Kevin Harvick wins at Fontana
Kevin Harvick, who grew up in Bakersfield — about 150 miles from Auto Club Speedway — needed a last-lap pass of Jimmie Johnson to win for the first time at the 2-mile track in his 18th attempt.
Harvick won Sunday’s Auto Club 400, powering his No. 29 Chevrolet to the outside of Johnson’s No. 48 Chevy through Turns 3 and 4 and beating Johnson to the finish line by .144 seconds.
Kyle Busch Sweeps Bristol
Kyle Busch’s victory Sunday was his 20th in the Cup Series, his first of the season, his second consecutive at Thunder Valley and his fourth in the past five races there. Busch capped his second consecutive weekend sweep at Bristol, having won Saturday’s Nationwide Series event.
Last August, Busch became the first driver to win three national series races at the same track on the same weekend when he claimed victories in the Truck, Nationwide and Cup series.
Read the Full Story on NASCAR.com.
Wi-Fi only Xoom launching March 27th
It took a while for Motorola Mobility to confirm it, but the Wi-Fi-only Xoom is now official.
On March 27, the tablet will launch in the U.S. for $599, Motorola Mobility announced today. The device will feature the same 10.1-inch display as its 3G-equipped counterpart. It will also come with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, 32GB of onboard storage, and a 1GHz dual-core processor.
This is huge for the people that are looking for a tablet for home use with out needing to sign up with Verizon to get one. Samsung and other manufactures to follow. Staples has a list of tablets that they are planning on carrying in 2011.
Read cnet’s article on the announcement.
Five Reasons You Should Switch to IE9
Microsoft will be officially launched Internet Explorer 9 as of Monday, March 14. Whether you are using Internet Explorer 8, or you’re one of the dwindling stubborn few clinging to IE6, or even if you are using an alternative browser like Chrome or Firefox–here are some reasons you might want to start using IE9.
- Pinned Sites
- Enhanced Tabs
- Download Manager
- Tracking Protection
- Hardware Acceleration
Read the details of the 5 Reasons in Tony Bradley article.
iPhone, Blackberry Tumble to Hackers
Do you have an iPhone 4 or Blackberry? This week at Pwn2Own, companies were challenged to exploit everthing from web browsers to smartphones.
If you are one of the proud owners of an iPhone or Blackberry beware what you use it for, unless you want exploited. Apple’s iPhone 4 and RIM’s BlackBerry Torch 9800 both succumbed to hackers today at Pwn2Own, but two other smartphones running Android and Windows Phone 7 were unchallenged.
Read the article to find out the details.
Joerena is going to see Kenny Chesney in Concert!!!
My babe, Joerena, is going to her first country concert at Crew Stadium, June 25th. Kenny Chesney (Goin’ Costal tour) is going to be there with Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker.
All three artists are so talented and such great songs. Cannot wait to start of the summer with this tour.
Get your tickets at Ticket Master.
Dale Jr and Steve Letarte – Perfect Combination?
Is Dale Earnhardt Jr. back to his competitive ways? Was the crew chief swap at Hendrick Motorsports just what he needed?
Well since Rick Hendrick paired up Steve Letarte with Dale Jr, things have improved. Pole for the Daytona 500, 10th place finish at Phoenix, 8th place finish at Las Vegas, 10th in points for the Sprint Cup Championship. It definitely has JR Nation excited so far.
Dale Jr has a strong run at Las Vegas and was very competitive. Tony Stewart dominated the race, but Carl Edwards won with the pit strategy.
Justin Moore, Eric Church and The Band Perry Added to Jamboree Line-up
It was recently announced that Justin Moore, Eric Church and The Band Perry has been added to the 2011 Jamboree in the Hills line-up.
Back on February 16th, I posted that Eric Church would be at the Jamboree on Saturday night with Toby Keith.
My best guess is that Justin Moore will be with Montgomery Gentry on Sunday. Finally, The Band Perry will be with Tim McGraw on Friday night.
Stay tuned for future 2011 Jamboree in the Hills updates.
iPad2 vs. Android Honeycomb
So with the launch of the Apple iPad2 and the Android Honeycomb version of the Motorola Xoom, they can finally be compared. Here are some snippets from the article from JR Raphael.
Quick Analysis: Apple’s iPad 2 matches the competition in terms of hardware basics, but it lags behind in features, flexibility, and customization potential.
What I found impressive is the Xoom’s higher resolution display (10.1 inches at 1280-by-800 vs. 9.7 inches at 1024-by-768); support for expanded storage via MicroSD cards; and support for USB connections. For those of you that will buy one of the tablets with connectivity thru a Sprint, AT&T or Verizon, the Xoom is upgradeable to 4G in the near future, while the iPad 2 is 3G forever.
Android’s strongest advantages, though, come via the innovations found in the Honeycomb operating system — innovations that will be present in all Android 3.0 tablets, not just the Xoom. So as other models become available from multiple manufacturers. In addition to creating a far wider spectrum of prices, that’ll present a far larger choice in size and form factor — something Apple’s single iPad can’t offer
Read the full analysis and come up with your own opinion.