Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates today stuck to the company line on tablets, and disparaged rival Apple's iPad for its lack of a keyboard and its inability to run Office. In an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program, Gates, ...
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Sony today introduced the brand new VAIO Fit laptop built with Sony's innovative digital imaging, sound and display technologies. "We built the brand new VAIO Fit line from many of the same features as our amazingly thin and powerful ...
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Uncertainty hangs over the market for power devices made with the wide-bandgap semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC), due to a lack of clarity over whether and when electric vehicles will adopt them, according to the latest study on the SiC ...
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US based automobile manufacturer Terrafugia is planning to build a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) plug-in hybrid-electric flying car, the TF-X. The TF-X will be equipped with electric motors and custom-made rotors and will be powered ...
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Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, ...
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Volkswagen has carved out a fuel economy niche with its efficient diesel models, but it turns out, the German brand also offers an impressive hybrid. And get this: It's actually enjoyable to drive. Really. The Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid is ...
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You wake up in the morning and your robot starts the coffee maker and then sends the daily calendar to the car. The car then works on a plan that makes sure you keep to that schedule. It's not a scene out of a sci-fi movie. It's the ...
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Acer is waiting for the next version of Windows RT, due in the second half of this year, before deciding whether to release a tablet that runs on that OS. "The plan for an RT tablet is ongoing," said Acer President Jim Wong in an ...
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Hewlett-Packard on Monday kicked off a series of upcoming PC announcements with new ProBook 400 series laptops, including a 15.6-inch model with a touchscreen. The new laptops are 36 percent thinner and 18 percent lighter than their ...
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Bauer Performance Sports Ltd. announced that it has closed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Combat Sports ("Combat"), a leading designer of composite baseball and softball bats, hockey sticks and lacrosse shafts. This ...
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Jacking up prices after an emergency is not acceptable. That's the message New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent to gas station owners this week, six months after Superstorm Sandy struck. Price gouging was common in the ...
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Pump Systems Matter (PSM) the 501(c)3 training subsidiary of the Hydraulic Institute (HI), announced the 2013 Board of Directors and Officers during HI?s Annual Meeting recently held in Fort Myers, Florida. The new Board will be primarily ...
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CarAdvice was in the UK today to get a rare peek at the all-new 2014 Range Rover Sport before we get behind the wheel, tomorrow. Developed alongside the acclaimed new Range Rover, the latest Range Rover Sport promises to deliver the ...
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Watch our automotive experts chat about new road test results and answer reader questions in the third episode of "Talking Cars with Consumer Reports." This podcast was recorded at our Connecticut Auto Test Center, within our always-busy ...
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European investment firm Investindustrial has completed the purchase of a stake in Aston Martin, resulting in a $277 million boost for the car maker towards the development of new products. Aston Martin confirmed the completion of the ...
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