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Photos: The happy robot sat-nav
Photo Aida will analyse driving behaviour and pick out regular routes: for example, it will know that a driver always stops to get some shopping on the way home from work or tops up the car with petrol every Friday evening. [11 Nov 2009]
Elon Musk
AS Profile By gunning for the traditional climate-ambivalent territory of the true petrol head with sexy sports cars while mixing in the appeal of a family friendly sedan, Tesla's two-pronged attack is making it the one to watch in... [29 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Baker's dozen - a lesson for broadband
Comment A litre of petrol that is only 330ml? Compiled on KLM 1508 flying Norwich to Amsterdam and dispatched to silicon.com via wi-fi from my Amsterdam hotel a day later The expression 'a baker's dozen' originated around the... [11 Jun 2009]
Photos: 10 useful Android apps
Photo This app lets car lovers track their petrol usage down to the last penny and then geek out over fuel economy charts and graphs. So did silicon.com's Natasha Lomas - and over the next 10 pages you can find more info on... [12 May 2009]
Retailer cashes in on payments over the internet
News Kiddicare will use a system from Paysafecard for the cash payments: customers will be able to purchase a voucher number in cash from one of the 20,000 outlets with a PayPoint sign, such as petrol stations and... [09 Apr 2009]
Morrisons stocks up with voice and data network
News The managed IP virtual private network running on a multi-service platform will connect stores, petrol stations, distribution centres and datacentres with the retailer's headquarters. Supermarket chain Morrisons has... [09 Dec 2008]
Tesco online sales continue to grow
News Grocery order volumes rose by more than 10 per cent to £7.5m, against a growth of 9.7 per cent for store sales, including petrol. Grocery giant Tesco has reported strong sales for its food and non-food online arms in its... [30 Sep 2008]
Ian Cramb, COO, Citigroup
Comment Ian Cramb is one of the increasing number of IT chiefs moving up the corporate ladder into wider operating roles, rising from CIO to become COO of the Citigroup's consumer business in 2006. It's a huge job, with responsibility for an... [10 Sep 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News According to police the tampered chip and PIN terminals are installed in retail outlets and petrol stations either by someone working on the inside or by threatening staff. Criminal gangs are hacking chip and PIN... [14 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.08.08
Round-Up Also, it runs on petrol, which at the time of writing is about as valuable as platinum. The Round-Up has never been a big fan of DIY. At least, not since that incident with the electric drill and the very large plumber's... [08 Aug 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo Get revved up for more petrol-headed fun here. The Tesla Roadster, a sporty variation on the electric car, was one of the many high powered and eco-friendly cars on show at the British International Motor Show in London. [01 Aug 2008]
Photos: The jet pack blasts off
Photo Forty years later a New Zealand inventor Glenn Martin shot skyward using a 200HP water-cooled piston engine running on petrol. Martin says the machine can stay up for 30 minutes on a 19 litre tank of... [01 Aug 2008]
Photos: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs
Photo Satyam is also developing its own in-car networking and car domain system - dot auto - that promises social networking, mapping of nearby shops and services and the ability to pre-pay for goods such as food and petrol. [19 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment On my way to work I stop off for petrol and pay using my credit card. Like most IT directors, the Naked CIO is extremely careful with other people's data. So why as a consumer does he blithely share his own personal... [25 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax crash, mobile driving, eBay feedback, Vista woes…
Comment You don't wait until your car runs dry of petrol to pay your fuel tax do you (sorry fill up with petrol). What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the... [07 Feb 2008]
