Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Ferrari president 'doesn't believe in' electric cars

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

Ferrari president 'doesn't believe in' electric cars Montezemolo did not rule out hybrid cars, which have been popular for automakers like Ford and Toyota in recent years and have been spoken favorably of by Obama. "We are working very, very hard on the hybrid Ferrari," Montezemolo said. … Read more on The Hill (blog) What [...]

Latest Hybrid Cars News

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Google Robot Car Crashes, But Can It Out-Drive Humans? By Jonathan Welsh A Toyota Prius hybrid car that is part of Google Inc.'s fleet of automated information-gathering vehicles rear-ended another car — which happened to be a Prius – recently near the company's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. … Read more on Wall Street Journal (blog) [...]

Latest Green Technology News

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

F?nix Energy's Breakthrough Technology and Approach Set to Transform the … According to the Pike Research report "Energy Efficiency Retrofits for Commercial and Public Buildings", there are nearly 4 million buildings in the US that could potentially benefit from green technology. "We believe in making a difference and in … Read more on San Francisco [...]

Latest Java News

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Oracle Wants Copyright Claims to Remain in Google Suit At issue is whether it matters that Google copies Java code, Oracle wrote. "Google does not dispute the copying. But the parties have a factual dispute over its significance," Oracle said. Google has argued that some files it copied from Java are … Read more on [...]

Latest Green Technology News

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Report: The West's Clean Energy Future In Doubt I'm a freelance journalist covering renewable energy and other green tech topics. I'm good at explaining how stuff works, and why and how government policies play a big role in promoting renewable energy, electric cars, energy efficiency gadgets and … Read more on Forbes

US Solar Firms' Co-Dependency With China

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

US Solar Firms' Co-Dependency With China I'm a freelance journalist covering renewable energy and other green tech topics. I'm good at explaining how stuff works, and why and how government policies play a big role in promoting renewable energy, electric cars, energy efficiency gadgets and … Read more on Forbes Atmos Energy's green-certified facility going [...]

Latest Green Technology News

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Ottawa should be leader in green technology, Liberals say The Liberal government has invested heavily in clean energy initiatives in an effort to make Ontario a leader in the supply of green technologies like solar panels and wind turbines, the minister said. The government believes the sector is where growth … Read more on Ottawa [...]

Latest C++ News

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

CUDA called from HOST C++ How to use cuda functions from general c++ project … My question is how to write an application that is a normal C++ program, but uses CUDA if it is possible. All tutorials and info are using .cu files. But I am just using lets say msvcc and I place [...]

AM Best Downgrades Ratings of National Life Insurance Company (Puerto Rico)

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

AM Best Downgrades Ratings of National Life Insurance Company (Puerto Rico) OLDWICK, NJ, Aug 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to C++ (Marginal) from B- (Fair) and issuer credit rating to "b" from "bb-" of National Life Insurance Company (NALIC), (Hato Ray, PR). … Read more on [...]

Daily iPhone App: DrawRace 2

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Daily iPhone App: DrawRace 2 by Mike Schramm Sep 2nd 2011 at 8:00AM I got to see DrawRace 2 in action back at GDC this year, and it's a wild one. The title is a racing game at heart, but it plays unlike any racing game you've ever seen: Instead of driving the car around [...]