Chevy Volt battery to have eight-year/100,000 mile warranty
General Motors announced its Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle will come with an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty on its advanced lithium ion battery.
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Archive for July 14th, 2010
iOS 4.1 update released to developers
It includes the signal bar display change, but it’s not yet clear whether this software update has the fix for the reported antenna-related problems some iPhone 4 users are having.
Why Apple Bought Poly9: And What Is Poly9? (PC World)
PC World – Apple has bought Poly9, a Quebec-based online mapping company, and has relocated most of the firm’s employees to Apple’s Silicon Valley offices, according to a report by French-Canadian news site Cyberpresse. PCWorld was unable to reach either Apple or Poly9 officials to confirm the report, which suggests that Apple plans to develop its own in-house mapping software for its popular mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Report: Java and MySQL doing fine under Oracle
OpenSolaris may be having a hard time at Oracle, but months after Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Java and MySQL are still viewed positively by users.
Mozilla disables password-stealing Firefox add-on
Mozilla Sniffer is downloaded about 1,800 times before being disabled and blocked for stealing passwords.
Microsoft could create the ultimate mobile music service
All the pieces are in place for Windows Phone 7 to deliver all three types of cloud-based music services for mobile: all-you-can-hear subscription, PC-to-device, and online music locker.
Report: U.S. finds driver error in some Toyota cases
Early findings by the U.S. Department of Transportation appear to point to drivers being to blame in some sudden-acceleration accidents, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Oracle Data Grid Scales .NET to New Heights (PC World)
PC World – A new version of Oracle’s data grid software will allow Microsoft .NET applications to scale to the same large multi-server environments long enjoyed by Java enterprise applications, according to Oracle.
Apple releases iOS 4.1 beta to developers (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com – An update to Appleâs iOS mobile operating system has been released as a beta to registered developers, according to a tweet by Apple evangelist Michael Jurewitz.
Most hybrids to lose CA HOV access, electric vehicles can stay
Starting in 2011, expect the regular highway lanes to be crowded with about 85,000 more vehicles, as the HOV access comes to an end for hybrids. But the free ride continues for zero-emissions vehicles like the Tesla Roadster and Nissan Leaf.