Other improvements include a friction-fit docking connector and improved power management, along with a few other under-the-hood enhancements.
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Ultimately, the invisible, under-the-hood electronic architecture of the plug-in hybrid will become as commonplace as automatic transmissions and anti-lock brakes.
Direct feedback and feedback through usage contributed to hundreds of visible changes in the product and tens of thousands of under-the-hood changes.
Tablets are cool, sure, but they have their limitations: lack of keyboard, small screen size, lack of under-the-hood power, lack of serious business applications.
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But there are also many subtle, under-the-hood changes, including performance improvements.
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Of course, the explanation for this lies in their under-the-hood similarities.
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At Dell World last week, Michael Dell hosted a variety of speakers, most of whom pointed to a vision of a new CIO, one who abandons the under-the-hood, component level focus in favor of vastly increased attention on business processes and crafting and configuring applications to support them.
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Analysts seemed impressed with the under-the hood improvements and said that the new iPad should sell well thanks to upgrades and new buyers.
You'll be familiar with the LG eXpo and its specs already -- which include a slideout QWERTY keyboard and 1GHz Snapdragon under the hood -- but we thought we'd go try the handset out for ourselves and tell you what we thought.
There will be a 2.4-liter four under the hood, and battery-only driving until 62 mph.
Most of the changes to Honeycomb are happening under the hood -- better HTML5 support, faster performance, and USB host functionality for connecting peripherals like game controllers and mice -- but there are some improvements that will be a lot more obvious to the user.
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Assuming you want to stay in the XT's price range, you'll find a couple 13- to 14-inch Ultrabooks with similar features under the hood.
That explains the aerodynamic style and the new nine-speed transmission under the hood.
The 1.4-liter gasoline engine under the hood functions as a generator, creating juice for the electric motor.
The 1.4-liter gasoline engine under the hood acts as a generator after the 16.5 kWh battery is depleted and feeds electricity back to the motor.
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The engine note is pleasing, too, with just a touch of turbo spool-up from under the hood and a nicely resonant thrum coming from the dual exhausts.
If the market is healthy under the hood, the leading high-beta tech stocks will usually hold up well.
Gawd, I wish it had a big V-8 under the hood.
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The car will get different sheet metal and an altered interior from the Impreza -based sedan, but if you look under the hood you'll see a Subaru engine, and everywhere else you look you'll see Subaru, not Saab parts.
Its 50-member companies are mostly trying to refine the 104-year-old technology that's under almost every hood today.
As should be clear by now, any talk of a successor to a still relatively new game console should be taken with a hefty grain of salt but, if word from Japan's Impress is to be believed, it looks like we could possibly be getting a clearer indication of what might be under the PlayStation 4's non-existent hood.
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After what has become one of the longer (and certainly one of the highest-profile) App Store approval delays, SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone has finally gotten Apple's blessing -- with some serious changes under the hood.
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This very fine, very evolved example of global car building the first fully integrated product collaboration between Chrysler and Fiat, Auburn Hills and Turin is based on a U.S. variant of an Alfa platform, with a Fiat 1.4-liter Multiair turbo engine under the hood.
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Cables wrapped in orange high-voltage warning sleeves are located under the hood of the Focus EV.
Built of plastic to save weight, it was more akin to a scooter than to a bicycle, and it ran on a pair of lead-acid batteries, similar to those under the hood of a car.
Under the Hood: 3.7 liter DOHC 24-valve VVEL V6 Engine, 330 hp and 27 lb-ft torque.
Under the Hood: 2.0 liter turbocharged I-4 engine producing 211 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque.
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