In both cases the sockets will allow fast-charging and will include a communications interface so an electric car can, for instance, identify itself for billing purposes when plugged into a public recharging spot.

ECONOMIST: Rational consumer

Xerox, at its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), invented the graphical user interface, ethernet communications and the language of digital printing.

FORBES: Sudden death for brands

As PCIe products move from Generation 2 to Generation 3 with a doubling of the data rate per PCIe communications lane, flash based storage devices using this interface as their data transfer backbone will enable very high performance systems.

FORBES: A New Age of Digital Storage Interfaces

Xerox invented the graphical user interface, laser printing and zippy computer-to-computer communications.

FORBES: Digital Rules