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- Tesla Test Drive: Time to Try an American Car?
- MoneyWatch picked six American cars to check out now. The sleekest of the bunch is the new Tesla Roadster, which does zero to 60 in under four seconds.
- Tags: Bunch, MoneyWatch, Tesla Roadster, sedan, Ford, Chevrolet, GM, electric car, Chrysler, Cadillac, Jim Motavalli
- Videos 2009-09-04
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- Ford's focus on hydrogen cars
- Ford's focus on hydrogen cars. Anyone?Are they promising enough compared with other pioneers?
- Tags: hydrogen car, hydrogen, Ford Motor Co., car
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- X-Prize competition for ultra-efficient car speeds ahead
- X-prize competition for cars1) Ummm, shouldn't that read 5.5 "million" dollars?2) Would it be possible to add some summary of whether qualifiy cars must be in some way fewaible - for example, can travel at least 55 mph for at least 50 miles on a single charge (or what ever...
- Tags: X-Prize competition, car, X-Prize
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Short clip: American Airlines? upgrading its passenger service system
- Monte Ford, CIO of American Airlines describes how the company?s new passenger service system will work in the future. He says it will be easier for customers to handle reservations, ticketing, and flight information through their mobile devices.
- Tags: American Airlines, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing
- Videos 2009-11-04
- Short clip: American Airlines social media experiment
- Monte Ford, CIO of American Airlines describes how the company is embracing Twitter and Facebook, and how these social networking tools are benefiting interactions with customers.
- Tags: American Airlines, Social Media, Social Networking, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion
- Videos 2009-11-04
- Monte Ford, CIO, American Airlines
- Monte Ford, CIO of American Airlines talks to ZDNet?s Sumi Das about developing a new passenger service system that will allow customers to connect more easily to the airline through their web site and other mobile devices. Ford also discusses how his IT organization faced the challenges of 9/11 and...
- Tags: American Airlines, CIO, Web Site Development, Internet
- Videos 2009-11-04
- What should open source do in a car?
- Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...
- Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- More laptops combine Core i7, Windows 7
- dear zdnet editors,please put sign "commercial" before you write one.who cares for lenovo and win 7 anyway?i agree !The low cost PC manufacturers DON'T CARE about things like heat problems ! They just want to make money and sell PCs that will have a short lifetime because of their poor...
- Tags: Notebooks, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, MIL-SPEC, Microsoft Windows, Little Man, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- 2010 Scion xB
- Photo gallery:2010 Scion xBWith funky styling and a reputation built around the tuner crowd and the sound-off set, the Scion xB almost single-handedly established the market for little boxy city cars in the North American market. However, the current generation xB faces stiff competition from the likes of the even-quirkier...
- Tags: Performance management, Scion xB
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?
- Oh, ZDNet is a car site now?Harry, write something about IT.RE: Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?Yes, get a 1998 Maxima GLE and 37 mpg on trips at 70 mph.RE: Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?There was a typo in my earlier message. Yes, get...
- Tags: car, Yes Get, Maxima
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?
- Ford wants it both ways: using less fuel, have fun driving. To that end they are working with some engineers at the University of Michigan to test drive and then virtually test drive hyrbids and electric cars to find what works both for saving fuel, and having fun while...
- Tags: Car, Ford Motor Co., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars
- Nissan will work with Sumitomo to recycle batteries from Nissan brand electric cars. They say this will allow them to lower the price on their plug-ins. A new venture will be formed to recycle the lithium-ion batteries. In the hybrid and electric car field Nissan is hustling...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Battery, Plug-in, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, FORD GOES ELECTRIC Ford Motor, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Short clip: How American Airlines faced the challenges of 9/11 and the recession
- Monte Ford, CIO of American Airlines discusses how the company was able to overcome the tragedy of 9/11 and weather the current economic downturn by staying focused, managing to a plan, and developing a set of processes to guide the airline into the future.
- Tags: American Airlines, Recession, 9/11 Commission
- Videos 2009-10-21
- Top 10 DMVs for Easier SQL Server Monitoring
- Dynamic Management Views DMVs don't have to be mysterious! In this Quest Software Pain-of-the-Week webcast, join SQL Server experts Tim Ford and Brent Ozar as they discuss the most valuable DMVs, and how to use them. Learn about the DMVs that can help you: Gain...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, On-demand, Monitoring, Quest Software Inc., Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-10-21
- Discover the Hidden Treasures in Quest's Solutions for SQL Server
- In this Quest Software Pain-of-the-Week webcast, learn best practices to maximize your SQL Server environment performance. SQL Server experts Brent Ozar and Tim Ford reveal undocumented procedures, tips and tricks that make SQL Server do things it wasn't intended to do - but will help you make your life easier!...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Quest Software Inc., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-10-21
- Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant
- Persona Non GartnerOver the years, I've watched, participated in researching and experienced the results of the positing of Gartner's disclosures. My analysis is as follows:On any given subject at any given time, there is a .90 probability that the opinions expressed by Gartner will be either flat out wrong or...
- Tags: Gartner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Motorola goes all-in for Google Android
- Motorola must have decided that the only viable way of competing would be with a iPhone like device, and, Android was the only way for them to get there right away. They also probably realized that there is no way to sustain an in-house project that would be any ways...
- Tags: Smart phones, Google Inc., Google Android, Apple iPhone, Motorola Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Verizon unveils 30-second ad for Droid Android phone; slams iPhone
- Too bad it's another locked in carrier!I love Verizon for its reliable service, and fast internet. But, Verizon is just as guilty as ATT/Apple with locked in phones. vCast sucks terribly, and at times you are forced to use that. Verizon cripples the Bluetooth functionality so you...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Verizon Smartphones, VCast, Verizon Communications Inc., advertisement, Apple iPhone, GPS, Apple Inc., phone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-18
- Carwatchers watching Tokyo
- Arguably the Tokyo Auto Show is now more important than the one that opens the calendar year in Detroit. And the show in Tokyo opens officially on October 21, so that means all the competitors are busy seeding the blogosphere with their hints and leaks and hype. There...
- Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., Subaru, Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Plug-in, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-17
- Best 'bang for the buck' graphics cards
- No Love for NVIDIA?I'm a little disappointed you only mention one GeForce card as if they can't compete with ATI. I'm sensing either sponsorship or bias, Adrian... but if it's genuinely based on performance, I'd love to see some benchmarking and justification for the claim.They just killed off......half the cards...
- Tags: Video cards, HD 4890, card, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp., video card, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
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