As the year winds to a close,it is natural to look back and recall the high points.But,it is also useful to remember the lows,including those cars that disappointed.Here,we commemorate the worst models in our ratings. These are current ...
Tags: lowest-scoring vehicle, Jeep Wrangler, Scion iQ, Smart ForTwo
"Ford was founded on the innovative spirit of Henry Ford, and the opportunity today to reinvent the driving experience excites us just as it probably would have him," said Paul Mascarenas, vice president and chief technical officer of Ford. ...
Tags: Ford, Automotive Technology, driving innovation, Ford vehicles
Working in close collaboration with San Francisco AIDS Foundation and many other prominent health organizations,ATTIK has created a new cross-media marketing campaign to encourage SF gay men to test every six months.Entitled"Many Shades of ...
Tags: AIDS Foundation, ATTIK
Taipei, Dec. 25, 2012 (CENS)--To cope with the implementation of the U.S. FATCA (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) from Jan. 1 next year, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) will seek to ...
Tags: Agreement, FATCA, financial institutions, financial data
Computerworld - Ford dealers now have an iPad app they can use to quickly check available inventory and offer product information to help out customers in their showrooms. Also included in the Showcase app is video content on car features ...
Tags: Ford, iPad app, IT industry, internet
iMessage, the Apple messaging technology that the company has urged customers use to avoid an SMS spoofing bug, remains under a patent litigation cloud, with a trial slated for November. Last week, a researcher known for uncovering iPhone ...
Tags: iMessage, Apple, messaging technology, SMS spoofing bug
Patent licensing firms that can't get satisfactory results in patent infringement cases in U.S. courts are abusing a patent complaint process at the U.S. International Trade Commission that can lead to products made by U.S. companies being ...
Tags: patent licensing, satisfactory results, U.S.courts, lawmakers
As 2012 winds down, we wanted to take a look back and see which new and used vehicles were most popular on ConsumerReports.org. Every day, potential car buyers look to our independent test scores and reliability ratings to aid their ...
Tags: used vehicles, car industry, new car, car buyer
A panel of mobile wallet experts predicted a slow pathway to user adoption of technologies such as Near-Field Communication in the U.S. In fact, widespread adoption will take as long as eight years "at best," Dekkers Davidson, the head of ...
Tags: U.S., MobileCon, mobile IT, mobile payments
Sales of alternative fuel vehicles such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrics, in the US, saw a 73% rise in 2012, according to a report by Mintel. Over 440,000 hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrics were sold so far this year, with the ...
Tags: Alternative Fuel Vehicle, Auto Parts, Honda
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, August 24, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Plusnet, the UK home phone and broadband supplier, has made a host of changes to its fibre broadband products including the introduction of new Plusnet Extra Fibre offering up to ...
Tags: Plusnet, Broadband Proposition, Fibre Speeds, broadband supplier
Qualcomm saw a double-digit increase in sales this year and is now the world's third-largest chip maker, according to research firm IHS iSuppli. With a 27.2% growth in semiconductor revenue, Qualcomm is booming while seven of the top 10 ...
Tags: Qualcomm, chip maker, mobile, IHS iSuppli
At the end of October, GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Nashua, NH, USA (a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and other specialty markets) ...
Tags: GT, sapphire furnace, solar, LED
NuStar Energy has entered into a long-term pipeline and terminal services agreement with ConocoPhillips that will expand the liquids terminal and pipeline operator's South Texas Crude Oil Pipeline System, NuStar said Thursday. The ...
Tags: oil pipeline system, oil, liquids terminal, Crude Oil Pipeline System
It's obvious that cloud computing imposes vast change within IT organizations. I've written repeatedly on this topic, addressing issues such as cost allocation, job opportunities, automation requirements, security and the relationship ...
Tags: cloud computing, vast change, IT organizations, IT value chain