Transonic Combustion, a Camarillo, Calif.-based startup working on a fuel-injection system that could help gasoline (and someday biodiesel) cars hit 100 MPG, has hired Brian Ahlborn to replace founder Mike Cheiky as president and CEO. Cheiky, a serial inventor who devised Transonic’s core technology, has begun […] Read more »
Startup Transonic Combustion has been quietly working on its efficient fuel-injection technology, which the company says can deliver 100 mpg for an internal combustion engine vehicle. At the FiRe conference this week, Transonic Combustion’s VP of business development, Mike Rocke, showed us this image of Transonic’s […] Read more »
Ever since I was a DOS user years ago, noodling around with file managers such as Lotus Magellan and Norton Commander, I’ve tried to keep my eye out for useful, unusual approaches to managing files. If you collect these tools, even the offbeat ones, you can […] Read more »
Sitting here in the home office this morning in front of the Mac, I had a revelation this morning. Well, it could just be a brain fart too… time will tell. As I’m reading feeds, I also have a slideshow of AP photos playing on the […] Read more »
YouTube today beta-launched its long-awaited video filtering technology, which will be included in a content management system available to all publishers, regardless of their commercial arrangements with the site. The onus will be on rights holders to upload versions of their copyrighted videos into a database, […] Read more »
With Sony announcing a DVR for the PS3, what are the odds Apple will make a similar move? Sony and Apple are very different companies. What drives Sony may not drive Apple. These days, Sony seems lost. They missed out on the digital audio player market after […] Read more »
My so called vacation is actually a short trip to meet family, see my lovely new niece, and well meet some folks for business as well while I am here. Hanging out with mom is part of the plan, and all this while chasing down stories, […] Read more »