Ford invited us to its swanky Premier Auto Group headquarters in Irvine, California to talk about the future of Sync and demo the latest iteration of their infotainment platform coupled with Sirius Travel Link. According to the company, Sync v2.0 debuts in November, bringing tighter integration with Ford's syncmyride.com portal, providing owners with in-depth online vehicle health reports. Also in the cards is E911 support, which automatically places an emergency call as soon as the vehicle detects airbag deployment. Sync 3, scheduled to debut "sometime in 2009," will bring traffic, news, sports and weather to Ford vehicles without requiring navigation or a monthly subscription. On the infotainment front, however, 2009 Ford vehicles with the navigation option can subscribe to Sirius Travel Link for $7 a month, enabling real-time traffic info, coast to coast weather, local gas station listings sorted by price, movie show-times and sports scores. Peep the gallery below for a smorgasbord of screens.

Hello Kitty meets hair.

GM spliced and diced a Chevy Volt hydrogen prototype and put it up for the world to see at this year's 2008 CES. Rocking GM's fifth generation fuel cell stack en-lieu of a regular gasoline engine, we wouldn't hold our breath seeing this before the electric version drops in 2010. Peep the gallery below for the full run-down.

Silver - Polaroid CGA-02540: Media Backup - Photo Edition
Bronze - Jansport livewire: kingpin (iPod backpack)

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• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
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• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Be sure to check back later today for our final grand prize round! We'll have a certain unlocked cellphone, a DSLR, and an HDTV -- one for each of the three Engadgets. See you shortly!

Silver - Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (PS3)
Bronze - iTunes Store gift certificate ($15)

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

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• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
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• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

This round of the hundred gadget giveaway is all phone gear, so you'll find it over at Engadget Mobile. Head on over!

This round of the hundred gadget giveaway is all phone gear, so you'll find it over at Engadget Mobile. Head on over!

Alright everybody, round thirty-three of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Timex i-Control iPod controlling watch
Bronze - Jansport livewire: audio pack (iPod backpack)

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

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• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
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• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round thirty-two of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Philips SPC 900NC/27 webcam
Bronze - Mophie shuffle case

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
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• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round thirty-one of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Eton Red Cross emergency radio
Bronze - Swag bag #7

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

Alright everybody, round thirty of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000
Bronze - Jansport Livewire: alt pack (iPod backpack)

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

This round of the hundred gadget giveaway is all phone gear, so you'll find it over at Engadget Mobile. Head on over!

Alright everybody, round twenty-eight of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:

Silver - Monster iCarPlay Wireless 200
Bronze - Swag bag #6

The rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. You can just say something nice about us, or you can tell us what you'd prefer to win -- but if you're picked you may not necessarily get it.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next six hours. After that we'll move on to the next round of giveaways. Good luck!

This round of the hundred gadget giveaway is all phone gear, so you'll find it over at Engadget Mobile. Head on over!

This round of the hundred gadget giveaway is all phone gear, so you'll find it over at Engadget Mobile. Head on over!