Articles in the News in the Pictures Category

Toyota Statement on NHTSA’s Preliminarily Report to Congress
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 17 August 2010

Toyota released the following statement in response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) report to members of Congress on August 10, 2011 regarding its ongoing research on unintended acceleration and event data recorder readings:
Toyota’s own vehicle evaluations have confirmed that the remedies it developed for sticking accelerator pedal and potential accelerator pedal entrapment [...]

Toytota Announces Special Service Campaign For Land Cruiser Prado Model
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 16 August 2010

Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) announces that it will conduct a Special Service Campaign to address the problem concerning the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) program in certain Land Cruiser Prado vehicles.
For Land Cruiser Prado with 18-inch wheels and equipped with the Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (KDSS*) and VSC, the activation of the VSC may not [...]

Toyota Honorary Chairman Awarded The Order Of Lakandula
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 16 August 2010

Toyota Honorary Chairman Awarded The Order Of Lakandula
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) honorary chairman Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda was awarded the Order of Lakandula with Rank of Grand Cross (Bayani) by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a ceremony held in Malacañang.
The Order of Lakandula is one of the highest honors given by the Republic of the Philippines conferred [...]

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 16 August 2010

August 16, 2010 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. in Japan recently announced a voluntary safety recall of some Honda Civic models. This is due to a defect in the passenger airbag SRS inflator containers that may rupture and cause some component parts to pop out upon deployment.
Consequently, Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. would like to inform [...]

Trimble Acquires Accubid Assets to Expand Its Building Construction Solutions
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 16 August 2010

Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced today it has acquired the assets of privately-held Accubid Systems based in Concord, Ontario, Canada. Accubid is a leading provider of estimating, project management and service management software and services for electrical and mechanical contractors. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Accubid’s family of software products allow electrical and mechanical contractors to analyze [...]

Institute Brings Broad Industry Perspective to DOE Initiatives
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 16 August 2010

From sustainable federal buildings to developing a road map for net-zero buildings, the Department of Energy (DOE) is tackling a number of cutting-edge challenges and the National Institute of Building Sciences is there to provide input from the industry’s perspective.
In its unique role as an authoritative source of advice for both the private and public [...]

PAL TO FASAP: Spare Public From Inconvenience
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 12 August 2010

The Management of Philippine Airlines (PAL) today (appealed to its cabin crew to exhaust all peaceful means in resolving differences with the company stressing that it is sincere in addressing their concerns.
“Let’s find a peaceful solution to our internal problems for the sake of the flying public,” PAL president and chief operating officer Jaime Bautista [...]

Putting the 6.7-liter Power Stroke® Back on Top with a Power Upgrade
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 10 August 2010

The 6.7-liter Power Stroke® V8 turbocharged diesel engine is now rated at best-in-class 800 lb.-ft. of torque and 400 horsepower. This is an increase of 65 lb.-ft. of torque and 10 horsepower compared to when the all-new Ford-built engine went on sale in April of 2010. Current 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty® diesel owners can [...]

Usher and Ford Team Up Driving Skills For Life
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 9 August 2010

ATLANTA, GA (WABE) –
According to the latest information from the Centers For Disease Control, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than older drivers to crash, for every mile driven.
Today, in an effort to decrease statistics like that Ford Motor Company and award winning singer Usher were part of the [...]

TriGeo SIM Named SC Magazine’s ‘Best Buy’ in 2010 SIEM Group Test
By Mark Hall
Posted in News in the Pictures on 9 August 2010

TriGeo’s ‘Power and Simplicity’ Brings Home the Company’s 3rd
Consecutive ‘Best Buy’ Recognition from Leading IT Security Publication
POST FALLS, Idaho — TriGeo Network Security, the leading provider of security information and event management (SIEM) technology for midmarket enterprises, just announced that its TriGeo Security Information Manager (SIM) solution was named SC Magazine’s ‘Best Buy’ [...]