds on favourite’s The Patriot’s took a beating last night to end their perfect undefeated record.

The Giants played better throughout the game, with an obviously better defensive squad, and when it counted, a stronger offensive lineup.

It’s about time we saw a resurgence from the Giant’s, and I am happy for Manning the younger.

Well done Giant’s!

Or car as it’s more commonly know. Welcome to the Civic Type-R GT (they have been given the SpaceShip nickname by their owners).

As you can see, I went for a Milano Red one, now red is usually not my car colour of choice, but it seems to suit the Type-R.

So far it’s been good fun, but not had chance to open her up properly yet, as it’s being run in (more for brakes and tyres etc than engine).

The SatNav/SoundSystem is cracking (it’s an Alpine one that Honda use JFYI), and the Hands Free telephone system seems quite reliable, even if you do have to re-program all the names you want it to detect from voice, as it needs to be trained.

But hey, small thing, and only needs doing once.

So far the only things I’m slightly disliking, the drivers seat is slightly too high, and the AV input to the 7″ screen is behind the dash, so you have to remove dash panels to get to it, but hey it’s actually there for the reversing camera option (no I didn’t spec that).

It has a thirst issue (25Mpg), should get a bit better after it’s run in though.

I’ll post some pictures of the interior, as it’s something to be seen, and one of the reasons I chose the Type-R over the Focus ST, Astra VXR and Golf GTI.

Got a Recent HTC Device? Want it to perform as well as the Qualcomm chipset inside it should allow it to?

You do? well pop along to the HTC Class Action site and send HTC a mail, or give them a call.

Yup, Audi have done it. A V12 Audi R8. Well a diesel V12 Audi R8 anyhow, but that’s good.

Apparently it will be officially unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show next week, but a video of the car (promo video) has been leaked onto the net

The details are a little sketchy, but it’s apparently 500Bhp and 737Ft-Lb, with a 4.3 0-62 time and top speed just shy of 190Mph. And even get’s 10ltrs to a 100Km on the fuel side of things, which isn’t shabby for a supercar.

With all the issues with the Microsoft XBox Live service over the last few weeks, there is a bit of a debate starting about the cost of the service, and why Gold users are not being compensated for the issues.

A good post was popped up onto the XBox official forums. However it seems someone at Microsoft disliked the message posted, and shortly after posting, it was taken down.

Here is a link to a saved copy of the message, but here is an excerpt

Yes, we’re getting a free Xbox Live Arcade game as compensation for nearly 3 weeks of Xbox Live downtime. Woohoo. No details have been given, and as a result I suspect that this free game will be a specific title or list of titles which Microsoft will choose. I feel that at the very least we deserve to be either refunded for a month of Xbox Live or given a free month on top of this. Think about it, if your cell phone service had trouble for a month, dropping calls, refusing to dial numbers, etc., you wouldn’t be satisfied with a free cell phone game. The first step would be a refund for that month and then some sort of compensation for the inconvenience on top of that.

I can’t say I agree more, well said. Pop and read the article, and please let’s try make Microsoft understand, us the users of Live would like to feel more valued.

Oh and not to be put to shame, Sony are mirroring the Live issues with the PS Store. They just cannot let Microsoft get the one up.

Has someone got a few quid that I could borrow? It’s just I fancy ordering something off eBay, and don’t think that my Paypal account will stretch to the price.

If you fancy helping out, This is what I want to buy. If you lend me the 1Million quid, I’ll pay it back over the next 100 years, and will even let you have a go.

Cheers…..

p.s. Joke people, but if you can donate me a million quid, then hey go for it!