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Pac-Man Fever Reignites

Happy birthday, Apple.

The options offered by today's electric cars are electrifying.

The Tesla Model S is an all-electric car that can go from 0-60mph in 5.6s. Now before you say that electric cars have a limited range the Model S can do up to 300 miles per charge, and since there is no combustion there are zero emissions.

The car in the best conditions can top out at 120mph; the dashboard display is a whopping 17in touch screen with 3G connectivity so you can look up the best restaurant to bring your family.

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The battery pack is below the floor and gives the car more torsional stiffness keeping the car from bending.

When it comes with safety Tesla focused on aerodynamics, weight reduction, and decreased rolling resistance, with an electric motor and strong frame the front can be truly optimized to withstand a collision since there are no obstructions that the combustion engine presents, the production for the Model S begins in 2012 starting at $49,900.

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The Tesla Roadster is also an all-electric car that can go from 0-60mph in 3.7s. The base price is $101,500 for the Roadster 2.5 and $121,000 for the Roadster Sport 2.5. The Tesla Roadster offers a valet mode that restricts vehicle speed and acceleration, locks the glove box, records trunk openings and PIN attempts.

The car offers programmable codes to restrict operating the car to certain people. The range of the battery per charge for the Roadster is about 245 miles.

Normally Pac-Man is one level at a time but with the online version go to the next level before you finish the current one by finding a portal on the side of the walls. At the end of April there have been 20,000 levels built making one of the biggest games made for Pac-Man.

The team at Sydney, Australia-based Soap Creative was given the chance to design a promotional game which is both social and innovative. Fans of the game are able to create their own levels, and are connected together and are shared with the rest of the world.

When designing they allowed a 4,000 by 4,000 grid which is 16,000,000 levels. They designed the grid to have an absolute top so the server would not have any problems dealing players adding to a single tendril.

Happy Birthday Apple, more specifically Apple Retail Stores, the first store opened May 19, 2001 at Tysons Corner in McLean, Va. on the East Coast and on the same day opened Glendale Galleria  in Glendale, Calif. on the West Coast.

Massachusetts had the sixth store open September 1, 2001 in the North Shore Mall in Peabody. The closest store to Grafton is the Natick Collection which is about a half-hour drive and opened Sept. 7, 2007.

Worldwide there are 319 Apple stores open in 11 countries (Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States), with plans to open up stores in at least four more countries, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Russia.

 

With the summer and the end of many school years quickly approaching, many families are planning trips to celebrate the end to another successful school year and the beginning of summer.

Disney World Magic Guide Universal ($4.99)

Hawaii's Big Island: Best Beaches Universal ($1.99)

The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel  iPhone (free)

Las Vegas Guide - Lonely Planet iPhone ($5.99)

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