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The Smart Fortwo ED may not be everyone's idea of the perfect family car but it might make budgeting car payments a lot easier for many. The Smart Fortwo ED is leasing for just $139 a month for a three year 30,000 mile lease. This leasing option might not provide you with a car large enough for a big family, but it is a good option for families in need of a budget car to get to and from work or errands.

If you have an XBox Live family plan then this news pertains to you. As of August 27th, XBox will begin making some changes to family plan accounts.

If you are a member of the Apple developer community then you, no doubt, are already aware that the Apple developer center has been offline. The good news is; however, that it is now back up and ready to roll!

Chalk one in the win column for Apple today. Rumor has it that Apple has received a victory over Samsung from the ITC, something that has been a long time in the works.

According to rumors that have been floating around the web the new basic Kindle Fire is going to be last years Kindle Fire HD. What does this mean? Well, and we emphasize that this is rumor only at this point, the new Kindle Fire will be exactly the same as last year's Kindle Fire HD with one exception - the operating system.

According to one of Steve's most recent posts Neil deGrass Tyson goes down as noting that the 2008 bank bailout was "larger than the total 50 year history of NASA'S budget." This prompted Steve to go looking at how the tax dollars of the people of the United States are prioritized. Steve came up with this table to help to show the difference between science and military spending.

YouTube has set up a 360 degree camera designed to allow non-concert goers to control their concert going experience. YouTube will be offering their 360 degree user controlled camera for tonights live stream of the King Of Leon concert. The webcast show, directed by Fred Armisen will be viewable via YouTube’s webcast.

When it comes to pitstops in Formula One racing, most of us have our minds blown just watching the regular guys but the Red Bull team is truly something amazing. Watch this clip of their 2.05 second pitstop in slow motion and marvel.

Not long ago we featured an article on the all electric BMW i3 and today the upcoming plug-in hybrid i8 is making news as well with the announcement that BMW will be utilizing gorilla glass. According to reports, the all new BMW i8 is going to be the first car to utilize gorilla glass in place of the more traditional glass. The i8 windows will use gorilla glass to keep excess weight off the car. Currently, gorilla glass is more well known for its implementation in smart phones and smart phone cases but BMW is taking its use in to a whole new realm.

Down at their headquarters in the UK, PayPal employees have decided that they need an easier way to pay for their purchases. Of course, being PayPal employees they want a method that utilizes PayPal. In an effort to promote easier purchasing, PayPal UK are pushing local Rochmond Upon Thames retailers to act as guinea pigs for their new PayPal based photo authentication system. The system works in participating businesses only and works utilizing photo identification.