But auto technology was clearly superior, offering better speed and longer distances, and the infrastructure was rapidly coming into place.
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They mostly remain convinced that the problem is only temporary, that the economic reports are coming in worse than their forecasts only because they under-estimated the effect the surge in energy and commodity prices would have on consumer spending, and the effect the Japanese earthquake would have on auto and technology production.
The SL605 offers standard definition, VGA video recording and also features Samsung's intuitive and easy-to-use Smart Auto scene recognition technology.
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By using in-house auto-driving technology instead of licensing from a second party, like Google, Tesla stands a better chance of achieving that goal.
Mr. Beg, they argued, helped scout the German Bakery, a restaurant popular with locals and foreign tourists in Pune, an auto and information technology hub located about 100 miles southeast of Mumbai.
State Farm, the biggest U.S. auto insurer, offers user-based auto plans in four technology formats.
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But if Ford and other auto executives see the technology with a Jetsons like optimism, they have darker concerns, too.
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In particular, Lev says in the months ahead James will expand his off-the-court business with technology, auto, and E-commerce companies.
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By the middle years of this decade, several auto makers could offer technology to make vehicles capable of piloting themselves under certain conditions without the direct participation of the driver.
As with the "mass custom" trend in auto manufacturing, information technology and "just in time" techniques make it possible to classify individual voters by income, occupation, religion and favorite issues and build customized appeals for them.
Today's auto interiors are riddled with technology, festooned with LCDs and feature high-resolution cameras, gesture detection and capacitive touch with haptic feedback.
Dirty habits die hard and the only way to encourage auto makers to adopt clean technology is a short sharp shock in the fuel price.
Both cameras are equipped with Canon's latest advancements in auto focus (AF) technology enhancing AF speeds over previous SX-series cameras to capture the excitement in brilliant clarity and quality.
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Major stocks that rallied include auto, steel, chemical and technology firms.
Available in stunning White, classic Black or eye-catching Pink it houses a feature-rich range of specs, with technology such as Smart Auto 2.0 and the Smart Link Hot Key, making it simpler than ever to shoot and share great images instantly.
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The most basic service takes advantage of Nest's existing technology, which features an Auto-Away process that learns the users' schedules and adjusts temperatures when no one is home.
Google has suggested it could sell auto makers the mapping and machine-vision technology it's developing for its self-driving cars, or offer that technology for free as part of a package of other Google products and services.
They say most manufacturers and Tier 1 auto suppliers made two critical assumptions that limited their technology work.
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That's changing according to Vlad Sejnoha, chief technology officer at Nuance, who says auto makers have had to re-invent themselves as consumer electronics manufacturers.
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Auto makers like Audi and Lexus also showcased how technology not only will park your car for you but will assist in safe driving as well.
Orion IP had persuaded a federal jury in eastern Texas that the Korean auto giant had been improperly using Orion-patented technology that enables dealers to buy parts online.
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At the New York Auto Show this week Ford is showing of some new technology designed to curb drowsy-driving that will be included in all Volvos before 2010.
The auto industry has been working on so-called V2V technology for a long time but this is the first large-scale test to see how well it works in the real world.
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Now that the U.S. auto industry has bounced back from its lows, expect to see an increase in acquisitions of U.S. auto parts makers by Chinese companies seeking to gain access to technology and international markets.
Big auto makers are reluctant to take billion-dollar risks on untried technology.
The technology represents a major leap from the configurators found on auto-buying Web sites, which let a customer pick colors and price certain options.
Auto makers are still sorting out how to avoid expensive fights over basic technology standards, and are taking diverse approaches to how they offer connections to customers.
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