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MIT engine boosts mileage by 30 percent

October 25, 2006 Precisely timed blast of ethanol eliminates knocks in experimental engine that would add only $1,000 to cost of car. TAGS: engine, gas, car

Dishing out power with a solar engine

October 25, 2006 Infinia looks to an existing technology--the Stirling engine--to compete in solar-electric industry.Photos: Retro energy-harness TAGS: photovoltaics, electricity, engine, power generation, energy, California, power

Kaspersky update zaps Microsoft antivirus

February 22, 2006 Update to Kaspersky Lab antivirus software causes e-mail problems for some users of Microsoft's Antigen. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, engine, representative, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Toyota: Gas-saving valve in engines by 2010

June 15, 2007 "Valvematic" technology will make gas engines 5 percent to 10 percent more efficient, Japanese automaker says. TAGS: emission, engine

Second-fastest sports car runs on batteries

September 26, 2006 Entrepreneur sees sports car prototype as fulfilling the need for speed and environmental responsibility, too. Photos: Speedy and sporty Video: A spin in Wrightspeed X1 TAGS: car, engine, efficiency, battery, video

A motorcycle that's fast, silent and green

August 2, 2007 Zero's electric bike takes some getting used to. The benefits? Forty miles on a single charge and no stopping at the pumps.Photos: Motorbikes go green TAGS: motorcycle, mile, battery, engine, car

Smokeless rockets launching soon?

May 17, 2006 A propulsion system that emits nothing but heat could revolutionize the space and transportation industries. Photo: Professor moves rockets closer to warp speed TAGS: rocket, professor, Star Trek, capacitor, engine, satellite

New Netscape embraces Firefox, IE

November 30, 2004 AOL releases Netscape browser prototype bristling with RSS feeds, tabs, plenty of Netscape branding--and the option to surf in IE. Image: Netscape's new browser TAGS: Netscape Web Browser, Netscape Communications Corp., OneStat, America Online Inc., Firefox, Mozilla Corp., engine, Web browser, Time Warner Inc., market share, Microsoft Internet Explorer, survey, portal, Microsoft Corp., security

Powering a new generation of cars

September 2, 2005 Don't expect fuel cells. The power under your hood in a few years may come from a new spin on diesel. TAGS: engine, alternative fuel, car, generation, researcher

Taking the bling out of your engine

October 20, 2006 Company producing platinum alloy that substitutes more effectively for expensive pure material used in catalytic converters to curb pollution. TAGS: automobile company, carbon, converter, emission, material, nanotechnology, engine, CEO

Software glitch stalls some Toyota hybrids

October 14, 2005 Did your Prius conk out in the middle of traffic? If so, it might be the software. TAGS: Toyota Prius, car, spokeswoman, engine, U.S.

Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeover

February 8, 2007 A serious security hole in a wide swath of the company's antivirus products could let an outsider crash or hijack a computer. TAGS: Trend Micro Inc., antivirus software, flaw, engine, software company, antivirus, security, PC

Flying-car firm releases simulator, takes deposits

September 6, 2006 Operators of this "roadable aircraft" would drive it to the airport, unfold the wings and take off. Prototype due in 2008. Images: Terrafugia's flying car TAGS: deposit, plane, airport, aircraft, flight simulator, engine, car

Gates a big investor in aircraft start-up

March 23, 2005 Microsoft chairman is second-biggest backer of Eclipse Aviation, which hopes to bring an energy-efficient plane to market in a year. TAGS: equity, plane, aircraft, investor, engine, Microsoft Corp.

Gold to go in diesel engines

April 16, 2007 Gold. It's not just for teeth anymore. Nanostellar is going to use it to save automakers money and make diesel cars run cleaner. TAGS: converter, automobile company, material, car, metal, engine

Sandia pushes limits of solar technology

November 24, 2004 Can a heat engine invented in 1816 make solar dishes a viable electricity source for utilities Photo: Sandia and Stirling's solar setup TAGS: Sandia National Laboratories, electricity, sun, farm, utility company, photovoltaics, engine, researcher

'Madden': The next generation

November 6, 2005 EA Sports Senior Producer Jeremy Strauser discusses efforts to make the venerable football franchise storm the Xbox 360. TAGS: Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Electronic Arts Inc., Xbox Live, graphics engine, engine, online game, console, games, Microsoft Corp.

IBM brings Power5 to low-end Unix server

February 9, 2005 New machine uses a chip with one or two processing engines and accommodates as much as 32GB of memory. TAGS: IBM POWER5, Unix server, Unix, IBM Corp., IBM AIX, engine, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, memory, Linux, operating system

Police blotter: eBay suit over $380,000 Porsche

May 26, 2006 South Carolina man who bought Porsche Carrera GT on eBay complains of mechanical defects, sues seller. TAGS: arbitration, Police Blotter, South Carolina, eBay Inc., agreement, engine

Oracle buys open-source database firm

October 10, 2005 Database giant wades deeper into open source with purchase of Finnish company Innobase. TAGS: Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, Oracle Corp., MySQL, database company, Finnish company, open source, middleware, MySQL Database, database, open-source software, engine, IBM Corp.
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