LAS VEGAS, NEV.--Ailing automakers are using every edge they can when it comes to selling their product, particularly as consumers hunker down for a lean 2009. Ford Motor Co. chief executive Alan Mulally said Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here that one important part of his company’s strategy is to offer its Sync technology--an in-car communications and entertainment system that Ford and Microsoft announced at CES in 2007--on more cars. Sync--currently available on 12 different Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models, including the Ford Focus, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKS--will be available across the company’s lineup by 2011.Money has been tight for automakers, to say the least. Toyota Motor announced earlier this week that it will halt production at its 12 U.S. plants for six days in February and five days in March in an effort to cut costs. General Motors Corp. and Chrysler, LLC, late last year made now-infamous trips to Washington, D.C., to ask the federal g   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

THE EAGLES' defense is doing a lot of things exceptionally well these days. They're keeping people out of the end zone (three touchdowns in the last four games). They're snuffing the run (3.3 yards allowed per carry in the last eight games). They are forcing turnovers (13 in the last six games). They are frustrating the hell out of opposing quarterbacks (.491 completion percentage and 5.38 yards allowed per attempt in the last seven games).   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

THE EAGLES' defense is doing a lot of things exceptionally well these days. They're keeping people out of the end zone (three touchdowns in the last four games). They're snuffing the run (3.3 yards allowed per carry in the last eight games). They are forcing turnovers (13 in the last six games). They are frustrating the hell out of opposing quarterbacks (.491 completion percentage and 5.38 yards allowed per attempt in the last seven games).   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

In the consumer electronics world, 2009 is rapidly shaping up to be the year of the netbook. At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, these lightweight, ultra-portable computers -- with screen sizes of 10 inches or so and price tags that hover around 0 -- are all the rage. Netbooks were the rare bright spot in otherwise slumping electronics sales last year and manufacturers are hoping to claim a share of the market with a host of their own offerings. Among the latest arrivals to the netbook market: Lenovo is set to release its S10 at the cheap price of 9. Asus, which was early to the netbook scene with its Asus EeePC, unveiled its latest offering complete with Wi-Fi and touch-screen technology. With so much innovation, however, category lines between netbooks and laptops are starting to blur. Sony's (SNE) new Vaio P Series Lifestyle PC looks like a netbook, at eight inches and just 1.4 pounds. But the 0 computer operates more like a laptop, with   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com