Date: Thu, 16. April 2009 04:34:15

At $9,990, Nissan?s no-frills model undercuts the price of virtually every other new car on the U.S. market. But do Americans really want such inexpensive cars? By Dan Carney.

Date: Thu, 7. October 2010 22:20:00

Investor's Business Daily - The automaker plans to sell two versions of its Prius hybrid by the end of 2012, according to a published report. A larger version of the Toyota Prius will have 50% more interior space than the current model, while a compact version will be about the same size as its Yaris model, the report said. There were no estimates on pricing. Toyota also is expected to unveil a plug-in version of the Prius in the U.S. next year. Toyota slid 4 cents to 71.15.

Date: Sat, 7. May 2011 00:03:00

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 Tablet doesn't stand on its own. But when paired with its matching keyboard dock, the Transformer morphs into a tablet that strikes an admirable balance between productivity and entertainment. At $399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model (or $499 for the 32GB Wi-Fi model, prices as of May 6, 2011), the Transformer is the least expensive Android 3.0 tablet to date; and the smaller-capacity version bests Apple's iPad 2 by $100.

Date: Mon, 3. October 2011 08:04:52

thecarchik writes "We already know a lot about the all-electric 2012 Tesla Model S sedan — but at a press event ahead of tonight's exclusive VIP event at the former Toyota NUMMI facility in Fremont, California, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Tesla was making a faster Model S for those with a sporty side. Cutting the brisk 0-60 time of the standard Model S from 5.6 second to under 4.5 seconds, the sportier version features the same 85 kilowatt-hour, 300 miles-per-charge battery pack found in the 2012 Model S Signature series. 'That's quicker than a [Porsche] 911 [Carrera],' joked Musk. 'Not bad for an electric luxury sedan.' But if you thought 300 miles was the maximum range a Tesla Model S could do, you'd be wrong." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Sat, 5. July 2008 21:12:23

LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- Famed British model Twiggy says she is excited she finally convinced her 29-year-old daughter to join her in the fashion industry.

Date: Sat, 29. May 2010 05:23:51

'31 Model A Ford Roadster I bought it in 1950 while in high school in Yonkers, N.Y. I paid $45 for it.

Date: Mon, 8. December 2008 16:48:51

A scientific project that will help govern how the European Commission tackles climate change is relying on Linux and the Géant academic grid to complete its vital work. The Millennium Simulations, an earth modeling venture at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, will allow scientists to model the changes...

Date: Thu, 12. June 2008 22:58:17

By subsidizing the cost of the new iPhone and locking customers into a two-year contract, AT&T is returning to a more traditional U.S. pricing model for cellphones.

Date: Thu, 18. December 2008 15:06:15

coondoggie writes "A new working model of the mysterious 2,100-year-old astronomical calculator, dubbed the Antikythera Device, has been unveiled, incorporating the most recent discoveries announced two years ago by an international team of researchers. The new model was demonstrated by its creator, former museum curator Michael Wright, who had created an earlier model based on decades of study."pa href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/17/225230amp;from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=08/12/17/225230"/a/ppa href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/17/225230amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/lY2ijrkeGeV70zaSUwrtfOyqjE0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/lY2ijrkeGeV70zaSUwrtfOyqjE0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/5Oy127QlVa0" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Mon, 22. June 2009 17:07:51

AP - Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of its latest iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful debut for a smart phone yet.