Microsoft's 'Spartan' browser is shaping up, leaks show - CNET:
"Spartan, which will use the Trident rendering engine and the Chakra JavaScript engine that are part of Internet Explorer, is not just another new IE release, sources told me last week. It is expected to look and work more like lightweight browsers such as Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox, sources have said. It allegedly will support extensions, unlike IE.
This week, a BGR report claimed Spartan will be integrated with Microsoft's Cortana personal digital assistant technology."
Google's Self-Driving Car Prototype Ready to Hit the Road - IEEE Spectrum:
"The company plans to begin testing its two-seater, all-electric vehicle on public roads in Northern California starting in 2015.
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the car’s final design would only have start and stop buttons for the human passengers; no wheels or gas and brake pedals. That’s a strong indication of Google’s ambitions in leaping ahead with the driverless car future.
Previous Google tests of self-driving cars—modified versions of Lexus and Toyota vehicles—have taken place with a human driver behind the wheel just in case. Google eventually hopes to test its new self-driving prototype without human drivers sometime next year. It’s negotiating with officials at NASA's 2000-acre Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, to carry outtests without human drivers on federal property as a way of dodging California state laws."
