car in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.10.09
Round-Up The world's first car boot sale was held in Kent in 1980 and to all intents and purposes it hasn't advanced from there. When asked whether they would prefer to sell online or at a car boot sale, 92 per... [02 Oct 2009]
Shai Agassi
AS Profile Agassi's model sees the car industry mimic that of the mobile phone - by giving away the vehicles for free, suppliers can make money off the 'minutes' of electricity that users put into their car at... [30 Sep 2009]
Elon Musk
AS Profile He followed up the sale with the creation of SpaceX, a business that creates reusable space transport vehicles, and taking the job of CEO of electric car company Tesla. With climate change seemingly at the top of... [29 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up If you want a better job, a pay rise, a new car, better health for you or your loved ones or you simply desire a less stressful life, this App can assist you to fulfil your needs, dreams and ambitions," the press release... [25 Sep 2009]
Minority Report: The Snow Leopard Appreciation Society
Comment Usually, when people trot out car metaphors for Apple the company is represented by a BMW or a Merc. The Volkswagen in particular was a perfectly good car. Apple aficionados will no doubt be appalled by... [16 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Software - keep it short and sweet
Comment Compiled in a car park in Redcar UK, edited in my garden on a warm summer evening, and dispatched to silicon.com from The IoD via a free wi-fi service two weeks later. For more than 35 years the immutable law of software... [07 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.08.09
Round-Up The folk and rock legend has admitted he is in discussions with a couple of car companies about being the voice of their GPS. Which could make for a rather tense car journey. It's almost less hassle to... [28 Aug 2009]
How to secure your on-the-go data
Comment Some of those losses can be attributed to the carelessness of the owner of the device - stories abound of laptops left in taxis and USB sticks found in car parks or launderettes. Worried about sensitive data on portable... [30 Jul 2009]
Why your business should use Twitter
Comment A bad car manufacturer doesn't become a cool car manufacturer just by tweeting, joining groups on social networks or commissioning viral videos. Mark Kobayashi-Hillary explains how businesses can take... [09 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.06.09
Round-Up For example, it's the sound you hear when a lift door opens and you find you've been deposited in the gloomy underground car-park and not the penthouse as you'd hoped. Bada Bing! Some more on Microsoft's latest attempt... [05 Jun 2009]
Nick Gaines
CIO Profile While Volkswagen UK CIO, Nick Gaines, may spend his spare time with his guitar collection, his work hours are spent tuning up the car company's IT department. Gaines is currently overseeing a rebuild of Volkswagen's IT... [03 Jun 2009]
Mittu Sridhara
CIO Profile Sridhara returned to Sabre - which he initially worked for in a number of senior IT roles in the US - from car rental group Avis where he was European CIO and a member of the executive leadership team, reporting directly... [02 Jun 2009]
Dana Deasy
CIO Profile Dana Deasy has been CIO of BP since October 2007 - joining the energy giant from car company General Motors where he was CIO for the North America region. Previously he was CIO for Tyco International, and CIO of the... [01 Jun 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uncommon mode failure
Comment I get into the car, and 10 minutes later I'm in a coffee shop in the high street. Compiled at my hotel in Newbury, UK, and dispatched to silicon.com via wi-fi from my home three weeks later So there I was on a weekend... [29 Apr 2009]
Tech workers ignite Indian elections
Comment A friend of his was laid off after an eight-year career in another company just as he was on the verge of buying his first car. Vandana Prasad, a 29-year-old team leader at the Bangalore-based outsourcing arm of HP,... [21 Apr 2009]
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