The Cabby Takes Plastic, or at Least Is Supposed To (New York Times) More than half the city’s yellow cabs are now fitted with devices to accept credit cards for payment, but riders may have to resort to arm-twisting to be allowed the privilege.

Credit Cards, Cell Phones Work On New LA Parking Meters (NBC 4 Los Angeles) City officials unveil the parking meter of the future, which takes the swipe of a credit card as well as small change.

Does GM now mean green motors? The Detroit stalwart is recharging itself with the Chevy Volt and other projects, but dont go looking for an all-electric car.Photos: GMs alternative-energy cars LOS ANGELES--General Motors is already developing a slew of cars that will run on alternative fuels such as electricity, hydrogen, or green liquids like...

Razing of New Orleans housing halted (AP) AP - Demolition of three public housing complexes, slated to start this weekend, was halted Friday amid complaints about the scarcity of housing for the poor after Hurricane Katrina.

Zedge.nets 12 Ringtones of Christmas Campaign Launches: Popular Musicians Contribute Songs, Videos, And Images For Free Download To Mobile Phones Zedge (www.zedge.net), the popular destination for user-generated mobile content, has partnered with more than 60 labels, artists and managers, including B-Real from Cypress Hill, DEVO, The Midnight Youth, Trin-I-Tee 5:7 and emerging artists such as Irving, This City Sunrise and Steriogram, for its 12 RINGTONES OF CHRISTMAS promotion. Much of the mobile content presented as part of 12 Ringtones is available only on Zedge and only through this campaign. The 12 Ringtones of Christmas campaign runs from December 14, 2007 to January 14, 2008. (PRWeb Dec 14, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3F1YS1DcmFzLVN1bW0tU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Arriva plc Selects Moovera Mobile Wi-Fi for Glasgow Flyer Airport Shuttle New fleet of luxury buses offer free Internet access for travelers between Glasgow city centre and International Airport (PRWeb Dec 11, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/RmFsdS1Ib3JyLUhhbGYtU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Top International Investment Bank Awards Contract to FibreSpan FibreSpan, a national network carrier that specialises in dedicated dark fibre and ultra-high bandwidth network services, has announced hand-over of a point-to-point LAN extension to a top-tier international investment bank, head-quartered in the City of London. (PRWeb Dec 14, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/RmFsdS1FbXB0LUhvcnItU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Visual Rules 4: The Next Generation of Business Rules Management - Participate in the Visual Rules 4 Beta Program Visual Rules is the only Business Rules Management System (BRMS) that offers a consistent graphical modeling approach. In the spring of 2008 Visual Rules' vendor, Innovations, will introduce Version 4 to the market. It is available now for beta testing. Visual Rules 4 represents the next generation in BRM: it is user friendly and offers top performance and scalability with simplicity of integration. And it supports Eclipse 3.3 too. Anyone interested in testing the beta version is invited to contact Innovations. (PRWeb Dec 14, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SG9yci1DcmFzLUhvcnItU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=