BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Kyodo) — Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday its new car sales in China fell 29.2 percent in November from a year earlier to 41,205 units, narrowing the margin of decline from 53.5 percent in October as it recovers from the fallout of anti-Japanese protests in China in September. Nissan Motor Co. said […]
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Couple Convicted of Stealing GM Trade Secrets
A former General Motors engineer with access to the automaker’s hybrid technology was convicted Friday along with her husband of stealing trade secrets for possible use in China. Shanshan Du won a transfer within GM in 2003 to be closer to the technology and then copied documents until she accepted a severance offer and left […]
Photos of the Day: NJ Bridge Causes Train to Derail
In this Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 file photo, officials work the scene of derailed freight train tank cars in Paulsboro, N.J. Residents of Paulsboro were ordered to stay inside and schools were closed Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, after unsafe levels of the chemical vinyl chloride were found in the air near where the train derailed […]
Alignment Problems on NJ Bridge Caused Derailment
A New Jersey bridge where a train derailed last week, releasing a hazardous chemical into the air, had a series of rail alignment problems leading up to the derailment, the National Transportation Safety Board’s top official said Monday. See the photos here. Some of the problems were reported the day before Friday’s derailment. NTSB chairman […]
TWC improves Wi-Fi system with WeFi tools
TWC’s WiFi service is using the WeFi Enhanced Access Network Discovery and Selection Function – WeANDSF, as if that’s any easier – to assure that its customers are always connected to the best wireless option available. The system monitors and evaluates all wireless contact points available to any given device, including wireless carrier (2G, 3G, […]
N.Y. appeals court skeptical about start-up’s live TV
A start-up company trying to defend the legality of how it sends live TV programming to laptop computers, iPhones and other mobile devices encountered a skeptical appeals court panel on Friday. Three judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed poised to reverse a lower court judge who in July reluctantly gave a […]
Study shows growth in second screen users
Television viewers were once called couch potatoes. Many are becoming more active while watching now, judging by the findings in a new report that illustrates the explosive growth in people who watch TV while connected to social media on smartphones and tablets. The Nielsen company said that one in three people using Twitter in June […]
Isis, USA Technologies trial NFC in vending machines
USA Technologies (USAT) today announced a partnership with Isis to enable up to 7,500 vending machines in Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City to accept mobile payments via USAT’s NFC-enabled ePort technology and ePort Connect service. According to a press release, the technology will work with the Isis Mobile Wallet, which is aimed at simplifying […]
Sony introduces ultra-high-definition video player
“The Amazing Spiderman,” ”Taxi Driver” and “The Karate Kid” are getting some real resolution. The new, restored and rebooted films from Sony Pictures are among the content coming pre-loaded on a video player bundled with Sony’s first ultra-high-definition television, a massive 84-inch set that retails for $24,999.99 and features nearly four times the resolution of […]
An innovation will attach patients’ electronic medical record to the foot of their hospital bed
Researchers from Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) are collaborating with the firm IonIDE to develop a system that will enable hospital patients who suffer some type of handicap to have access to digital entertainment and communication services by means of an intelligent terminal attached to their beds, which will also allow medical personnel to […]