Eastwood: A maverick who does politics his own way

The plot seemed familiar: A hotshot Hollywood filmmaker shills for a bailed-out car industry, yet another limousine liberal going to bat for big government.

2 Solyndras For The Price Of 1? A123 Hurt By Fisker's Woes

Shares of electric- and hybrid-car battery maker A123 Systems are getting crushed Thursday by the unfolding financial woes of electric luxury car maker Fisker Automotive. Wunderlich Securities analyst Theodore O?Neill this morning reduced his rating on A123 to Sell from Hold, with a new target of 50 cents, down from $3. And the core reason ...

Ingersoll Rand Businesses Trane and Schlage Partner With Green Builder® Media to Showcase “Right Now” Smart Home ...

Builders can truly create the home of the future right now, thanks to the latest innovations from two leading home industry brands – Trane, a leading manufacturer of heating and air conditioning systems, and Schlage, America’s most trusted name in security1 and most used residential door lock brand by builders2.

Navigation app Waze gets limited voice controls

Waze's newest update lets you control the app, a little, with a wave and a word. (Credit: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET) The great, free car navigation app Waze (see Rafe Recommends ) is getting an update today that gives it a limited hands-free, voice-controlled interface. Waze is now perhaps the only app to use the phone's promixity sensor to turn on the input interface, since Google ...

Charity calls for BBC apology after Jeremy Clarkson 'facial growth' jibe

A disfigurement charity has called for Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC to apologise after the Top Gear presenter compared the shape of a new car to "people with growths on their faces".