TOKYO, Dec. 3 (Kyodo) — Japan’s new auto sales edged down 0.4 percent in November from a year earlier to 393,942 units, due partly to the end of the government subsidy program for the purchase of environmentally friendly cars, industry bodies said Monday. The decline was modest compared to a 5.7 percent drop the previous […]
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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 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 the […]
Time Warner boots up Wi-Fi hotspots, Starter Internet tier in K.C.
On the heels of Google’s launch of its “fiberhood” fiber-optic service a few weeks ago in Kansas City, Time Warner Cable is turning on free Wi-Fi hotspots for its subscribers and launching its low-cost Starter Internet tier in the area. Time Warner Cable rolled out its TWC WiFi service, which is free to subscribers with […]
In the media: Cox working on business services acquisition
When it comes to business services, Cox Communications was an early pioneer, but in order to keep pace with the competition, the nation’s third-largest cable operator is working on deals to buy business services companies with annual revenue of about $200 million. According to a story by Bloomberg, Cox could announce a deal over the […]
VeriSign wins ‘.com’ renewal, can’t hike prices
The U.S. government has cleared VeriSign to run the key directories that keep track of “.com” domain names for another six years, but the company won’t be allowed to raise prices without prior approval. Under a contract, which expires Friday, VeriSign was guaranteed four price increases of up to 7 percent each on domain name […]
Subaru Named 2012 Design Challenge Winner at LA Auto Show
Subaru Highway Automated Response Concept (SHARC) named 2012 Design Challenge winner at LA Auto Show LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Subaru Global Design wins the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge competition after the presentation of its SHARC (Subaru Highway Automated Response Concept) vehicle. As a futuristic model for 24-hour highway monitoring, […]
Mazda to Make New Plant in Mexico Export Base for Global Market
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29 (Kyodo) — Mazda Motor Corp. intends to turn a new plant to be built in Mexico into an export base for the global market, Mazda President Takashi Yamanouchi said Thursday. Yamanouchi said in an interview with Kyodo News that the automaker can have an advantage in terms of tariffs, when it […]
Chevrolet Unveils 2013 Sprint Cup Car
Chevrolet unveiled its 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup car Thursday. The matching Chevrolet SS passenger car, a new rear-wheel drive vehicle that will be available in showrooms in August, will be unveiled in February around the season-opening Daytona 500, when it will debut on the track. “As a passionate race fan, the debut of the SS […]
Digital addiction growing in South Korea
Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear. When the screen beams with a morning alarm, she wakes up, picks up her glasses and scrolls through tens of unread messages from friends, shaking off drowsiness. Throughout the day, the gadget is in her hands whether she is […]
Sigma Systems launches cloud-based SaaS platform
Sigma Systems announced this morning that its Sigma Cloud ServiceBroker is now generally available to cable operators and service providers around the world. The Cloud ServiceBroker platform manages telecommunications business services, including VoIP and broadband, as well as cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. Using Cloud ServiceBroker, service providers can extend SaaS offerings to their small- and […]