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New Ford Escape launching with two new EcoBoost engines with standard Auto Start-Stop

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The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter Escape SE and Titanium trim levels come standard with the new 1.5-liter liter and 2.0-liter liter twin-scroll. liter EcoBoost is optional.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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He authored or coauthored more than 100 papers and 14 books, including The Disappearance of Telecommunications , published in 2000 by IEEE Press. Every conversation with him was a journey, where words were not just sounds, but bridges to a deeper understanding. In our conversations, Roberto truly shined.

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Science Fiction Short: Hijack

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In truth, Simon had been speaking only to himself for the entire conversation. In a 2000 paper , Lloyd calculated that 1 kilogram of matter in 1 liter could support a maximum of roughly 5.4 Simon sighed and flipped out of the virtual world. Let the simulated Martin rage in his artificial heaven; the science was unequivocal.

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Developing Fords EcoBoost Combustion System

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The multi-hold injector is an extension of the gasoline PFI and diesel injectors, but operates in the range of 30 to 200 bar (compared to around 4 bar for PFI and up to 2000 bar for diesel). The cold-start period constitutes the majority of engine emissions due to zero or low conversion efficiency of the aftertreatment system.

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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet

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One day in February 2000, for example, the hacker MafiaBoy knocked out Fifa.com , Amazon.com , Dell , E-Trade , eBay , CNN , as well as Yahoo , at the time the largest search engine on the Internet. In April 2000, MafiaBoy was arrested and charged, and in January 2001 he pled guilty to 58 charges of denial-of-service attacks.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name. The company went on to design and manufacture mobile-phone handsets and parts for Motorola ( MOT , Fortune 500 ), Nokia ( NOK ), Sony Ericsson, and Samsung.

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