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Half of GM Cars Will Be Green by 2012

@ Feb 09, 2008 11:10 PM 0 comments

General Motors is planning for half its cars in the United States to be running on ethanol by 2012, the Associated Press reported.

The report quoted GM North America President Troy Clarke at the Chicago Auto Show as saying GM will have 11 ethanol-capable vehicles on the market this year and 15 in 2009.

Nokia Rolls Out Gaming and Social Net Services

@ Feb 09, 2008 11:10 PM 1 comment

Nokia , the world's largest cellphone maker, started to roll-out its online gaming service N-Gage on Tuesday as it expands into mobile Internet services.

Nokia also opened its social networking site "Share on Ovi" on Tuesday, which allows people to share photos and videos and is built on technology acquired with the U.S. firm Twango, a spokesman for the company said.

No Cancer Threat from Mobile Phones

@ Feb 07, 2008 05:19 AM 1 comment

Using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer, according to a new Japanese study that is the first to consider the effects of radiation on different parts of the brain.

The finding adds to the growing body of evidence that mobile phones are safe.

Microsoft/Yahoo is Mobile Equal of Google

@ Feb 07, 2008 05:18 AM 0 comments

"Microsoft and Yahoo both have assets in the mobile arena that complement each other very well," said John Delaney, principal analyst at Ovum. "The big portal players all have strengths and weaknesses in the mobile arena, but none of them have it all."

The emerging mobile Internet market will eventually surpass the PC-based Internet market for the obvious reason that there are far more cell phones in the global market than there are PCs. There are close to 4 billion cell phones globally and about 800 million PCs.

Web Analytics Service Snags $20M

@ Jan 23, 2008 11:37 AM 0 comments

The more web publishers know about their audience, the better positioned they are to sell advertising. That’s the driving force behind web analytics startup

San Francisco-based Quantcast hopes to do this by analyzing massive amounts of data on demographics, web sites, and web surfers and then building specific audience profiles and traffic volume for sites.

Michael Dell Effect Kicks In

@ Jan 21, 2008 12:50 AM 1 comment

Dell returned to double-digit percentage growth in global PC shipments in the fourth quarter as its new retail sales strategy began to pay off, while rival Hewlett-Packard's growth slowed.

Dell lost the top market-share spot to HP in 2006 as consumers bought more laptop computers in stores, where HP had an advantage. Dell last year abandoned its 23-year-old direct-only sales model and started selling PCs at Wal-Mart Stores in the United States and Carrefour SA Europe, among other retailers.

Dell has been expanding in retail, cutting costs and making acquisitions since founder Michael Dell returned to take the CEO position a year ago.