Let's Do The News! (January 8, 2013)

River's Diary

Right, what's the news today you spoiler-laden TARDIS journal?

Yes really, Season 19 of Top Gear coming in January 27!

Is Series 19 of BBC's Top Gear coming on BBC One this January 27? According to the producers, YES, BBC TOP GEAR IS BACK. They even showed some sneak peek photos of what to expect on the 19th and the most explosive season yet. What to expect?

- USA Road trip with the SRT Viper, Lexus LFA, and the all-new Aston Martin Vanquish
- A 2013 Shelby GT500 races against the train heading from Wembley to Milan. Will the honor of Top Gear, proving that cars are better than trains, defended or lost? Find out soon...
- Making a people carrier for the senior population
- Sensible Kia cee'd (c-apostrophe-d) test where the new generation Kia cee'd was reviewed and even pitted to a game of car rugby...
- Pagani Huayra
- Toyota 86
- Hot hatch comparison between the Ford Focus ST, Renaultsport Megane, and the new Vauxhall Astra VXR
- a car that Jeremy Clarkson fits...
- Africa Special

Top Gear Series 19 coming on BBC One this January 27 at 8:00 PM UTC. Coming soon on BBC America, BBC Canada, BBC Knowledge, BBC Entertainment, or if you're in Japan, BS Fuji.

URL: http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/Top-Gear-TV-is-back-2013-01-03

The Amputee team at 2013 Dakar rally

Race2Recovery Team

Remember back in Top Gear when Richard Hammond introduces to some special kind of Dakar rally team that will compete for this very moment? Yes really, they were soldiers who lost some of their body parts during the war but they never lost their dreams to race in the Dakar rally. This amputee team, called Race2Recovery, were the first ever disabled crew to compete for the 2013 Dakar rally using four Bowler Wildcats for racing purposes, 28 staff for duty, and an array of support vehicles. The Dakar rally runs on 15 days but we wish these special kind of team the very best proving that even with their handicap, they are capable of what they are at the Paris Dakar.

URL: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/disabled-british-soldiers-valiantly-join-2013-dakar-rally

69 Australians hooning for the world record

It maybe a new year but there's a big achievement going on in the Land Down Under. At this year's Summernats car festival in Canberra, 69 modified cars have been gathered to hoon for the world record for consecutive burnouts, beating the previous record of 49 cars. Incredible...

To those idiots responsible for this, we say thank you. You deserved the world record.

URL: http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/watch-the-worlds-largest-simultaneous-burnout-2013-01-07

Memorial Game Collection Series Solvalou from WAVE

Memorial Game Collection
Series - SOLVALOU

Ah, the Solvalou...That name sounds exotic to me and this was one of the famed classic video game icons of the 80's because it was appeared as the hero of the classic video game titled XEVIOUS, by game creator NAMCO. If Solvalou sounds so exotic, you are going to be as exotic as a member of the elite RTS or Racing Team Solvalou from the Ridge Racer games. Anyway, the legendary Solvalou spaceship makes it a perfect display on your desk as part of WAVE's Memorial Game Collection Series. It's available this late April 2013 for 3,360 Japanese Yen and what you get is a plastic model of the legendary hero spaceship from XEVIOUS that comes with a stand that kinda looks like the ANDORGENESIS. That's very simple and very clever, I like that...

URL: http://www.hobby-wave.com/LINE_UP/kit/xevious/solvalou/index.html

Sony discontinues PS2 globally

Remember the article when Sony stop making PS2 units in Japan? Bad news, the news is spreading worldwide and for that, Sony discontinued the famed and fabled Playstation2 game console worldwide. When remaining stocks run out, this could be the end of it. From its release in 2000 and up till now, the PS2 sold over 150 million units while the games made for the PS2 sold over 1.52 billion copies.

URL: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-01-06/sony-stops-making-playstation-2-consoles-worldwide

It's been a long time, Tito Sen!

Guess what? Those issues regarding the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 is still going on and this time, those no-good hacktivist group known as Anonymous Philippines once again hacked the official website of Tito Sotto. Instead of a home page, what they'll see is a deface page bearing the hacker’s message and the song “Freedom” by American rap metal band Rage Against The Machine blaring in the background.

“It’s been a long time, Tito Sen!” the group’s message read. “Deny us our freedom of speech and of expression through R.A. 10175 (Cybercrime Law) and we will deny you your cyberspace. You cannot shut us up, you cannot shut us down.”

Guess this is taking too far, eh?

URL: http://www.interaksyon.com/infotech/its-been-a-long-time-tito-sen-hackers-hit-sottos-website-again