Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Angl...
Toyota woes mount as Prius recall considered Deccan Chronicle Toyota woes mount as Prius recall considered | Damage to Toyota's image is growing by the day with the automaker now considering a U.S. and Japanese recall of Prius hybrids — the vehicle that's a symbol of its technological prowess and green car ambitions. | The beleaguered automaker faces probes ...
Toyota recall: Submit questions for Digg live with Toyota CEO Jim Lentz 11am ET The Examiner | Jim Lentz will answer questions about the Toyota recall on Digg AP Photo/Ariel Schalit | At 11am EST on Monday, February 8, Jim Lentz, Toyota's President and Chief Operating Officer of Toyota Motor Sales, USA will answer questions about...
Report: Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses Seattle Times TOKYO - | Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will notify the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, a news report said. | The recall of the gas-electric Prius will cover cars that went on sale since ...
German artists attach GPS device to Google Street View car - hilarity ensues The Guardian | Sticking a GPS track on the Street View car is the way to find out where it is... | Google's Street View car being tracked in Germany by a GPS device | Want to know where the Google Street View car is? In the UK, there was a collaborative effort to...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends Seattle Times WASHINGTON - | Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the Ameri...
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Problems at Toyota, JAL taint Japan Inc.'s image Seattle Times TOKYO - | Toyota is the latest Japanese corporate icon making headlines for all the wrong reasons. | News of the automaker's massive vehicle recalls over faulty gas pedals in the U...
Mercedes plans green-car 'attack' on BMW The Providence Journal | Daimler AG, the world's second largest maker of luxury vehicles, plans to challenge Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's leadership by rolling out new technology and models that reduce ...
Mercedes-Benz catches on fire and explodes The Examiner | Watching the Mercedes-Benz CL 500 burn to the frame and explode twice while on fire is a very sad sight. Even the highest safety technology can't prevent the worse from happening...
The fall of mighty Toyota The Times | It should have been a great time to be running a great company. Last June, Akio Toyoda won his heart's desire and took the top job at Toyota, the car giant that had been founded by his grandfather in pre-war Japan. | Toyota had overtaken General Mo...
Seconds out - it's the clash of the Audi A8 and the Mercedes S-class The Times | Tom Ford: Audi has overtaken Mercedes. The A8 is the ultimate super-saloon | No matter how much you respect the Mercedes S-class for the weight of technological advancement that it has managed to sneak into real life over the years, you can't deny ...
Reports: Toyota decides to recall Prius in Japan Seattle Times TOKYO - | Toyota has decided to issue a recall for the Prius in Japan, media reports said Sunday, as the company told dealers in the United States it is preparing to repair the brakes on thousands of the hybrid vehicles there. It was unclear whether ...
Toyota Is to Extend Recall to 2010 Prius Model Cars The New York Times | TOKYO - Toyota plans to recall at least 311,000 of its 2010 Prius hybrid models after receiving a flurry of complaints about the vehicle's brakes, a person briefed on the decision said Sunday. | The decision is to be announced early this week, this person said. It comes after Toyota's recall of about 8 million cars worldwide over gas pedals that ...
Audi's woes may foreshadow tough times The Boston Globe | FRANKFURT - Volkswagen's Audi luxury brand spent 15 years rebuilding US sales after sudden-acceleration incidents in the 1980s almost wiped out demand, a possible sign of the difficult times faces. | Audi's US deliveries plunged 83 percent by 1991 from their peak in 1985 following recalls of the German automaker's 5000 sedan. A class-action lawsu...
