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India's Nano to challenge global auto industry
News Tata commercially launches ultra-cheap small vehicle Nano, likely to be priced at US$2,000, paving way for India to play bigger role in global automotive market.
Tags: Product development and design, Budgeting/cost control, Cost control, India, auto company, SIAM, phone, Mumbai, R&D, industry
Fewer IT jobs in Asia this quarter
News At least one-fifth of region's IT and telecoms firms--and as high as 43 percent in Hong Kong--are set to reduce their hiring activities, finds new Hudson survey.
Tags: Recruiting, Trends, Asia, Headcount, Hong Kong, Singapore, auto company, Japan, job, China
Commentary: Prospecting for a wireless gold rush
News The wireless-communications world is locked into a gold rush with millions of dollars waiting for the companies that can develop commercially practical solutions to increase spectrum capacities and overall speed.
Auto battery maker Ener1 eyes grid storage
News Lithium ion battery company seeks to expand its auto business with government loan and grant programs while testing power grid energy storage with utilities.
Tags: Green IT, Battery, Manufacturing, Storage, auto company, Ener1, electric car, lithium-ion, lithium-ion battery, industry
Cars should be made greener, not cheaper
Blogs It was a long time coming, but the Tata Nano finally saw daylight this week when the US$2,230 car was officially launche...
China's BYD to bring electric cars to US in 2010
News Electric car company, part-owned by Warren Buffet, plans to enter the U.S. market next year and test an all-electric sedan aimed at raising brand awareness.
Tags: Green IT, Battery, Plug-in, electric car, lithium-ion, lithium-ion battery, China, U.S., brand, car
General Motors fights for place in broadband world
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GM's Hughes becomes technology hot potato
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GM's Hughes becomes technology prize
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US govt prepares to spend on clean energy
News As stimulus package moves ahead, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu intends to speed up process for loans, which are vital to commercializing new energy technologies.
Tags: Green IT, Government, Battery, Clean Technology, Department Of Energy, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Senate, Business Consulting, U.S., California
Sun to fork out US$1B for MySQL
News Sun Microsystems will pay US$1 billion to buy MySQL, the maker of a popular open source database.
Tags: Acquisitions, Database management, Databases, Open source
Google's Schmidt calls for more innovation, stronger infrastructure
News The CEO on Monday laid out broad policy proposals for Washington that include opening up the government and investing in infrastructure.
Tags: Innovation, Regulations, Google Inc., TV, Innovation, Government, Worker, YouTube Inc., Washington, Eric Schmidt
Ford, Oracle seek automakers for Net marketplace
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Saturn awards contract to build online network
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Chips aim to make passwords obsolete
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