Toyota Motor Corp. announced a recall of about 1.1 million Corollas and Matrix vehicles with model years 2005 to 2008 due to a problem with the engine control modules or ECMs. The recall is the latest in the series made by the Japanese automaker this year. This time it is intended to fix the 1.8-liter [...]
Due to the danger of causing fire, Garmin, the company which makes Global Positioning Devices (GPS), has volunteered to recall 1.25 million units of its Nuvi brand, with about 800,000 alone sold in the U.S. The devices contain a battery (supplied by another company which remains unnamed) which is liable to overheat when attached to [...]
In a proverbial Goliath versus Goliath clash, Oracle Corp. filed a patent lawsuit against Google Inc. late Thursday over the software used in Google’s Android smartphone. Oracle claims that Google’s development of the Android software via Java technology is patent and copyright infringement. Oracle legally took possession of the technology when it bought Sun Microsystems [...]
Toyota Motors will no longer export its Land cruisers, cars and trucks to Iran in support of the United States and United Nations sanction against Tehran. The said sanction is about curbing the financial transactions in Iran. Iran is consistently denying about the nuclear weapons issue. As of May this year only 222 vehicles were [...]
Honda recalls more than 428,000 vehicles all over Canada and the United States. This is due to a problem of a device called ignition interlock lever. If the ignition switch fails this could make the car roll away and if it is parked in the wrong way it could cause a huge accident. The recall [...]
It is available for just $199 on plan with a service provider and $599 as a standalone device, but whichever way you choose, the Motorola Droid 2 is worth it. It has a 1GHz processor that allows much better access to Flash sites. Its Android 2.2 (FroYo) operating system is capable of supporting Adobe Flash [...]
Billionaire Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, aggressively started a bid to purchase the Texas Rangers. Cuban is competing against Hall of Fame pitcher and Rangers president Nolan Ryan who has a group of investors behind him. The auction for the Major League Baseball team, which faces bankruptcy, has been complicated. A 45-minute [...]
Toyota announced its second voluntary recall for July that includes 412,000 Avalons and Lexuses in the U.S. due to problems in the steering system. About 373,000 Toyota Avalons model year 2000 to 2004 are being recalled because these could develop cracks in the steering interlock system which could lead to difficulty in unlocking the steering [...]
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