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- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybrids
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybridsDon't forget the VW 'Clean Diesel' Tech!The '09 Jetta is available with VW's new 'Clean Diesel' TDI engine. I traded in my '04 TDI for an '09 model. What a step up in power and comfort!50 MPG at 55...
- Tags: car, Clean Diesel, TDI, Holiday Gift Guide 2008, minivan, SUV
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybrids
- The auto industry may be in a tizzy, but that doesn't mean you can't get a great deal on a new vehicle. And who doesn't love a little holiday cheer in the form of a four-wheel gift? Here are 2008's best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and...
- Tags: Car, Page, SUV, Honda Motor Co., Minivan, Manufacturer, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Super-green minivans are possible today
- Super-green minivans are possible todayMeanwhile...Al Gore still pays 30K per year in electricity bills alone...Super greenWhen Detroit talks of variable valve timing, they mean variable cam timing. When they finally adopt fully adaptable variable valve timing where each valve is individually controllable by the on board computer, then we...
- Tags: Corporate governance, minivan
- Discussion threads 2007-03-03
- Super-green minivans are possible today
- According to the Mercury News, the Union of Concerned Scientists UCS has designed a super-green minivan. The Vanguard is a vehicle concept that could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent and exceed Californias 2016 global warming standards. This minivan, which only exists as a computer simulation, would use existing...
- Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment
- Blog posts 2007-03-03
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- Variquest proves it's OK to use paper sometimes
- Regular readers will know that I'm a pretty big tree hugger. I'm not quite as militant as my wife, but anywhere I can use technology to eliminate the use of paper, conserve resources, or otherwise migrate educational "stuff" whatever that might be online, I'm there. Thus,...
- Tags: Poster, Education, Graphics, Teacher, Printing, Variquest, Bumper Sticker, Printers, Document Management, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- (Tesla S electric sedan unveiled--photos)
- (Tesla S electric sedan unveiled--photos)Agreed!!I work with Real Estate people and some of the bankers that 'made it all possible.' Most of these people are just straight retarded. Bailout implies that someone fucked up and needs help. Stop giving them private coporate jets and $150,000 lunch buffets and start...
- Tags: Tesla S, car, electric sedan, Tesla, sedan, photograph
- Discussion threads 2009-03-27
- 2009 Chevrolet Traverse
- Photo gallery:2009 Chevrolet Traverse LTZAt first glance, the 2009 Chevrolet Traverse looks like just another SUV, albeit with surprisingly smooth body work. But the Traverse is actually intended as a crossover, its unibody design and independent suspension delivering a more comfortable ride than a truck-based SUV and a downsized engine...
- Tags: Chevrolet Traverse, Chevrolet, navigation system
- Product reviews 2009-01-06
- Touchscreen Asus Eee PC available for UK preorder
- Touchscreen Asus Eee PC available for UK preorderNice for a small kioskbut I can't think of a reason why someone would want this for mainstream usage, either at home or work. I mean it's not even a tablet, and that's a niche product.Very interested to see the final specsI don't...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Linux, Tablets, Notebooks, Touchscreen Asus Eee PC, touch screen
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- 2009 Mazda MAZDA5 Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:2009 Mazda5 Grand TouringIt seemed like everyone who we spoke to about Mazda's Mazda5 said the same thing: "It's a mini-minivan." As cheesy as that sounds, there isn't really a better way to describe what Mazda has created with the Mazda5. As fuel prices soar and its full-size MPV...
- Tags: GPS, Mazda5 Grand Touring, Mazda Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-09-29
- Don't bet big on green
- Don't bet big on greenYou point out that the IQ normal curve skews left?I know the problem well - I don't know of a good answer. Sorry.Oil is being developedBrazil's large offshore deposits and Kazakhstan's already proven, and old, reserves of both oil and gas.I agreeFor one...
- Tags: Free trade, NPV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- 2008 Honda Odyssey Touring
- Photo gallery:2008 Honda OdysseyAlthough Honda claims a major update for its 2008 Honda Odyssey minivan, the results look to us like a minor facelift, just a little work around the eyes and mouth but the same old body. The front of the car exhibits some modern touches around the headlights...
- Tags: Odyssey, Honda Motor Co., navigation system
- Product reviews 2008-07-16
- Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses
- Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...
- Tags: Car, Stock, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Wall, Sales Strategy, Mortgages, Sales Force Management, Construction, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- 2008 Infiniti M45X
- Photo gallery:2008 Infiniti M45xWhen you think big, comfortable sedans with cutting-edge tech, you look for a price range around $80,000 to $100,000 and think models such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7-series, and Lexus LS. But then here comes the 2008 Infiniti M45x with all the tech those other cars...
- Tags: Infiniti, Mph, Infiniti M45X
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?
- Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?Don't PanicSomeone should write "A Hitchiker's Guide to the Fake Oil Crisis."American's are freaking out because we cannot drive our monster SUV's from the distant suburbs each day to work. Two SUV families where mom and dad each take one over 30...
- Tags: Gas Prices, SUV, government, Sure China
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Reports of Windows' demise are greatly exaggerated
- Reports of Windows' demise are greatly exaggeratedImportant distinctionsLet us please distinguish between the end of Microsoft's market presence and the end of Microsoft's ability to dictate to the market.The lifecycle of empires is well-established, and the collapse of Imperial power never follows the collapse of Imperial presence; it is, always,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- 2009 Dodge Journey
- Photo gallery:2009 Dodge Journey R/T AWDCrossover vehicles are all the rage. There is nary a midsize sedan on the market that isn't in line to be redesigned as a small wagon or SUV loaded with family-friendly options and sold as a minivan substitute. Into this fray comes the 2009...
- Tags: MyGIG
- Product reviews 2008-04-03
- Economy, DVD sales slip drove Warner Bros. to Blu-ray
- Economy, DVD sales slip drove Warner Bros. to Blu-raycharging outrageous prices for blue ray is not going to helpConventional wisdom tells that during hard times people go for the cheapest things. Since HD DVD is about half the price of blue ray, one should wonder if there was some...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, Sony Corp., sales, DVD, HD-DVD, DVD player, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Was there life before cell phones?
- I'm old enough to remember a time when cell phones were a novelty, not a ubiquitous form of communication. However, a post on Slashdot reveals that there are enough cell phones in operation to provide one for every two humans on earth. 3.3 billion phones definitely counts as...
- Tags: Phone, Japan, Mobile, Cell Phone, Mobile Device, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT
- Photo gallery:2008 Dodge Grand CaravanWe were a little less than enthusiastic when a minivan appeared on our review schedule, but the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan makes us seriously question our bias. Sure, it still looks like a minivan, and our smiles and winks at a cute girl in a convertible...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, photograph, MyGig, Grand Caravan
- Product reviews 2007-10-01
- Time: early electric car one of 50 worst of all "time"
- Time: early electric car one of 50 worst of all "time"I saw "Who Killed the Electric Car?"I saw the documentry, "Who Killed the Electric Car" last month on one of the HBO channels. The few people who drove them praised the vehicles and wanted to keep the cars. GM just...
- Tags: Fuel cells, General Motors Corp., electric car
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
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