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Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

Here are a few of our reviewers' favorite items from the past week, including a Fujifilm FinePix, the Alienware M17x Gaming Laptop, and the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. by CNET News.com

Tags: Ford Taurus, Photograph, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-20

2010 Ford Taurus SHO

Photo gallery:2010 Ford Taurus SHOAfter losing its mantle as most popular sedan to the Toyota Camry in 1997, the Ford Taurus went through a bit of an identity crisis, but it's back with a vengeance for the 2010 model year with a whole new platform. Right out of the gate,...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Taurus SHO, Ford Motor Co., SHO, Ford Taurus

Product reviews 2009-07-15

2010 Ford Taurus SHO photos

Ford completely revamped its Taurus sedan for the 2010 model year, and released a SHO version at the same time. The Taurus SHO is powered by a twin turbo engine and gets a sport suspension with all-wheel-drive. by CNET News.com

Tags: Ford Taurus, Photograph, Ford Motor Co., Taurus SHO, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-14

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2010 Ford Flex SEL with EcoBoost

Photo gallery:2010 Ford Flex SEL with EcoBoostAlthough the crossover is a new automotive segment, automakers churned out enough boring designs to make it as homogeneous as the economy car segment. Smartly, Ford spun its own crossover with retro elements to give it a unique look, making it stand out yet...

Tags: Manufacturing, Monitors & displays, Digital music, Ford Motor Co., Ford Flex SEL, crossover

Product reviews 2009-09-02

Cash for clunkers: top sellers, lead junkers

LOL Foreign Cars Top The ListWay to boost Japan's economy!Hey, American cars are JUNK. What do you expect!NT.Govt. numbers may be wrong.The Govt. is getting the counts wrong according to Edmunds...http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/07/autos/cash_for_clunkers_sales/index.htmI would like to see Edmunds roll-up on the final numbers. I'm guessing the Corolla wasn't the winner.And American...

Tags: car, American Cars, Edmund, Cash-for-Clunkers, Govt

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Ford says you can afFORD their fuel-savers

Hybrids are not inexpensive cars. Ford says they're making a major leap forward for the old-fashioned, cheaper gas-guzzler. Make it sip less per mile. They call their new engineering "EcoBoost," no marketing slouches they. EcoBoost technology is now available in Ford and Lincoln vehicles...

Tags: Injection, Ford Motor Co., Hybrids, EcoBoost, EcoBoost Technology, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?

Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?Tragic endIf GM had been allowed to conduct its affairs based on its own marketing expertise, I would have assumed it would do just fine, once the onerous union agreements were modified.Now, it appears to be doomed. The corporate management puppets are echoing...

Tags: Government, Engineering, NOW IT, Volt, General Motors Corp., battery

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Microsoft: Outlook's not broken and we aren't 'fixing' it

Microsoft: Outlook's not broken and we aren't 'fixing' itthe Customer, the Choice! or NOT!Wouldnt the sensible thing here be to give the USER, the CUSTOMER, the CHOICE of what rendering engine they should use! Not just Word or IE8 but a browser engine of your choosing. Another nail in the...

Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, CSS, Groupware, e-mail, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, HTML, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Open source car design

Open source car designI proposed the same thingto Ford. My idea was to save the Atlanta Taurus plant by making the car "open source". IOW the specifications would not change, and all interested bidders could make parts for it. This is like the VW beetle where hundreds of "custom kits"...

Tags: car design, car, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

The Greenest cars? These are green, says blue book.

The Greenest cars? These are green, says blue book.A truckIf it is not a truck then I don't care,I have to have a truck I am not drivingsome little piece of junk that willcollapse around me in an accident.Good grief, this is not the USSR where theYUGO would be...

Tags: Policies and procedures, Greenest Cars

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

Photos: Ford and Buick launch flagship sedans

A flagship sedan represents the best you can get from a given automaker. It should encapsulate the latest design ideas, powertrain components, and cabin electronics, leading the way for other models of the brand. At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, two such sedans, the Ford Taurus and the Buick LaCrosse,...

Tags: Sedan, Photograph, Ford Motor Co., Flagship Sedan, Manufacturing, Branding, Marketing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-01-12

(Photos: The wooden car with a split personality)

(Photos: The wooden car with a split personality)Good grief!!That's just stupid!RE: (Photos: The wooden car with a split personality)"Or at least, "modern" as it seems to be understood in the aftermath of the notoriously unstylish Soviet empire."Oh, come on, now! Have you taken a look at the idiotic styles...

Tags: wooden car, split personality, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Falcon

A Microsoft Code Name a Day: FalconMessage has been deleted.An Appropriate Naming ConventionFrom the pre-Taurus days:FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily

Tags: Falcon, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Handicapping Apple's iPod launch

Handicapping Apple's iPod launchiPhone sales are not iPod salesA 100-160GB touch iPod will not cannabilize iPhone sales. An iPod does not have phone capabilities and an iPhone cannot store more than 8GB. The two are mutually exclusive.Someone who needs both may get both, but a cheaper phone might...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iPODS, Well Let, iPhone sale, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Spark of an idea for future cars

The internal combustion engine is older than, well, older than Ford Motor Company. But now some research sponsored by Ford and BP may be about to alter the standard car engine. The research is being done at MIT. The research shows that cars can sometimes operate in...

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Blog posts 2007-07-24

Ford in Sync with Microsoft's technology?

Ford in Sync with Microsoft's technology?Have you crashed a Ford lately?I wonder how many FATAL ERRORS will cause these MS-enabled Fords to CRASH at random, inconvenient times? ;)Sorry, SOMEONE was going to say it ... thought I'd get in the first lick today. :PI've bought my last FordI'll...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, world dominance, Ford Motor Co., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-12-29

Microsoft looks beyond Windows at hardware confab

Microsoft looks beyond Windows at hardware confabMessage has been deleted.Rename AppropriateWinHELL would more accurately reflect most customer experiences.Microsoft looks beyond Windows at hardware confabThere sure is a lot coming out of Microsoft. No other software company could pull off such a tremendous amount of functionality. Vista, Office, Longhorn...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Windows IS, Microsoft Corp., MICROSOFT LOOKS, intelligent people, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-05-22

Does HP need a new course?

Does HP need a new course?Imagine an imaging companyThe legacy of the Compaq debacle is that printers and imaging are the only business in the HPaq line that are worth anything. Me too should be Fiorina's slogan. They are not best of breed in PCs, servers and services and have...

Tags: Document management, Printers, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., imaging, printer

Discussion threads 2005-02-09