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Google displayed a gigantic 42-inch, fully functional Nexus S handset at a Best Buy store in San Carlos, California to give customers a first-hand view into the recently launched Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Kia Motors announced that it will unveil its KV7 concept car at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show on Jan. 10.

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp, a partner of Volkswagen AG and General Motors, signed a memorandum of understanding with the city government of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, pledging to invest 10 billion yuan (1.5 billion U.S. dollars) for the expanded production.

Thanks to hackers, the Kinect has been popular for more than just gaming.

Toyota Motors will be paying $10 million to settle a lawsuit filed by relatives of four people who were killed in an August 2009 Lexus ES 350 crash in California.

Google has recently created a lot of buzz over the computer-driven cars, which it has been testing on the West Coast. But, does driverless car mean road safety? Carty Law PA looks into legal complexities.

German automaker, Audi, has announced that the company has broken its record for annual vehicle sales in the U.S. recording its 93,507th transaction on December 13, 2010.

Nissan Motors on Friday has delivered the first 10 units of its 100% electric and zero-emission Nissan LEAF in Portugal.

Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. (SEV) and the Tanfield Group announced today that the American maker of all-electric trucks will purchase its United Kingdom-based parent company, Smith Electric Vehicles U.K. for $15 million in January.

Aerojet, a GenCorp company which provided spacecraft thrusters, is upbeat as spacecraft Voyager 1 has reached a point at the edge of our solar system where outward motion of solar wind is absent.

The fight between travel agencies and flight operators continues as Expedia Inc, one of the top travel websites, began hiding American Airlines fares from its initial searches this week.

General Motors on Thursday said it is recalling about 109,000 vehicles due to two concerns that could cause the rear axle to lock and the passenger-side airbag not to work.

Vehicle production in European Union rose by 15% in the first nine months of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said Thursday.

Hoping for some monetary damages, Hopewell Culture & Design have sued Apple and Android makers for the infringement of double-click patent.

Sales of new single-family houses climbed 5.5 percent in November 2010 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 290,000, according to estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Buying apps for Android devices just got easier, as now app purchases on Android Market can be charged on AT&T Direct Carrier Billing.

German Luxury carmaker BMW on Thursday launched a new sports utility vehicle, X1, in India. Priced at 2.2- 2.9 million rupees (ex-showroom Delhi), X1 is the company's a cheapest model in the country.

SkyFire is here to set iPad on fire as it is due to launch its app that translates Flash code into HTML5 to run Flash videos.

South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia Motors and German auto mobile giant Volkswagen won more top safety pick awards than any other brands in 2010, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said.

Death sentences in the United States continued to decline with just 46 executions in 2010, down 12 percent compared to a year earlier.

Lawyers for 20 U.S. states and Obama administration sparred in a Florida court over the constitutional challenges of the new healthcare law that requires all Americans to have medical insurance before 2014 or face a fine.

A former head of a talent agency has sued Jonathan Bristol, a former law firm partner of Winston & Strawn LLP, and the law firm, and is holding them accountable for the $2 million allegedly misappropriated from his investment account.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Jonathan Bristol, a former law firm partner, with aiding and abetting Kenneth Ira Starr's Ponzi scheme by allowing Starr to use his attorney trust accounts as conduits for transferring the funds stolen from Starr's clients to Starr and his two companies for personal use.

Data warehousing company Teradata announced its acquisition of cloud-based integrated marketing software maker Aprimo for $525 million to boost its analytics portfolio to counter Oracle, IBM and Microsoft.

Microsoft plans to unveil its plans over a new Windows operating system (OS), specifically crafted to optimize the ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) CPU architecture for smartphones and tablets, signifying its departure from a long standing relationship with x86 Intel chips.

After a San Francisco Bay Area resident became the first in the United States to receive the delivery of all electric Leaf, Nissan Motors on Wednesday carried out its first Leaf delivery in the Tennessee region.

HP may play spoil sport for Microsoft as it plans to launch three webOS-based tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show, the venue that Microsoft has chosen to showcase its Windows 7 and Windows 8- based tablets.

General Motors China introduced an electric concept vehicle Sail at the 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show on Tuesday.

Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday said that it expects to sell 7.7 million vehicles worldwide next year, up 3 percent from 2010, by tapping emerging markets Asian markets, such as China and India.