Some of the biggest companies backing the Blu-ray format for high-definition movies are hedging their bets by introducing players that can also show Internet video, which is making surprising inroads in the home-entertainment market.
Even as gas prices hover around $3.80 a gallon, many Americans still drive their gas-hogging SUVs, mini-vans and trucks. Some of these vehicles get as low as 10 to 12 miles per gallon on the highway. The problem is that it is still cheaper to just fill up your tank for $100, rather than shell out $25,000 or more to buy a new fuel-efficient car, such as a hybrid Toyota Prius, which uses a combination of gas and electric power.
Barely a month into series production of the first all-electric sports car, Tesla Motors is making more of a name for itself lately for lawsuits than for the Roadster. Lawyers for Silicon Valley’s darling automaker are busy charging former partner-turned-rival Henrik Fisker with the theft of trade secrets related to Tesla’s WhiteStar hybrid sedan, while at the same time defending the 5-year-old company from breach-of-contract accusations being leveled by former transmission supplier Magna Powertrain. That’s a lot of drama on the receiving end for a start-up that was supposed to teach Detroit how to build a lightning car at lightning speed. What’s going on here?
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