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Comment Re:My plan for improving the world's fuel consumpt (Score 1) 1114

by Netochka on Monday October 13, 2008 @03:58AM (#25352343) Attached to: Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving?

It's totally true! Although I normally try and drive semi-efficiently and not push the car too much, the fact is that I'm often in a rush and will accelerate fast to get in front of other cars, etc. etc. But with my new prius with a fuel economy display I'm always driving nice and easily trying to up that mileage rating! Every time the average for the whole trip goes up I'm very proud. :)

Intel To Lay Off 1000 Managers 291

Posted by Zonk on Thursday July 13, 2006 @05:27PM from the cutting-the-fat dept.

sprash writes to mention a Forbes article about an Intel cost-cutting measure. In response to stiff competition from AMD, the company is laying off 1000 managerial positions. From the article: "In April, Intel reported a 38 percent drop in first-quarter profit as demand slackened for PCs and microprocessors from AMD continued to steal market share. That same month, Chief Executive Paul Otellini vowed to spend the next 90 days identifying underperforming business groups and cost inefficiencies in an effort to save the company $1 billion a year. He said he planned to make changes as his analysis progressed, rather than waiting until the end of his review."

Nintendo Learns from Mistakes with GameCube 315

Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 25, 2006 @04:41PM from the a-company-that-learns-is-no-company-at-all dept.

kukyfrope writes "Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's Executive VP of Sales and Marketing, talks about what went wrong with GameCube and how Nintendo will not make the same mistakes when launching Wii. Reggie admits that the initial software lineup for the GameCube was simply not 'diverse and strong enough from a first and third-party perspective,' and by Nintendo's showing at E3 2006, the Wii will launch with a wide variety of games for may types of gamers."

Honda Robot Controlled By Brain Waves 137

Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 25, 2006 @02:29PM from the my-cybernetic-army-thanks-you-in-advance dept.

Dotnaught writes "Honda researchers to have developed a way to control robots using human brain waves. Using brain signals read from a person in a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, a robotic hand mirrored the movement of the human controller, spreading its fingers and making a 'V' sign."

Ticketmaster to Start Online Ticket Auction 390

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday May 23, 2006 @12:34AM from the getting-scalped-from-your-couch dept.

Jason1729 writes "According to the NY Times, ticketmaster is going to begin auctioning off the best tickets to events online. They claim it's to eliminate scalping, but in truth it guarantees every seat will be scalped for the highest price with all the money going to ticketmaster. It also eliminates the possibility of getting a decent seat by waiting in line or being lucky."

Elephants Dream Creator Talks to Wikinews 86

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 22, 2006 @03:31AM from the artists-sharing-their-art dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Three days after the Internet release of the free content 3D short Elephants Dream, Wikinews exchanged e-mails with Ton Roosendaal about the reaction to the film, open source filmmaking, and the changes to Blender that resulted from the production."

New Congressional Bill Makes DMCA Look Tame 895

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday April 24, 2006 @04:25AM from the things-that-make-you-go-hmmm dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Representative Lamar Smith is sponsoring the Intellectual Property Protection Act. The new bill is designed to give the Justice Department 'tools to combat IP crime' which which are used to 'quite frankly, fund terrorism activities,' according to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Among the provisions is lowering the standards for 'willful copyright violation' and increasing the corresponding prison term to 10 years." More information is also available at publicknowledge.org.

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