Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Nissan GT-R Spec V

nissan-gtr-spec-v-1 Nissan GT-R Spec V

If the 7 minute 29 second Nurburgring (I don’t care  Porsche fanboys, haters!!!) beast known as the Nissan GT-R couldn’t get better, Nissan has finally pulled the covers off of the GT-R Spec V edition. Further boasting the performance and creating a street-legal race car, steps for weight lightening were taken, the addition of a new boost controller for improved mid and high end torque as well as an exclusive Ultimate Black Opal color are all part of the package. The GT-R Spec V for the time being will be sold only in Japan at a suggested retail price of ¥15,750,000 JPY (approximately $171 000 USD) with no word yet on making the trek overseas.





Friday, December 12, 2008

Japan installs cellphone jammers near ATMs to prevent fraud



If you're tired of being scammed at ATMs by kind, gentle-hearted con artists (and then forgetting it ever happened), you'll be stoked to know that Japan is looking out for you. Chiba Bank has installed phone signal jammers at four unnamed ATMs at bank branches in the Tokyo region, and while it has gone down as the first institution to go to such lengths, we highly doubt it'll be the last. It's not entirely clear what exactly the criminals were able to convince people to do via mobile, but it's probably something like "psst... get me out some cheddar and meet around back." Not that I have any experience in the field or anything...

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