This year isn’t quite over, but for netbooks, it’s evident what we’ll see next year — more of the same, but with a different Intel chipset featuring longer battery life and a slight boost in performance. We may see big improvements on the graphics front, though. Read more »
The meaning of Southern California “car culture” may be poised for a makeover, as the regions around Los Angeles, long notorious for smog, traffic congestion and endless freeways race to take on a greener profile. LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced this week at the LA Auto […] Read more »
Yes Men Take It to the Hill: The climate-minded Yes Men stunt group offered up another prank today, just a day after punking the Chamber of Commerce with a fake press announcement — this time showing up on Capitol Hill in Survivaball suits to hector Sen. […] Read more »
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There are two strategies that new electric-vehicle makers commonly use to enter the market with ambitions to go mainstream: start at the high end and move lower, or aim at a niche market that requires less performance and shift to the center. While startups like Tesla […] Read more »
I am getting so much good stuff out of the Palm Pre Homebrew Apps Catalog that I find myself checking it even before I check the official Pre App Catalog. The homebrew catalog is growing by leaps and bounds, and it’s a better use of my […] Read more »
Last week, we discussed the evolution, rhyme and reason behind some of Apple’s icons since the public release of OS X in 2001. This week, we’re going to take a closer look at some of the “Easter eggs” that are hidden in these icons. Hidden Detail […] Read more »
Just about a month after bidding for Opel began, with Italian automaker Fiat SpA, private equity investors and auto parts giant Magna International all vying to take a piece of General Motors’ European subsidiary, the German government has tapped a Magna-led coalition as the winner. As […] Read more »
Just as grid parity is the holy grail for the solar industry, price parity with conventional mass-market vehicles is the holy grail for today’s plug-in car makers. Startups like Fisker Automotive, whose CEO Henrik Fisker spoke on a panel today at the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference […] Read more »
It’s no secret that the UK government wants its roads to one day serve a fleet of clean plug-in vehicles. Earlier this month we wrote about Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s pledge to launch up to three electric car pilot projects within a year, eventually building out […] Read more »
Fisker Automotive is rounding the bend on production of its first vehicle, the luxury plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma. A Department of Energy loan still hangs in the balance for a lower-cost model, but the Irvine, Calif.-based startup has just announced $85 million in new venture capital […] Read more »
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Lilliputian Systems, a Wilmington, Mass.-based company developing fuel cells for cell phones, laptops and other consumer electronics, has raised $28 million in venture-capital funding. Mouli Ramani, vice president of business development, told us Friday that the company plans to use the money to help integrate its […] Read more »
At long last I am sitting at the gate in the San Francisco Airport where I will soon be heading back to the old hacienda. It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks with the long CES trip to Vegas, one day home and then out to […] Read more »
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins has reopened its $500 million Green Growth and $700 million KPCB XIII funds, reaching out to investors for extra cash to support already-backed companies through the economic downturn, peHub reports. The firm will reportedly allow both new and previous investors, an […] Read more »
YouTube just announced the beta launch of a “TV Website” that will be rolled out initially with the Internet channels on the Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 video game consoles. (If you have either game system, type in http://www.youtube.com/tv on your console’s web browser to check […] Read more »
We noted last month that hybrid car startup Fisker Automotive planned to unveil a concept car called the Fisker Karma S (for “Sunset”) at the Detroit Auto Show. At the time, Fisker had leaked a close-cropped image of a car with an absent B-pillar, suggesting that […] Read more »
Sports car maker Lotus plans to enter the electric vehicle race, CEO Michael Kimberley told the Financial Times last week. “Don’t be surprised to see an electric Lotus shortly,” he said, adding that a concept version could debut as early as March, at Geneva’s International Motor […] Read more »
Startup Fisker Automotive has unveiled the first production version of its plug-in hybrid, the Karma, and said the car would be on display at the Detroit Auto Show in January. Not much has changed from the prototypes seen since last year’s event; according to the company, […] Read more »
Fisker Automotive announced plans today to use a four-cylinder General Motors engine in its Fisker Karma, a four-door plug-in hybrid shown in prototype at the Detroit auto show back in January. The gas-powered engine would kick in on trips exceeding the electric battery’s 50-mile range, according to […] Read more »
New research from Flirtomatic, provider of a mobile and web-based messaging service available in the UK and Germany, suggests viral marketing via mobile phones has plenty of room to grow. Read more »
Tesla may have announced lay offs and was unable to raise a planned $100 million financing, but the electric car startup is still facing hurdles. Today Fisker Automotive issued a release saying that an independent arbitration between the two competing Silicon Valley-backed electric car makers has […] Read more »
The moon roof was the must-have feature of yesterday, but the necessary automotive accessory of tomorrow could be the solar roof. German Asola, maker of solar power systems for automotive applications (including solar roofs for cars), announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding […] Read more »
Fisker Automotive is moving full-steam ahead to get its $80,000 plug-in hybrid Karma on the road by the end of 2009 and today announced it will be using $65 million in Series C funding to do so. The company says the round closed on Sept. 4 […] Read more »
Electric car maker Fisker Automotive says Finnish auto manufacturer Valmet Automotive will build the startup’s plug-in hybrid luxury sedan, the Karma. Fisker said this morning that it has issued a letter of intent saying Valmet, which is part of the Metso engineering group and assembles Porsche […] Read more »
Friday’s iPhone launch caused quite the buzz as thousands braved long lines and multi-hour waits only to walk away with unactivated phones, or no phone at all. Similarly, upgrades to the new software left many 1st Gen users without phone service as well. Sure there were […] Read more »
The entirety of Tesla Motors’ lawsuit against Fisker Automotive became available today, enumerating six charges, including breach of contract, fraud, and violation of unfair competition laws. Aside from alleging that Fisker simultaneously sabotaged Tesla while preparing to launch a competing company and car, the suit claims […] Read more »
I’ll be running a Battery Eater Pro test later today, but I wanted to provide some general battery drain observations on the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium. I installed Notebook Hardware Control to get a feel for things and see some interesting data. During the observation, I […] Read more »
There are various sites out there that integrate e-mail reminder functionality with full-blown task management systems. But what if you just want to set up a future e-mail quickly? That’s the niche for YourLi.st, a free service that exists solely to send reminders. Visit the YourLi.st […] Read more »
One of the issues I’ve had with with Apple’s iPods is the inclusion of those annoying ear-bud headphones. From sound quality to comfort, they are without a doubt the worst part of the package. When Apple released the iPhone they did manage to enhance the wretched, […] Read more »
MTVN to Show Content on AOL; clips from shows like The Daily Show, The Hills, and I Love New York will be viewable for free on AOL Video. (release) Crackle Chooses Level 3; CDN to support the entertainment site’s video delivery. (Are the CDN’s recent price […] Read more »
There might have been a press release on this, but if there was, I missed it. My current hosted Exchange provider, 4Smartphone, has always offered a free Outlook client license with their plans. I was modifying something in my account this morning and noticed that they […] Read more »
Google is having quite a bit of trouble on the business side figuring out how to monetize YouTube and make it legit. Now it appears to be following up on the technology side, sending Shashi Seth, formerly product lead on search, to YouTube. His assignment? Monetization […] Read more »
Alek’s Christmas Lights Webcam Use the christmas webcam to view live images of a buncha christmas lights and also CONTROL them – i.e. YOU can turn them ON and OFF via your web browser! The christmas webcam has PAN and ZOOM capability that you can also […] Read more »
Earlier this year at the Web 2.0 conference, I had a chance to host a panel discussion on telephone as the new platform. In a short amount of time I had to cover a lot of ground, and perhaps could not really explore the idea of […] Read more »
Shame on you Real, for hacking ITunes when Steve in the hospital Back to the future Fried Penguin anyone? Even Cheap Publicity is good publicity Not Google, Not IPO Return of Hype 3.0. Fast Slow Company News.com Nailed Read more »
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