Nintendo Wii users happier than iPod’s

The Nintendo Wii has beaten off the iPod to become the gadget that “makes people most happy”, says a new British poll. 
According to the survey of over 2,500 callers to The Gadget Helpline, a phone service that consumers having problems with broken electrical equipment can call for help, the results underline the increasing popularity of [...]

Toyota Motor to cut output on slackening demand

Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, is preparing to set a 2009 global vehicle production target of about 6.5 million vehicles, the lowest in six years, Japan’s top business daily reported on Monday.
Toyota Motor declined comment on the report.
The automaker has yet to give a vehicle sales or production goal for this year, citing the unprecedented [...]

Honda Motor names Takanobu Ito new president

Honda Motor, named Takanobu Ito, an expert in auto development with experience in the US, as its new president on Monday, in an apparent effort to aim for a turnaround under fresh, younger leadership.
Ito, 55, senior managing director overseeing auto operations, replaces Takeo Fukui, who is stepping down as president, Japan’s No. 2 automaker said [...]