Transformers are huge in China, and I don’t mean just the devices used to transfer energy between circuits. The alien robot car disaster movie may not have earned more money in China than the US (you can watch the movie free on Chinese web…
In a move to make its flagship hybrid Prius more affordable to a greater market, Toyota plans on introducing a new “standard” version in 2008 with a base price of $20,950
A strong second quarter by IAC saw a 78% increase in profits, mostly driven by assets sales and reduced costs.
The positive headline results did not flow through to the struggling 4th ranked search engine Ask.com, which saw a decline in revenues. The second quarter decline comes despite a $100 million Crispin, Porter + Bogusky advertising [...]
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These aren’t words TreeHugger has ever had the pleasure to put in the same sentence before: diesel, Honda, United States, 62.8 miles per gallon, the year 2010. Ahh, that feels good. If this report from CNET is to be believed, it’s all true: Honda plans to bring a clean-diesel Accord to the States by the year 2010, where it will get 62.8 mpg (on the highway, give or take) and pretty much kick ass.
The problem, mostly, to this point, has been that diesel engines produce and emit too much pollution to pass air-quality & emissions tests. That all started to change with the introdu…
Australian startup Tangler has created a next generation forum product that allows real-time discussions to occur without page refreshes. Their forum product is both synchronous and asynchronous – meaning it competes as much with Meebo (web based chat) as it does with existing forum applications. Users can also easily embed rich media into the discussion.
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Facebook is down, and has been so since at least 10 am PST. Anyone notice it down earlier than that? We’ve emailed the company for their comment.
Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0
Hot off the heels of a recent paper we covered linking rainfall patterns to human activity, a new Canadian-led study has established a definite link between anthropogenic influences since the early 20th century and increased precipitation across the Northern Hemisphere. Human activity accounted for “most of the observed increase in precipitation north of 50 degrees latitude, a region that includes Canada, Russia and Europe,” according to a statement released by the team of climate scientists.
In a study comparing 75 years of precipitation records from around the globe with predictions in al…
With all signs pointing to rising global temperatures and ever larger fires consuming our nation’s trees
According to a recent report in Forbes, the amount of driving we do back and forth is killing us…literally. From breathing air polluted with diesel particulates and other nasty pollutants to fatalities occurred in private automobiles, Forbes suggests that many of us are placing health far behind priorities such as McMansions, big box shopping, and congested commutes. Forbes compiled statistics from the America…
Well, that’s one way to get rid of those troublesome algae: use an underwater vacuum cleaner to suck them clear off the reefs. Biologists in Hawaii are using devices known as “Super Suckers” to eliminate tons of gorilla ogo, a species of invasive algae that is killing coral reefs, fouling beaches and smothering beds of sea grass. Invasive algae have long been considered a grave threat because of their ability to outcompete local algal communities and coral alike, allowing them to gradually take over the reefs and, in so doing, drastically reduce species diversity in the area.
Super Suckers are made up of a pump and a tube to su…