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Bay Area to get $1B electric car network; Tesla talks rapid-charge, swappable batteriesBetter Place, a company that aims to build a worldwide electric car charging infrastructure, has announced an agreement with the state of California to build a $1 billion network in the Bay Area. Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company is looking at rapid charge technology, and the possibili ... |
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Oil prices slump below $US50 a barrelThe price of oil sank below $US50 a barrel overnight. ... |
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20 and 22 inch ASUS Eee Top touchscreen PCs coming 1H 2009ASUS CEO Jerry Shen has revealed some more details of the company’s plans for the Eee Top all-in-one PC, which officially launched yesterday. Shen has previously suggested that the touchscreen desktop would be a ‘flagship product’ for 2009; now, he’s confirmed that 20- and 22-inch versions ... |
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Rolls-Royce to cut 2,000 jobsRolls-Royce plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs globally after reviewing the impact of the current economic “uncertainties”, the aerospace giant announced today. Approximately 140 of the job cuts will come in the UK. The firm said it had started consulting unions about the proposed job losses at its a ... |
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33% of connected users to have a MID by 2011; but what’s a MID?According to the Institute for Mobile Markets Research (IMMR), come Q3 2011, 33-percent of the people who currently own or use a cellphone, smartphone or PC will have bought a MID [pdf link]. That’s quite a statement, considering Mobile Internet Device sales have been less than impressive up un ... |
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Even more bad economic news: Jobless benefit claims hit 16 year highThis economic hole just keeps getting deeper and affecting more people:The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose by a larger than expected 27,000 last week to their highest level in 16 years, Labor Department data showed on Thursday, as a harsh economic environment force ... |



