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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

Microsoft Convergence 2009: Hybrid Technology

Hybrids are the buzz in the auto industry, and now hybrid applications may be the next buzz in technology, both in licensed, behind-the-firewall mode as well as developed and hosted in the cloud. I spent time with Brad Wilson, GM of Microsoft’s Dynamic CRM team, and some executives...

Tags: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Chris Fletcher, Convergence, Dynamics CRM, Hybrids, It Operations, Management, Microsoft Corp., Team, Team Management, xRM

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Hydrogen Road Tour hits the road

CNET's Martin LaMonica catches up with the Hydrogen Road Tour in Billerica, Mass., where the first hydrogen fueling station in the state was opened. A caravan of vehicles is currently participating in the two-week cross-country trek of hydrogen-powered vehicles that will end in Los Angeles.

Tags: News, martin lamonica, hydrogen, hybrids, green, environment, global warming, eco

Videos 2008-08-27

Additional Resources

Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient

RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, gasoline engine, disk, diesel, combustion, turbine, battery

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

2010 Infiniti QX56

Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...

Tags: Infiniti QX56

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Can anybody here play this game?

Socialist control over breathing...When people are out of work because they cannotafford to drive to work, use electricity I amsure everyone is going to be in financial ruinfrom lies and Oboma CZAR controlled fiasco.RE: Can anybody here play this game?Global Warming is little more than Solar Flare activity... even the...

Tags: Sun SPOT, carbon dioxide, global warming, game

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

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

Carwatchers watching Tokyo

ZDNet is now a car news site?Harry, where is IT in this blog? As a reminder"ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers the best tech news, and resources for IT hardware, software, networking and services."So Harry, I have 4 questions for...

Tags: Blogging, car, blog

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

Fuel efficient cars? Hyrbids run over competition.

Link to a Link to a LinkHow many links much I go to to see the !@#$ing list?Seriously. I think the L.A. Times should get an "F" in site design and you should get an "F" for not linking directly to the list. American muscle - I will...

Tags: American Muscle, car

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Fuel efficient cars? Hyrbids run over competition.

Among 2010 model cars available in the U.S. the EPA says nine of the ten best for fuel efficiency are hybrids. Only the Smart Car from Daimler, with really just a two-person capacity, made it into the top ten. Prius again led the fleet. Others in top...

Tags: Car, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Ford finds its car sales hybridizing

Ford hybrids lift company's car sales in September, bucking industry slump. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Car, Ford Motor Co., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Alt wheels for fleet drivers

Alternative fuels and electric power trains are making a dent in corporate fleets, from heavy-duty hybrids to natural gas SUVs. by CNET News.com

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-06

(2009 Honda CR-Z production concept)

CR-ZLooks a whole lot like the old CRX, which was a great car to drive, and very economical. I just traded my 88 model in last month. Tranny was going, but still only spent $10.00 a month on gas, and normal maintenance.Not bad.One of my biggest gripes about hybrids thus...

Tags: Honda CR-Z, production concept, Honda CR-Z production concept, Honda Motor Co., car

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

(Photos: IDF's super-slim laptops)

How boring - no alternatives to touch pads?Why is the TrackPoint type of pointer no longer offered? Is it really that unpopular? I cannot stand touchpads due their "touchiness", vagueness, and encouragement to tap too hard which gives me hand and finger pains very much in keeping with...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, laptop computer, photograph, TrackPoint, Repetitive Stress Injury, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-26

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for  joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...

Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Car news from Frankfurt. Color it green.

CNET has a gallery of some of the new German-made cars debuting in Frankfurt this week. Hybrids, plug-ins, high efficiency cars. Here they come...eventually. Lexus LF. Photo courtesy CNET. There's now evidence that Toyota, maker of the top-selling hybrid Prius, has decided to...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Frankfurt, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move

NervousIntuit never merged their online product and their excellent Paytrust product, and now they are likely to screw up mint, which I liked as well. This does not bode well.I dislike having my financial info on the web.Must just be me, since all those Mint users don't seem concerned. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Inc., reported purchase, defensive move

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept revealed

The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept will debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show alongside the X6 and 7 Series hybrids. by CNET News.com

Tags: BMW AG, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-08-31

2010 Lexus HS250h

Photo gallery:2010 Lexus HS250hWhen we were introduced to Lexus' new hybrid, we were assured that the HS250h was more than just a Toyota Prius with premium price tag. For starters, this new dedicated hybrid luxury model features a larger 2.4-liter gasoline engine. Although the two hybrids have identical wheelbases, the...

Tags: Eco Mode, Normal-Mode, Lexus HS250h, Lexus, Lexus HS, gasoline engine

Product reviews 2009-08-28