Think on-board cameras are used only to monitor drivers and punish them for bad driving behaviours? That’s not always the case, as evidenced by a recent example in which a camera helped capture a potentially life-saving maneuver, ...
Tags: on-Board Camera, Cogswell, Heroic Actions
Some vintners in Italy last week may have stopped stomping grapes and frantically opened their Chinese dictionaries. The vineyards in the EU's wine-producing regions have 10 days to get the language down pat, so they can respond to a trade ...
Tags: China Probe, EU Wineries
What does it take to shake the Chinese market? If stock turmoil in Shanghai and talk of bank default don't strike fear in the heart of the nation, images of a metropolis falling into a chasm will perhaps do the trick. An image from the ...
Tags: Cash Squeeze, Banks
Train maker China CNR Corp. Ltd. (SHSE: 601299) accused domestic archrival CSR Corp. Ltd. (SHSE: 601766) of low-price competition in Argentina. CSR Corp. announced CNY 7.8 billion worth new contracts on May 27 and among the total, ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
Talking of the media reports that the European Commission decided to punish Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation (SEHK: 0763 and SZSE: 000063) for subsidy policy, ZTE responded that it has not received any related notice from Europe, ...
Highway repair money is running lean in many states, due to decreased revenue from gas tax--a result of cars becoming more fuel efficient and Americans driving less. To plug the crater in highway funding, several states have proposed new ...
Tags: Electric Cars, Hybrids, Taxed Extra
Opel Astra OPC versus Renault Megane RS is the ultimate example of challenger attacking, champion defending. But the French know, arrogantly but correctly, that the Megane RS has long been the benchmark sub-$50,000 hot hatch – when ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto
Fabricated Internet posts praising Samsung at the expense of HTC products has landed the South Korean company in hot water with Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission. Taiwan's FTC said on Tuesday it was investigating the matter, and could punish ...
Tags: taiwan, software, Computer Products
A new derivative of the Jaguar F-Type will launch every 12 to 18 months over the supercharged sports car's lifecycle as the British marque aims to replicate the 'obsessive' nature of Porsche with its 911. In an open discussion with a ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation
A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to punish Chinese Internet company Baidu for blocking pro-democracy works on its search engine. One legal expert said the case was more of a publicity stunt than an actual legal challenge to ...
Tags: U.S.Censorship, Baidu, Internet
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is applauding new legislation introduced today in the House of Commons aimed at cracking down on counterfeit goods. CME says the bill will provide RCMP and customs officials the authority to ...
U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said Wednesday that prosecutors recognized that there was no evidence against Internet activist Aaron Swartz that warranted severe punishment. The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts has been criticized for her ...
Tags: Attorney Carmen M.Ortiz, Internet activist, Aaron Swartz
Web and mobile device users have little understanding about how much of their personal data is collected online, making it difficult to rely on free-market competition for solutions to privacy concerns, privacy experts told the U.S. Federal ...
Tags: web, mobile device, users, free market, online privacy
Apple will ask a federal court to sanction Samsung Electronics for releasing documents that were not allowed as evidence in the companies' dueling patent-infringement suits. In a letter to Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung Electronics, documents, iPhone
Residents of Estonia have the most freedom to do what they want on the Internet, with the U.S. ranking second among 47 countries examined by a group that pushes for democratic freedoms worldwide. However, residents of several countries ...
Tags: Estonia, Internet study, US, Internet freedom