VW adds a driver's car to the Jetta model range

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

(Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET) With the 2011 Jetta update, Volkswagen made some compromises to get the price low, but the GLI restores handling and power to this otherwise humble model. Significant additions to the Jetta GLI are a multilink rear suspension and rear disc brakes. The most important part of the package is one of the best power trains available today, Volkswagen's TFSI 2-liter ...

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Aboard the world’s largest model train collection

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Road Trip 2011: Every year more than a million people visit Miniatur Wunderland, featuring 900 trains, eight miles of track, an airport, and dioramas from several countries. CNET gets a backstage look.

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Community events this weekend include the Great Train Expo in Puyallup

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

Traveling model-train show operating model railroads in all sizes and scales including trains for kids to operate, 70 exhibits and vendors...

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Google apps get US government security approval

Monday, July 26th, 2010

(AP) -- E-mail and other Web-based office programs from Google have won the U.S. government's seal of approval.

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How clean is Seattle’s drinking water?

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

The genesis of Seattle's modern-day drinking water system began with the Great Fire of 1889. The city owns almost 91,000 acres of land around the Cedar River Watershed. By owning the land, the city protects the source of the water.

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New Hawk Advanced Trainer Flies Past Major Milestones

Monday, June 28th, 2010

The TMk2 May Revolutionize The Way The RAF Trains Future Fast Jet Pilots The UK Royal Air Force's (RAF) Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) has accumulated 500 flying hours in 500 sorties, the service said Wednesday. The RAF received the first of their 28 Hawk AJTs, also known as the TMk2, in 2009.

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Virtual Training in a Classroom: A Business Innovation

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

ONLC Training Centers was named a finalist in the American Business Awards 2010 competition. The company's Remote Classroom Instruction training solution, which delivers virtual training in a classroom environment, was nominated as Business Innovation of the Year. ONLC trains IT professionals and administrative staff on Microsoft, Citrix, Oracle, and Adobe products. read more

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The GUI: Change or Die (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Computer hardware has made some massive leaps in the past 30 years. So why are we stuck with the same old GUI?

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New 520 bridge won’t solve I-5 merge mess (Seattle Times)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The planned Highway 520 bridge design guides commuters in buses and carpools from the bridge's HOV lanes right onto the Interstate 5 express lanes — but only in one direction. Commuters in most directions can still expect bottlenecks.

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Santhosh Mathew, PhD: We, The Children of Violation (The Huffington Post)

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The truth is that the technological spin-offs from these experiments are present in our everyday life; from superconducting materials used in maglev trains to PET scans in our hospitals.

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