if it makes it easier - I'm all for it - power to the people

Software-as-a-service pioneer Salesforce.com has unveiled a new strategy to become a global platform for business services delivered over the internet.
 

 sounds like its got all of the gear

 At NI Week in Austin, TX, conference sponsor National Instruments announced LabView 8.5 , the latest version of the graphical system-design platform for test, control and embedded system development

 standing still is the death knell - not only do you have to do it - you've got to tell the world that you're doing it

 just wave that magic wand

 all part of the development world - focus on the specifics

 if it's not what people want - no amount of marketing spin will make it better --

 there seems to be a re occuring theme with these Euro ventures - like,   just not going very well -----

 missed opportunity - ??

here's another budding genious with an answer to the energy crunch

If Michael Whelan's dream comes true, the Atlantic ocean will soon help keep the lights on in Ireland. And if it does, it will complete a circuit for Whelan: 30 years ago he was a commercial diver working on North Sea oil and gas installations.

 it could take all the fun out of arguing about who caused the accident

IBM researchers are looking into active safety and driver assist technologies in which vehicles exchange information with each other and with the road infrastructure, take corrective action where appropriate, and provide essential feedback to the drivers to help avoid dangerous situations.

 If you want a job doing right - do it yourself -******

Star Wars Episode IV may have recently been named the most influential visual effects film of all time but its director, George Lucas, was unsatisfied with the technology available in the 70s.

 It's a long way from home,  but it all seems to be working very well - go,  go,  go

A Martian rover has taken the plunge into a crater on the Red Planet after a cautious toe-dip to ensure a slip-free way out.

 well I'm excited - I just can't wait to own one

Honda has enhanced the mobility control technology of its humanoid robot Asimo so that it can now participate in a marathon.

The world's most advanced humanoid robot could already walk forward, backward, up and down stairs and manoeuvre smoothly around obstructions. Now it can also move in a circular pattern and run at a maximum of six kilometres per hour.

 we need some little green men out there to keep it all on track

NASA's Opportunity rover has found that the route down into a half-mile-wide (800-meter-wide) crater could be trickier than expected, mission managers reported.