Andy Grove, the former chairman of Intel, has made it his mission to trumpet the virtue and urgent necessity of plug-in vehicles. "The drumbeat of the electrical transportation is accelerating like nothing I've ever seen in my life," he said. He's not only working to encourage development of new cars, but also to encourage the practice of retrofitting old cars with new engines. 9 Jul 2008
But there is a problem. It seems the rising popularity of the slim and sleek devices has not been good for the environment. 8 Jul 2008
The Toyota Prius will reportedly soon sport solar panels to feed the hybrid vehicle's power supply. While solar energy is free and clean, it's only enough to help out a little with the car's AC system, not power its engine. Critics say Toyota might be wiser to direct its research and development toward plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 8 Jul 2008
iTunes still dominates the digital music sales landscape, but now rivals are offering services that compete with - and sometimes best - iTunes in selection, price, versatility and usability. With so many choices online, it makes sense for iTunes users to at least do some shopping around before they buy music. 7 Jul 2008
Two Birmingham, UK, businessmen are taking on the might of the iPod with a new audio and video player they hope will take the world by storm. 4 Jul 2008
There are several myths floating around about master data management. One myth involves the belief that the definition of MDM is that it is a way to manage enterprise data about a company's customers, products and other information assets. This definition is - at best - imprecise, says DataFlux CEO Tony Fisher. 3 Jul 2008
Sony announced a crop of new features and functionalities for the PlayStation 3 on Monday. 2 Jul 2008
Building on its camera phone heritage, and with the aim to enable consumers around the world to capture and share photos or videos, Sony Ericsson has announced the launch of its two new camera phones, the C905 Cyber-shot and S302 Snapshot. 1 Jul 2008
The major players have overseen a consolidation of the business intelligence market, but few viable options are available for small and medium-sized businesses. There is a shuffle to provide for this unmet need, and solutions appear to be on the way, writes Shadan Malik, CEO of iDashboards. 30 Jun 2008
US - Dell on Thursday introduced a new, colorful laptop line aimed at artistic and creative consumers. 30 Jun 2008
Candy bar maker Mars is working with IBM and the United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to apply their scientific experience and computing resources to sequence and analyse the entire cocoa genome. 27 Jun 2008
The price of oil and the disruptive force of a changing energy infrastructure is touching nearly every corner of the world's economy, and that includes CRM. Get ready for fewer face-to-face meetings and even more reliance on technology and over-the-Web interactions. 25 Jun 2008
A British voice-recognition firm is rolling out back-end software to accompany its voice payment system that's been on the market for just over a year. Voice Commerce Group added Voice Transact to its Voice Pay system. The system verifies a caller's identity using his voice signature, which can be used to pay for goods, transfer funds or withdraw cash. 24 Jun 2008
Car manufacturers and electronics makers join forces to meet demand for ‘green' batteries. 23 Jun 2008
In the current context of soaring turbine prices, supply bottlenecks and record wind farm valuations, carefully crafted entry strategies are key to growing profitable and competitive wind portfolios. 23 Jun 2008
They're hip, hot and everywhere on the planet. But despite a drumbeat about mobile phones being the new frontier in the ad world, marketers have been slow to dial it up, particularly in the USA. That's in part because creating a mobile strategy and message remain a challenge. 20 Jun 2008
With food prices having risen dramatically in recent months, Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa on Wednesday, 18 June 2008, emphatically ruled out the use of maize as a crop source for biofuels. 19 Jun 2008
E-mail marketing is fast, cheap - and a big mystery. There are very few tools at the marketer's disposal to gauge a campaign's success. Blogger Ron Shevlin, a senior analyst at Aite Group, contends it doesn't have to be that way, and suggests one possible e-marketing feedback mechanism. 19 Jun 2008
You've assembled your team of top tech support ninjas. You've talked to every department in the company, made the necessary compromises, and won them over to your side. Now it's time to face your customers with your new and improved help desk, writes Journyx's Randy Miller. 19 Jun 2008
To call anything a 2.0 version - be it Enterprise 2.0, CRM 2.0 or Web 2.0 - is to imply that the new version is enhanced, extended and just plain better than 1.0. However, the problem with 2.0 is that it often breaks so far from 1.0 that it abandons what was good about 1.0. 18 Jun 2008
