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RSS car auto in newsGates plans a server for every home
News The system, called Sync, is based on the Microsoft Auto platform and will feature initially in around a dozen of Ford's new cars. Microsoft is also aiming to extend its reach to in-car computing and... [08 Jan 2007]
Europe mulls IP rights law for software
News Although it is unusual for companies to target the users of software, rather than its manufacturers, there is one well-known example - the cases brought by the SCO Group against car maker DaimlerChrysler and... [02 Aug 2005]
Ballmer: 'I could have been a car insurance salesman'
News Progressive Auto Insurance, he said, recruited him heavily both as an undergraduate and a Stanford student. If Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hadn't decided to take his college buddy up on a job offer as the software... [13 May 2005]
Virgin boss Branson restores English pride
News The James Bond-style auto can change into a speedboat at the press of the button. It may sound like the very definition of having more money than sense, but eccentric UK tycoon Richard Branson today set the record for... [14 Jun 2004]
Car firm asks court to halt SCO Linux lawsuit
News SCO sued AutoZone in March, arguing that the auto parts retailer infringed on SCO Unix copyrights through its use of Linux. The resolution of each of these prior filed actions will significantly clarify, if not resolve,... [28 Apr 2004]
Covisint e-hub acquired by FreeMarkets
News Covisint, set up by the Big Three US auto manufacturers at the height of the internet bubble, is selling its online auction business to FreeMarkets. While Covisint was founded by DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors... [02 Jan 2004]
Ex-PM Mahathir’s dream - Silicon Valley in Malaysia
News Malaysia is one of the world's largest disk drive manufacturers and has a strong presence in Southeast Asia for auto and electrical parts and OEM components manufacturing and assembly. From answering Detroit with the... [17 Nov 2003]
RAC aims to save £1m on mobile communications
News Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but the contract will run across RAC’s companies, which include Lex Vehicle Leasing, BSM, Hyundai Cars UK and RAC Auto Windscreens. Paul Moulding, head of group purchasing... [19 Jun 2003]
Hackers' threat to Formula 1 cars
News The technology allows trackside technicians to tweak the car electronically and send remote commands via a microwave link to the car, reports French F1 magazine Sport Auto Moto. Williams... [27 Feb 2002]
Volkswagen U-turn puts it on road to Covisint
News Volkswagen, along with fellow German car maker BMW, has always refused to join auto industry exchange Covisint, preferring to operate alone. Volkswagen has started trading on its private B2B hub and... [22 Nov 2001]
AOL is the apple of Adam's eye
News The pact will be launched to coincide with the Frankfurt International Auto Show in September Adam Opel, the European arm of General Motors (GM) has inked a deal with AOL to expand its online customer services facility. [04 Jul 2001]
End of the road for car makers' inhouse IT
News This is despite last week's $2.6bn shopping spree by Daimler Chrysler, which was the largest ever deal made through such an exchange, and reports have been confirmed that French car manufacturer Peugeot has joined the... [22 May 2001]
Europe's motor trade shuns own online exchanges
News Only 27 per cent of suppliers were familiar with Covisint - the auto industry's biggest exchange. The study, from Cap Gemini Ernst & Young found that two thirds of Europe's sixty major auto and... [08 May 2001]
Razorfish on the road to B2B insurance website
News The e-vehicle service contract (eVSC) website will be used by dealers, distributors, auto associations and insurance companies to sell contracts or breakdown insurance in the US and Canada. Mark Kissick, e-commerce vice... [01 Nov 2000]
US online car dealers crash out - Europeans stand firm
News European online car dealers remained bullish today in spite of the collapse of another major US auto retailer. Charles Tyrer, the MD of online auto retailer Eurekar.com, told... [23 Aug 2000]
