General Motors (GM) is looking into creating vehicles that are electically propelled and by 2015 go for those with pure electric and hydrogen or fuel cell ones, and by 2030 electric pods that can drive and park themselves.
As the pressure to reduce carbon of personal vehicles intensifies, the Chinese government is introducing incentives to manufacturers to develop fuel cell cars. This demand is being driven by the Chinese market and GM and Shanghai Automotive have taken the initiative.
Lowell Paddock said that the manufacturers knew the expectations of the government of …

Big software companies in China have adopted a new weapon of fighting pirating for software makers and have lowered the prices yielding encouraging results so far. The legal and political outfit was previously used to fight this vice.
It was reported during an executives meeting that since the lowering of prices by Microsoft Corp., Autodesk Inc and other software companies that the sales units have increased. Simon Leung, Greater china Microsoft’s chief concurred as shown with their April sales.
Patrick Williams, Asia-Pacific region Autodesk’s senior vice president, said that since the reduction …

The Boulder Dome Fire is raging on with no signs of stopping and has forked out into two separate blazes. Flame retardants and air tankers from Colorado are trying to douse the magnitude of the flames. People are being evacuated from the wildfire inferno, while some residents have taken a novel way out, bicycling out of the disaster area.
It is reported by local feeds that more than 1,800 people and around 750 houses have been facing the ire of the unrelenting blaze.
The forest fire spiralling out of control has …

For 2010, the ‘Daylight Saving Time’ (DST) for Americans and Canadians is set to end on November 7. DST is the practice of going fast forward in time. Do not get flummoxed, clocks in US and Canada are advanced temporarily so that afternoons get a larger share of daylight and the mornings get way less. DST is an energy conservation exercise where usually, clocks are advanced by about an hour at the onset of spring and are then adjusted backward when fall approaches.
So to all the queries about the change …

Revolutionary vaudevillian James Wall, best remembered as Mr. Baxter of the Captain Kangaroo series, passed away this Wednesday. It has been a jinxed week for art luminaries, with Lisa Blount, the Lynette Pomeroy of ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’and Detective Danny “Danno” Williams aka James Macarthur too deceasing.
James Wall delighted kids in the iconic series Captain Kangaroo, with his role as Mr. Baxter, the friendly neighbor of Captain Kangaroo. Wall had been ailing for a short while and died aged 92.
He started out in the production team of …

The Regis and Kelly Halloween bash this year promises to be explosive , with piles of costume changes in the 2010 edition. The twosome are sure pulling out all the stops for a bash to remember.
This year promises to be the best Halloween show ever with both Regis and Kelly shunting between lots of funsone garb, in an array of uber-cool avatars. Internet videos show them in delightful clips with the duo dressed as Elmo, and Katy Perry, fresh from her Big Fat Indian Wedding in Rajasthan …

The stage is set for a full-blown mud-slinging match after Gawker published an anonymous first-person account of how Christine O’Donnell who is running for Senate, got frisky with a journo five years ago on a drunken Halloween binge.
The smutty piece on the “One-Night Stand with O’Donnell” details how the Tea Party-backed senatorial candidate, punch-drunk and clad in a lady-bug costume made overtures to the journo she had just met. She seduced him to bed, but both were too sloshed for action.
Now Gawker is facing the flak for its misogynist …

President Obama faces accusations of fearmongering and spin-doctoring a fake terror scare as his approval ratings are tanking. The White House is embroiled in an effort to divert public attention from the bleak recession hit scenario with record levels of unemployment, say media critics. Even as Obama is dousing a full-blown currency war with countries manipulating their buck to export profitably, public support is dwindling in the face of lack of progressive reforms.
In what is being called a last ditch effort to flummox people and stoke hysteria, Obama directed U.S. …

Fans of Texas Rangers’ bullpen were left fuming after the run of bad performances, a disatrous follow-up to the ALCS Game 1 loss incurred against the Yankees.
Texas Rangers bullpen seem to be on a suicide mission as they imploded again versus the San Francisco Giants in a staggering loss margin of 0-9. The clear win in the World Series Game 2 on gives the San Francisco Giants an upper hand in the series, as they lead 2-0.
The Rangers better pull up their socks or they face the wrath of disappointed …

If you want a break from the Monster Mash Halloween classic, look no further than Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’. The iconic video that was directed by John Landis is perfect for a modern twist to ghoulish Halloween music. ‘Thriller’, that was always in vogue ,is back in the public eye as an innovative Halloween theme.
Kinds can choreograph their own zombie dance and moon-walk in their costumes, with a jewelled glove accessory to match. Now you can boogie in style on Halloween eve, or play the legendary Vincent Price of the …