Motoring: BMW reveal Mini Paceman concept at Canadian International Auto Show

After supersizing the Mini line with the Clubman and Countryman variants, it's good to see BMW go back to the Mini's roots with a two-door sporty subcompact. The Mini Paceman, featured at teh Canadian International Auto Show is based on the Countryman and is powered by a 1.6-liter twin-scroll turbo four-pot with 211HP.

It features a six-speed manual gearbox and permanent ALL4 MIni is all-wheel-drive system. Mini said that the MINI Paceman Concept can also use the front-wheel drive layout. The Mini Paceman is slated for a 2013 release.

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WishList: ViliV N5 Ultra-micro PC with touchscreen

We're fascinated by micro-portable PCs that can squeeze the Windows 7 notebook experience into a handheld package. The Viliv N5 features a 4.8" WSVGA touchscreen, 32GB SSD and an Intel Atom 1.33GHz CPU. From a pocket PC standpoint, the N5 has a surreal (for its size) battery life of 6 hours of actual use. Along with an instant-on feature that allows you to resume Windows 7 from sleep in under five seconds. You can get an HSPA enabled one that takes a SIM card for data. Starts at USD$ 599 at Dynamism.

Review: HTC HD7 Windows Phone

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

HTC has designed a top-tier Windows Phone smartphone that's aimed at the executive class with the HTC HD7. Following the recent trend of jumbo smartphones with large screens and powerfu features, the HTC HD7's design, look and feel all scream flagship product. We put it to the test.

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Review: Kinect Sports on XBox 360

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

One of the key selling points of Microsoft's Kinect controller is that it offers a true exercise benefit that, provided you put in the time and effort, will get your heart racing and have you working up a decent sweat in no time. Kinect Sports is a launch title that's focused on the competitive aspect of such games as bowling boxing, table tennis, track and field and beach volleyball and puts the Kinect controller as well as players to the test.

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