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1. Asimov's Fourth Law: Call a lawyer

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   ... by an autonomous system - say, an unmanned vehicle - who is responsible for that death? Does the law require that someone be held responsible? The Academy points out that the law currently distinguishes ...

2. Toyota hybrid does 68 miles for $2.50

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... miles per gallon - during a day-long trip down the southern California coast. In mid-2008, the US Department of Energy (DOE), Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the National Renewable Energy ...

3. NEC, Renesas combine will outsource chip production

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... take designs from big companies like NEC and print their chips for them. But that doesn't mean that NEC will shut down its own fabs - it will carry on making semiconductors for cars. The trend towards ...

4. UK begins major trial of electric cars

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... Lord Drayson, Science minister in the newly formed Department for Business Innovation & Skills, said, "Low carbon doesn't mean low performance. Modern electric cars offer power and bucketloads of torque. ...

5. Research promises cheaper flat-panel displays

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... of UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). "This is important because our method does not require the use of surfactants, which have traditionally been used in these solution processes and can ...

6. Electric cars: the shocking truth

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... the domestic supply. Sounds OK on paper, doesn't it? Not to me it doesn't. I live in a remote corner of North Wales. Hey. It's my choice, OK? I can do most of my grocery shopping at the little stores ...

7. 100 mpg automotive X PRIZE contest underway, 136 vehicles, $10M

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... but also does it the fastest. Chicago (IL) - Progressive Insurance is hosting the Automobile X-Prize, which has now announced the full list of registered teams who have been accepted into the competition. ...

8. iPhone OS 3.0: A thousand new APIs for developers

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... ecosystem from scratch. Apple said it will keep 30% of the revenue from in-app purchases (just like it does with App Store application purchases today), with the developer retaining 70% without additional ...

9. AT&T converting to natural gas on 8,000 fleet vehicles

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... commitment ever by a U.S. corporation toward using alternative fueled vehicles. Compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) does burn cleaner than gasoline, producing about 25% less ...

10. LG Versa: Unboxing the "iPhone Beater"

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... and voice dial, USB mass storage, a voice recording program, GPS via VZ Navigator from Verizon, and an RSS Reader. Mobile e-mail does not deliver directly to the phone as with a Blackberry. Instead, ...

11. Marvel to debut motion comics on the iPhone

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... announcement doesn't prove as a marketing blurb designed to sell us slideshows. It had better be a good thing because it wouldn't be the first time entertainment conglomerates tried to sell us Kool-Aid ...

12. UPDATED: Swiss develop cheaper, alternate Hybrid-like technology

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... the fuel savings achieved by the pneumatic hybrid are not as large as that of an electric hybrid, it offers a better price-performance ratio - since it does not require expensive batteries which decrease ...

13. MSI to show hybrid-storage netbook at CES

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... According to Intel, the Z530 does not consume more than 2 watts, while the N270 can consume twice as much. While Intel always promoted the Z530 as a netbook/MID processor, it costs 60% more than the ...

14. Intel needs to build car batteries, co-founder says

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... leadership, as does Gordon Moore, and he is apparently urging the current CEO Paul Otellini to take Intel go into the battery business. As of now, it is unclear if Otellini will follow Grove’s advice, ...

15. Why there isn’t an $800 MacBook Air-like product

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... core).  However, Intel doesn’t want to cannibalize its higher-end low power processors: There are significant financial disincentives in place to prevent any OEM from putting an Atom chip in anything ...

16. UPDATE: Removing a major hurdle to wide acceptance of battery powered vehicles

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... It doesn't matter if that electricity comes from batteries or a rod sticking up like in the movie Back to the Future. As long as electricity's flowing at the right levels, the car goes. Hybrid vehicles ...

17. Convey Computer launches x86-based hybrid-core computer at SC08

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... does not require programmers to instrument their code but, instead, provides an open-standard programming model that does not use proprietary mechanisms that have historically limited adoption of heterogeneous ...

18. Shell Oil Company achieves 376.59 mpg in test car at Wood River Laboratory

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... of achieving over 375 mpg deserves some real attention, doesn't it? The tests were conducted on a closed circuit course which was an old airfield. Cars in the test could not have their average speed ...

19. Apple expected to refresh its iMac on November 10

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Higher-priced iMacs are expected to ship with the 9400M and an additional 9000-series GPU in a Hybrid SLI setup. However, Mac OS X currently does not support Hybrid SLI in software: The new Macbook Pros ...

20. Last minute rumor round-up: New Apple notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... larger trackpad area certainly adds weight to glass trackpad prediction. The bottom does not resemble the MacBook Air as originally thought, but there will be an elongated, latch-released battery. Users ...

21. Seagate SSD release date slips into 2009

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... based on rotating magnetic media. But as solid-state comes online, we're embracing this new media type." This statement may be a bit misleading, as Seagate does not really have a choice. SSDs are moving ...

22. Offshore drilling approved, clean energy tax credits to be issued

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... vast amounts of offshore drilling because it limits it to only 50 miles off the coast with the input of the state in question, critics of the bill feel that this won’t happen because the bill does not ...

23. Digital downloads, DVDs and DVRs slowing Blu-ray growth

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... for your set-top box and one for your computer. Some would say digital copy doesn’t make sense, but Lori MacPherson, North America General Manager of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment says it has ...

24. 100 Tesla magnet being constructed, biggest reusable magnet in the world

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Cordless drills are around 25 Gauss.  Very strong laboratory magnets are 100,000 Gauss.  And just to show that mankind does not outdo nature, the surfaces of Neutron stars are believed to be ...

25. 20 Cleantech Industry Movers and Shakers

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... waste rather than natural gas or coal. The company claims that the plant's operation does not contribute to global warming and actually reduces both air and water pollution. 2. Mascoma: The Boston-based ...

26. Cadillac prices Escalade Hybrid at $71,685

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Hollywood celebrities that are tired of driving around in their Prius now have the option to upgrade to a Cadillac Escalade large SUV with a hybrid engine. It does not have quite the MPG performance ...

27. Interest in small cars shifts to crossovers as gas prices decline

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... SUVs, is on the rise. Even interest in the popular hybrid segment is down 34% compared to June as gas prices have declined. “There’s been a rush to small cars, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the shift ...

28. Nanoantennas envisioned as possible replacement for solar cells

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... by the authors of research as solar energy, the approach does not focus on collecting sunlight, but flexible nanoantenna arrays that capture abundant solar energy mid-infrared rays radiated by the Earth ...

29. Tesla to build $60,000 “Model S” electric sedan in California

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... their vehicle in New Mexico it “drove me absolutely insane, my administration does not like to loose”. Tesla CEO Drori of Tesla mentioned in his blog that Tesla wanted to make sure that the sedan was ...

30. Firefox 3 and Safari 4 in browser speed race

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... does its magic by turning JavaScript script into so-called bytecodes, an optimized code much more suitable for run-time execution than natural language-based JavaScript commands, which are longer and more ...

31. Texas startup says it will be offering a hydrogen exotic sports car this fall

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... another choice this fall: Texas startup Ronn Motors unveiled its Scorpion yesterday. The sports car does not follow the current hybrid/electric trend, but will use hydrogen as a fuel source. According ...

32. AMD launches Puma Platform: Will Turion X2 Ultra bite?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and GPU combined). AMD may not have the edge in CPU performance, but it does outrun Intel in graphics performance. Not surprisingly, AMD found that its own chipset crushes Intel’s chipset in common benchmarks ...

33. AMD’s best idea in years: Want to play?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

      There is not a whole lot coming out of AMD that can get you excited and there is a good chance that the company’s latest pitch, which does not even include a new product, may cause little more ...

34. Bill Gates uses 10,000 times the energy of the average American, MIT says

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... footprint impact rises with your income. The class estimated Bill Gates' impact at 10,000 times the national average. So, what about the average Americans and the ultra-energy conscious? There does not ...

35. AMD aims to increase desktop processor sales with business platform pitch

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... on a 350 MHz 3100 version, comes with support of up to four monitors, but does not support UVD and hybrid graphics. Motherboards designed for this business platform integrate a trusted platform module ...

36. AMD launches tri-core assault at Intel dual-core CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... quarters and this strategy certainly doesn’t help to bring profits back up. However, these prices are obviously fantastic news for the consumer: If you are looking for a cheap PC this summer, you will ...

37. No more discrete chipsets from Nvidia

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... always has a low-end tone to it, but Nvidia’s announcement does not mean that the company will stop creating high-end chipsets, but rather work on expanding the power saving features of upcoming desktop ...

38. Atom, Alienware m15x, and the next iPhone: The future of Super Devices

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... if we are actually seeing the birth of technology superheroes, somehow strangely related to the DC comics. Atom is a guy who does incredible things even though he is really small like Intel’s Atom, and ...

39. Update: AMD's chipset game: Rien ne vas plus

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... chipset 780G, which could win the company lots of new customers. But it could cost AMD lots of discrete graphics card sales as well and cut deep into its profit margins. Will AMD win and what does the ...

40. RIM receives patent for hybrid portrait/landscape display device

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... picture viewing and the screen switch to a horizontal layout. Devices featuring such capability typically integrate an accelerator chip to determine their orientation. RIM does not provide details how ...

41. A Porsche hybrid? Does that make sense?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... not exactly racecars today. How does a hybrid model fit into a family of sport scars?   Engelman: The beautiful part of a hybrid is that if you drive it easy you will get all the economy a hybrid ...

42. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...  TGD     25 NPD: Recent Blu-ray sales explosion "doesn't really mean a lot" TGD     28 HD DVD ...

43. Chicago Auto Show 2008: Riding the hybrid wave

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... new A4 and the R8 supercar (just the 4.2 liter V8 model) on display. Promoting lowering gas consumption does not really appear to be a priority for Audi in Chicago. However, in a corner, the company ...

44. Major Chicagoland retailer drops HD DVD support

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... in some locations, however in several stores it does also stock Blu-ray hardware and software. Grant's Appliances, headquartered in Joliet, Illinois, operates 10 stores in the Chicago area and has ...

45. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ... company Pulse Link.   Sony does not even say the words "Playstation 3" at CES press conference Sony talked a lot about its less highlighted divisions at today's ...

46. Pioneer plans to innovate plasma, in-car entertainment

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... to back Blu-ray exclusively.  A Pioneer executive focused on the company's Blu-ray Disc division said that although this does not preclude the ending of the high-def format war, it is a milestone ...

47. LG talks about HDTV, universal mobile TV

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... towers to send programming to virtually any capable mobile device. Today also marks the launch date for the prototypes of MPH devices.  However, LG says it does not plan on having the system up and ...

48. Aptera's sub-$30K, 300 mpg car will be here in 2009

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... while, at the same time, the automobile would be generating no direct CO2 or other greenhouse gases.  The power plant would still be generating whatever greenhouse gases it does, of course.   ...

49. House passes energy bill raising vehicle fuel efficiency

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... face a bitter fight from senators in the southeast states – states where wind power doesn’t come easily.  Those senators fear the 15% renewable energy mandate on utilities would increase ...

50. Tech Tour Intel: Gainestown spotted in the microsurgery silicon debug lab

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... happens it becomes much more difficult to debug the CPU. What does a product development lab do? Basically, a microsurgery silicon debug lab, or product development lab, is used to identify and correct ...