TOKYO -( Dow Jones )- Pioneer Corp. (6773.TO) said Wednesday it will not make a share dividend payment for the fiscal first half ending Sept. 30. The Japanese company, which last year pulled out of the plasma television display business to concentrate on car electronics, has been trying to turn itself around after years of losses. It has been raising funds to develop in-vehicle electronics by, among other methods, issuing new shares to companies like Honda Motor Co. (7267.TO). The company said it will decide whether to pay a year-end dividend at a later date. Pioneer also did not pay an interim dividend in the last fiscal year. Copyright © 2010 Dow Jones Newswires |
We’ve seen a great number of cool Google logos throughout the years, but today’s doodle, available on the U.S. version of Google’s search engine, is one of the most intriguing yet. The logo is animated,… |
If you are a fan of exotic cars, you may know that the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the current fastest car in the world with a top speed of 268mph. That is crazy fast for a production car and that... |
It wasn't until the advent of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer or IBEX, a NASA spacecraft launched in October 2008, that scientists have been able to see what the human eye cannot: the first-ever images of an electromagnetic crash scene in space. They can now witness how some of the solar wind's charged particles are being neutralized by gas escaping from Earth's atmosphere. |
“Rupert Murdoch To Launch New National Newspaper”. As headlines go, that’s up there with “DeLorean To Unveil New ‘Gull-Wing’ Car”, “Freddy Laker Reveals Trans-Atlantic Airline Plans” and “Charge! says Light Brigade” - reading it, you assume either there’s been some kind of historical glitch in your RSS reader or that someone is making a wry joke about extreme business hubris. Surely no-one, not even a dyed-in-the-wool newspaperman like Murdoch, would be stupid enough to launch a new national title in the current climate. But no - the story’s true , albeit with a technological twist that makes the move sound only 1% less suicidal: Murdoch’s new paper (launcing 'by the end of the year') will be available only on tablets like the iPad. And readers will have to pay to view it. Oh, Rupert, you crazy old... |
Yes, these are hands-on photos a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport on the pages of CrunchGear. I think that means we’ve made it. You’ll recall that the car is now, officially, the fastest production car in the world, having recently been driven around a track in Germany at speeds of up to 267.8 mph. Top Gear [...] |
Shop4Tech.com offers this Universal GPS Car Mount Holder for $4.69. Apply coupon code 'VG15' to drop it to $3.99. With free shipping, it ties our mention from two weeks ago as the lowest total price... |
Lotus is building the Type 125 F1 car in series production, offering it for sale. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog |
Why can some people sleep through noises like a honking car or flushing toilet, while others are awakened by the lightest sound? A new sleep study offers some answers. |
Wipeout Goes Corrugated On This Cardboard Race Track Beersavers: You Know, For Beers AISoy 1: A Spanish Furby Show Your True Allegiance With The Trek Fish Car Emblem Video: Solar-powered Electric Bike |
Stress may cause harm in the long run, but it can also trigger an immediate survival reaction for fence lizards when they encounter the painful stings of fire ants. |
CNET Car Tech reviews the 2011 Ford Fiesta sedan. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog |
By THOMAS WATKINS 2010-07-31T03:11:56Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker was hurled into the street, car windows were shattered and a survivor had his hair singed in the inferno.... |
A few months back, we wrote a bit about Matt Ridley's new book called The Rational Optimist . I still haven't had a chance to read the book, but reader sehlat points us to an essay that Ridley has written for Reason Magazine that is adapted from the book, which is an absolute must read, on how innovation occurs . Many of the points won't surprise regular readers of Techdirt, since it talks about concepts and studies that we've discussed many times before. For example, it discusses some of the same research we recently wrote about how government funding of basic science research often does more harm than good for innovation. It also explains how money is often not a key ingredient in innovation. It's helpful, yes, but not the key ingredient. There's a nice bit on the fact, as discussed time and... |
Audi unveiled its new A7 Sportback model, a luxury car equivalent to its A8 model. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog |
This week’s episode of Speaking Of… (video below) features the founder/CEO of Halcyon Molecular, William Andregg. Andregg grew up in Arizona. There's a song by The Orb called Little Fluffy Clouds that describes the light-pollution-free Arizonan sky quite perfectly, with amazing clouds, sunsets and stars. Most Arizonans - at some point in their lives - will lay on the hood of their car and gaze towards the grandness of those fluffy clouds and the Milky Way, but most probably won't come to the same conclusions that William did about it all. |
Tail-balancing 'thermos' jet outclasses Eurofighter Farnborough This week the Reg flying car, killer robot and general military crazytech desk has been attending the Farnborough Airshow. One of the show's highlights this year is the reappearance of the US F-22 Raptor ultrafighter, previously seen publicly in the UK for just one brief Monday display at Farnborough '08.… |
The British team hoping to drive a car faster than 1,000mph unveils a full-scale model of the vehicle at the Farnborough air show. |
US auto giant General Motors broke ground in Shanghai on Monday on a research facility that will develop electric cars, lightweight materials and alternative fuel technology for China and the world. |
CNET Car Tech reviews the 2010 Lexus ES 350. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog |
Palo Alto electric-car maker Tesla Motors and Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor confirmed today that they're working on building an electric-powered version of Toyota's RAV4 crossover-utility vehicle. |
Earlier today, Joel Johnson wrote an interesting post on Gizmodo simply titled ' You Are Not Your Phone .' It reads sort of like a modern day existential rant with the ultimate point being: we don't cater to fanboys, we tell it like it is, so shut up, it's just a phone. It's thought-provoking. It immediately reminded me of some of Tyler Durden's philosophy from Fight Club . In the film version, at one point Durden goes on a rant: You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. ' The things you own, end up owning you ,' Durden says at another point. Johnson's overall point isn't dissimilar. ' Remember these fuckers [the phones] work for us ,' Johnson notes early on. But I'm not... |
By KEN THOMAS 2010-07-03T03:00:57Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-fetched notion a reality.... |
Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-flung notion a reality. |
A new academic study found that even brief exposure to ultrafine pollution particles near a freeway is potent enough to boost the allergic inflammation that exacerbates asthma. |
A day after Tesla Motors' debut on the Nasdaq, the Palo Alto electric-car maker's stock motored higher again Wednesday, climbing as high as $30.42, then shifted into reverse to close at $23.83, down 6 cents, or 0.3 percent. |
A small plane that can land at airports, fold its wings and be driven away as if it were a regular car recently received Federal Aviation Administration approval for added weight. |
Even though urban cyclists face hazards such as exposure to car exhaust and the risk of traffic accidents, it's still far healthier to park the car and get on a bike. The health of the individual cyclists may improve as they drive less and exercise more, and the resulting reduction in exhaust emissions will benefit the entire community, according to a study published online June 30 ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). |
Tesla has priced its IPO at $17 per share, above the previously expected range of $14-$16, to raise $226 million. Tesla's IPO on the Nasdaq under the symbol TSLA today could deliver the largest public debut for a U.S. car company since Ford Motor. |
Today only, ThingFling.com offers this Universal USB Car and Wall Adapter 10-Pack for $9.99 plus $6 for shipping. That's tied with a deal from a week ago and is the lowest total price we could find for a 10-pack of these combination adapters. (For comparis... |
