DRIVE
From where does our drive for performance come? From our desire to surpass our own achievements. This aspiration, this urge to improve, is at the root of everything we do. The Boxster and Boxster S are the product of this desire and share a similar energy and verve. Its source is a lightweight, mid-mounted engine – the mark of a genuine roadster. The flat-six configuration creates a low centre of gravity – the mark of a genuine Porsche. All that remains is to choose a displacement – 2.7 litres on the Boxster, 3.4 litres on the Boxster S – and explore your drive for performance.
CHASSIS
The perfect chassis should provide the perfect link between driver, vehicle and road. All systems must be honed and refined to achieve the highest possible performance. On both Boxster models, this principle is applied to achieve optimum handling and grip. As a result, the power and agility of each car can be explored to their full potential. Rightly renowned for their exceptional manoeuvrability, the Boxster and Boxster S are specifically designed for both optimum active safety and uncompromising road and track performance. Combined, these qualities have one result: pure driving pleasure.
SAFETY
Whenever we challenge the limits of performance, safety always comes first. An essential prerequisite for all Porsche engineering, it never detracts from the driving experience. Both Boxster models have a comprehensive safety concept that is more than equal to the capability of each car. The many standard features include Porsche Stability Management (PSM) as well as generous head and thorax airbags. The result is a roadster with all the power of a Porsche – and the security that makes it a pleasure to enjoy.
Honda Civic 2007
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR SHEER EXCITEMENT
From first sight to the instance of entry, you've anticipated this moment. Seat yourself in the futuristic aviator's cockpit, grasp the sporty three-spoke wheel, feel your adrenaline rise. Everything is designed for total command - expansive all-round visibility, responsive controls at your fingertips, optimal locations for switches and buttons. Position the wheel for ideal comfort, glance at the Multiplex Meter for full driving data. All set? Now, turn the key to excitement.
TRUST THE ASSURANCE OF PREEMINENT PROTECTION
As your driving becomes more agile, your confidence in the dependable Civic protection intensifies. Honda supplies advanced active safeguards - such as VSA (Vehicle Stability Assist), and ABS ( Anti-lock braking system) with EBD (Electronic Brake Force Distribution) - that work in synergy to help you avoid driving hazards. Moreover, Honda surrounds you with advanced passive shielding that offers an occupant survival zone in an unavoidable collision. Count on Civic to care for your welfare as well as your driving pleasure.
From first sight to the instance of entry, you've anticipated this moment. Seat yourself in the futuristic aviator's cockpit, grasp the sporty three-spoke wheel, feel your adrenaline rise. Everything is designed for total command - expansive all-round visibility, responsive controls at your fingertips, optimal locations for switches and buttons. Position the wheel for ideal comfort, glance at the Multiplex Meter for full driving data. All set? Now, turn the key to excitement.
TRUST THE ASSURANCE OF PREEMINENT PROTECTION
As your driving becomes more agile, your confidence in the dependable Civic protection intensifies. Honda supplies advanced active safeguards - such as VSA (Vehicle Stability Assist), and ABS ( Anti-lock braking system) with EBD (Electronic Brake Force Distribution) - that work in synergy to help you avoid driving hazards. Moreover, Honda surrounds you with advanced passive shielding that offers an occupant survival zone in an unavoidable collision. Count on Civic to care for your welfare as well as your driving pleasure.
PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. Its development was first announced during E3 2003, and it was officially unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press conference before E3 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, North America on March 24, 2005 and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005. It is the first handheld video game system to use an optical disc format (Universal Media Disc).
A new slimmer and lighter version of the PSP, appropriately titled Slim and Lite, was announced on July 11, 2007, during Sony's press conference at E3 2007. It was made available in the US, Europe and Japan in September 2007 with various colours and a very different box packaging to the original PSP. Among these versions, three were physically shown at E3 2007: a white version with a Star Wars imprint, a piano black version and an ice silver version.
The PSP's main menu allows the user to configure the system for use across the Internet or an intranet via a wireless connection, known as infrastructure mode. The PSP's menu can recognize protected and non-protected wireless networks within its range, and supports connecting to WEP and WPA encrypted networks.
A new slimmer and lighter version of the PSP, appropriately titled Slim and Lite, was announced on July 11, 2007, during Sony's press conference at E3 2007. It was made available in the US, Europe and Japan in September 2007 with various colours and a very different box packaging to the original PSP. Among these versions, three were physically shown at E3 2007: a white version with a Star Wars imprint, a piano black version and an ice silver version.
The PSP's main menu allows the user to configure the system for use across the Internet or an intranet via a wireless connection, known as infrastructure mode. The PSP's menu can recognize protected and non-protected wireless networks within its range, and supports connecting to WEP and WPA encrypted networks.
Prize Money
The second and third top overall at Alibata will get the prize money of 20,000 pesos and 10,000 pesos respectively.
Money is any token or other object that functions as a medium of exchange that is socially and legally accepted in payment for goods and services and in settlement of debts. Money also serves as a standard of value for measuring the relative worth of different goods and services and as a store of value. Some authors explicitly require money to be a standard of deferred payment.
Money includes both currency, particularly the many circulating currencies with legal tender status, and various forms of financial deposit accounts, such as demand deposits, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. In modern economies, currency is the smallest component of the money supply.
Money is not the same as real value, the latter being the basic element in economics. Money is central to the study of economics and forms its most cogent link to finance. The absence of money causes an economy to be inefficient because it requires a coincidence of wants between traders, and an agreement that these needs are of equal value, before a barter exchange can occur. The efficiency gains through the use of money are thought to encourage trade and the division of labour, in turn increasing productivity and wealth.
Money is any token or other object that functions as a medium of exchange that is socially and legally accepted in payment for goods and services and in settlement of debts. Money also serves as a standard of value for measuring the relative worth of different goods and services and as a store of value. Some authors explicitly require money to be a standard of deferred payment.
Money includes both currency, particularly the many circulating currencies with legal tender status, and various forms of financial deposit accounts, such as demand deposits, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. In modern economies, currency is the smallest component of the money supply.
Money is not the same as real value, the latter being the basic element in economics. Money is central to the study of economics and forms its most cogent link to finance. The absence of money causes an economy to be inefficient because it requires a coincidence of wants between traders, and an agreement that these needs are of equal value, before a barter exchange can occur. The efficiency gains through the use of money are thought to encourage trade and the division of labour, in turn increasing productivity and wealth.
iPod nano
This is the prize for the top 4 and 5 overall winners of Alibata:
The iPod nano is a portable media player designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the midrange model in Apple's iPod family. The first generation model was introduced on September 7, 2005, and combines features of both the iPod shuffle and iPod classic. It was intended to replace the iPod mini, which was discontinued on the same day. The replacement of the mini took Apple-related websites and the press completely by surprise since, although there were rumors about a new flash memory-based iPod, there was no prior notice of the popular mini being discontinued.
Apple updated the nano again on September 5, 2007 and made it available the weekend following. The third generation nano features a 2-inch QVGA (320×240) screen and a shorter, wider, heavier design, with new colors. New features include browsing via Cover Flow, a new user interface, video playback, and support for new iTunes Store games. Users must repurchase games bought before a month prior to the debut of the new iPod as they are not supported. The nano is available in a 4 GB version at US$149 (UK£99.99) coming only in silver, and an 8 GB version at US$199 (UK£129.99) coming in silver, turquoise, mint green, black, and Product Red. The battery lasts for approx. 24 hours on audio playback and approx. 5 hours on video playback.
Combining elements from the previous two generations of nano, the third-generation nano has an aluminum front plate and a chrome back plate. The nano also sports a new minimalistic hold switch, similar to the shuffle's power switch, which has been moved to the bottom of the player. The 2 inch screen has the greatest pixel density of any Apple product and has the same resolution of the 2.5 inch iPod classic's display.
On October 6, 2007, Apple released a firmware update (1.0.2) via iTunes that is said to improve Cover Flow, yield faster menu navigation and fix the Video Out option. The update was also released for the iPod Classic. On November 28, 2007, Apple released another firmware update (1.0.3) via iTunes, which included unspecified bugfixes.
The iPod nano is a portable media player designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the midrange model in Apple's iPod family. The first generation model was introduced on September 7, 2005, and combines features of both the iPod shuffle and iPod classic. It was intended to replace the iPod mini, which was discontinued on the same day. The replacement of the mini took Apple-related websites and the press completely by surprise since, although there were rumors about a new flash memory-based iPod, there was no prior notice of the popular mini being discontinued.
Apple updated the nano again on September 5, 2007 and made it available the weekend following. The third generation nano features a 2-inch QVGA (320×240) screen and a shorter, wider, heavier design, with new colors. New features include browsing via Cover Flow, a new user interface, video playback, and support for new iTunes Store games. Users must repurchase games bought before a month prior to the debut of the new iPod as they are not supported. The nano is available in a 4 GB version at US$149 (UK£99.99) coming only in silver, and an 8 GB version at US$199 (UK£129.99) coming in silver, turquoise, mint green, black, and Product Red. The battery lasts for approx. 24 hours on audio playback and approx. 5 hours on video playback.
Combining elements from the previous two generations of nano, the third-generation nano has an aluminum front plate and a chrome back plate. The nano also sports a new minimalistic hold switch, similar to the shuffle's power switch, which has been moved to the bottom of the player. The 2 inch screen has the greatest pixel density of any Apple product and has the same resolution of the 2.5 inch iPod classic's display.
On October 6, 2007, Apple released a firmware update (1.0.2) via iTunes that is said to improve Cover Flow, yield faster menu navigation and fix the Video Out option. The update was also released for the iPod Classic. On November 28, 2007, Apple released another firmware update (1.0.3) via iTunes, which included unspecified bugfixes.