Category Archives: Technology

Making Coke boMaking Coke bottles from sugar cane

By doris | Published: March 7, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com Coca-Cola has won praise for an initiative that significantly cut water usage at its more than 900 plants around the world. But there’s another major sustainability project at Coke. Instead of focusing on Coke’s bottling plants, this one aims to make Coke bottles out of plants.

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IPad cuts ‘dramatically’ into laptop PC sales

By doris | Published: March 3, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Tablets aren’t killing personal computers yet, but they’re making consumers think twice before buying a laptop. Tech consultancy Gartner on Thursday lowered its PC shipment forecast for 2011 and 2012. The company said soaring tablet sales will result in far fewer notebook and netbook sales over the [...]

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A $7,500 electric car discount scares dealers

By doris | Published: February 4, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — In an effort to put 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015, the Obama administration has proposed a plan that would put up to $7,500 directly in the hands of car buyers without having them jump through any tax hoops. Plug-in car advocates love the [...]

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Renewable energy without Uncle Sam’s help

By doris | Published: January 25, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — At a solar power company in downtown San Francisco, Edward Fenster plans on doubling his workforce to 8,000 people in the next year. Fenster is chief executive of SunRun, a company that puts solar panels on residential rooftops.

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Toyota shows off new family of Prius hybrids

By doris | Published: January 10, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com DETROIT — Toyota Motor Corp unveiled Monday a family of Prius models with two new additions to its iconic hybrid series due to hit U.S. showrooms over the next 18 months. Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, has dominated the gasoline-electric hybrid market since putting the first Prius on the road in [...]

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Inventor sees a bright future for DogLight

By doris | Published: December 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS ANGELES — Jackie Simoni is a computer geek turned inventor of a special light to make dogs safer after dark. Now, she’s also a government contractor. Simoni invented PupLight six years ago. She came up with the idea of a light that attaches to a collar while fumbling with a [...]

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Nissan Leaf: 99 miles per gallon

By doris | Published: November 23, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Nissan Leaf electric car will get the equivalent of 99 miles per gallon according to its official EPA fuel economy label rating. Since the Leaf uses electricity and not gasoline for fuel, the EPA had to create an “mpg-equivalent” rating. Ninety-nine miles a gallon would make [...]

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PayPal dives into mobile payments

By doris | Published: October 27, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — PayPal’s online payment service is ramping up its focus on smartphones. Right now, it’s tough for mom-and-pop outfits to easily accept mobile payments. PayPal hopes to bridge that gap with a new project called “Titanium+Commerce,” announced Tuesday at a company conference.

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Indian officials to meet to decide BlackBerry ban

By doris | Published: August 30, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com MUMBAI, India – Indian authorities are scheduled to meet Monday evening to decide whether to ban some BlackBerry services in India, one day ahead of a government-imposed deadline for the device’s maker Research In Motion Ltd. to give security agencies access to encrypted data. Home Secretary G.K. Pillai will meet officials [...]

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Carmakers agree to make electric cars noisier

By doris | Published: May 20, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Automakers and advocates for the blind have agreed on a plan to address an unintended problem caused by electric and hybrid cars: They endanger sight-impaired and distracted pedestrians because they make no noise when running on electric power. The groups joined together to present Congress with a [...]

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Microsoft to investigate child labor accusations

By doris | Published: April 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SEATTLE – Microsoft says it will investigate reports of poor working conditions at a factory in southern China that makes some of its products. A nonprofit that looks into the treatment of foreign workers by U.S. companies published a report Tuesday detailing long working hours, low pay, insufficient food and few [...]

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GM unveils tiny, futuristic concept car

By doris | Published: March 25, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com SHANGHAI – It’s not quite as foldable as the space vehicle that cartoon figure George Jetson pops into his briefcase as he bops into the office. But the EN-V concept car, GM’s “automobile solution” for the future, just might fit into an apartment foyer. General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC [...]

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Barbie’s latest career: computer engineer

By doris | Published: February 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – Hard-working Barbie is adding two more careers to her long resume — news anchor and computer engineer. The two new ventures for the world’s most popular fashion doll were chosen for the first time by the public, who cast more than 500,000 votes to select Barbie’s 125th and [...]

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Boeing says 747-8 freighter to make first flight

By doris | Published: February 7, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com SEATTLE – Boeing Co.’s giant 747-8 freighter should make its first flight Monday after performing well on taxi tests and reaching a top speed of about 103.5 mph, the company said. At 250 feet long, the plane is the largest Boeing has ever built and about 18 feet longer than the [...]

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