Saab will unveil a preproduction version of its first electric vehicle at the Paris Motor Show later this month. The Saab 9-3 ePower is the prototype of a test fleet of 70 vehicles, which will undergo extensive field trials in Sweden next year.
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The New York Post is reporting today that Novell, the corporate entity behind SUSE Linux, “has reached a deal in principle to sell itself in two parts, and is three to four weeks away from signing a deal.” The paper cites sources “close to the process.”
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This article introduces GM’s Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V) concept vehicle, which integrates a broad range of ITS (intelligent transportation system) and cooperative mobility principles and technologies. According to GM, the zero-emission vehicle was designed to address six key mobility concerns facing residents of big cities: energy, environment, safety, congestion, parking, and affordability.
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Ocosmos unveiled a pocket-sized, multifunction, multimedia handheld running Windows 7 at an Intel Developer Forum keynote Tuesday in San Francisco. Among the first demonstrated handhelds to incorporate Intel’s new “Oak Trail” SoC (system-on-chip processor), the OCS1 boasts a 4.8-inch touch-screen, slide-out keyboard, WiFi, 3G, GPS, speaker, camera, web browsing, and PC-compatible peer-to-peer gaming.
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Who could resist? There we were at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), checking out D-Link’s soon-to-be-released Boxee Box STB (set top box), when who should show up but LeVar Burton, well known as “Geordi La Forge” of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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