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Photos: Play that funky music, VW owner

Customers who purchase or lease a designated Volkswagen model from the new line will get a customized electric guitar.

Tags: Volkswagen AG, VW, music

Image galleries 2006-10-04

2007 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T

Volkswagen definitely has a hit on its hands with the 2007 Passat Wagon. We really liked the updated styling, which was redone for 2006 (remember the boxy cars VW used to make?). The front grille and headlights both have a particularly modern appearance, and things look just as good from...

Tags: Passat, Volkswagen AG

Product reviews 2006-05-23

Bots bring in the Fahrvergnugen

Peek inside Volkswagen's German manufacturing hub, where bots build new VWs and big profits.

Tags: Volkswagen AG, VW, bot, manufacturing

Image galleries 2005-11-30

Bots bring in the Fahrvergnugen

Peek inside Volkswagen's German manufacturing hub, where bots build new VWs and big profits.

Tags: Volkswagen AG, VW, bot, manufacturing

Image galleries 2005-11-30

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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

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?Chapter 11! Chapter 11! Can they hear me?Burn GM burn, your cars suck, your business plans suck, your management sucks, your inability to cut expenses suck. Stop begging for handouts and fix your own problems. GM is not the US economy, we have bigger...

Tags: Australian Federal Government, General Motors Corp., car, MPG

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

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

iPhone update kills 12 security bugs

Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Photos: Volkswagen and Audi diesel SUVs

Volkswagen got a lot of mileage out of its 3-liter turbocharged V-6 diesel engine at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. It appeared in the Touareg TDI and the Audi Q5 TDI, signaling Volkswagen's launch of diesel SUVs in the U.S. Also on hand was the much more powerful Volkswagen...

Tags: SUV, Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-11-20

VW model gets "Green Car of the Year" in Los Angeles

VW model gets "Green Car of the Year" in Los AngelesThe US needs to take a lesson from the Europeans and switch over to diesel.ntRE: VW model getsOur family loves our 2006 Jetta TDI. Most of the time we get between 42 - 46 mpg, and on long trips we...

Tags: VW

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

VW model gets "Green Car of the Year" in Los Angeles

The winning Jetta. Courtesy: CBS Interactive It is a VW diesel that won the award. Specifically: VW Jetta TDI. The LA Award winner was chosen by "Green Car Journal." There was a Ford Fusion in the competition. The little...

Tags: Car, VW, Diesel, Jetta TDI, TDI, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Detroit automakers have little to be thankful for

But they do have a little time to pull their drumsticks out of the oven. Today the Democrats in Congress gave the U.S. auto industry until December 2nd to come up with a proposal acceptable to Congress and the current White House occupant. You gotta ask...

Tags: Detroit, U.S. Congress, Merry Chiristmas, Branding, Manufacturing, Government, Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Business "Much More Predictable" In Past Two Months, NetSuite Says

Sales of its online business software froze in the last two days of September, NetSuite chief financial officer Jim McGeever told the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference Wednesday. But, in the last two months, the flow of deals for its "software as a service" suite has become "much more...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Management, Software, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-19

SAP Trimming Head Count, "Can't Rule Out" Layoffs

Since the world's economic crisis began in September, SAP AG has adopted a "we do not hire, we do not replace" employment policy. The early results are in. And when you exclude acquisitions (see Business Objects, January 2008), there is one area of the world where...

Tags: Layoff, SAP AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar

The discussion of whether Steve Jobs could revitalize the auto industry by working with GM on an iCar (Steve Jobs For President. Of GM?) has been lively. But the bottom line question remains: What should that iCar be? Let's leave aside what the...

Tags: Steve Jobs, General Motors Corp., iCar, RSS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Cut the crap. Stop the off-gassing of the cows. Sure, but how?

A French cow in The Camargue. Doing what cows everywhere are known to do. Methane is being emitted daily by cows and horses across this land, pigs too. Manure's another problem. But it could also be a solution. Right now the...

Tags: Industry, Livestock, Cow, Methane, Manure, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Steve Jobs for President. Of GM?

The old joke went something like this: If auto manufacturers improved their products as much and as fast as American designers and makers of microelectronics have theirs,  a car today would be capable of speeds in excess of 1,000 miles an hour, go 650 miles on a gallon of gas,...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Car, General Motors Corp., Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-12

These are individuals, not just consumers, on the Web

These are individuals, not just consumers, on the WebWrong!The way businesses use the Internet is totally different than ordinary home users. Your business use may not be but my company's use of the Internet is completely different than when I go home and use the Internet. And my daughter's use...

Tags: INTERNET, Channel management, Volkswagen Beetle, INTERNET IS, Web

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?

The Dynabook. Source: A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages, Alan Kay, XEROX PARC 1968. November 5th, 2008 was the 40th anniversary since computer scientist Alan Kay devised the "Dynabook", a theoretical computing device which was aimed toward higher education and...

Tags: Device, Student, Alan Kay, Dynabook, E-books, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-09

Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?

This week's Web 2.0 Summit was characterized by some very big picture ideas culminating in final keynote speaker former US vice president Al Gore laying out his vision for a 'Unified National Smart Grid': a new, state of the art integrated electrical infrastructure for the...

Tags: Web, Vision, Al Gore, Grid, Web 2.0 Summit, Michael Wesch, Web 2.0, Transportation, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-08