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RSS car in newsHow Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News Following its sale by parent company Ford last year, car maker Jaguar Land Rover has had to face the thorny problem of cutting itself loose from Ford's web of business applications. The work - which followed its sale to... [26 Oct 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News They spoof the email addresses, even get good references for their credit and run a car ad. Instead of hacking into major online sites to embed malware, malicious hackers are going in through the front door by exploiting... [16 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News A 28-year-old Miami man who made millions breaking into computer networks and stealing credit card numbers pleaded guilty on Friday and agreed to forfeit more than $2.7m in restitution, as well as a condominium, jewellery and a... [14 Sep 2009]
Steve Jobs: Firmly back in the driving seat at Apple
News So I have the liver of a mid-20s person who died in a car crash, and was generous enough to donate their organs. Though technically he returned to work two months ago, it was as the host of Wednesday's Apple music event... [10 Sep 2009]
Singularity University: Where today's tech titans teach the next generation
News This group project, which aims to flip the car sharing movement on its head and bring affordable transportation to the masses, started less than two weeks ago but has already won a prize and attracted venture capital... [21 Aug 2009]
£50,000: The cost of unlicensed software for four businesses
News The companies, which included a manufacturer of car parts and a company that makes office furniture, have paid out more than £50,000 in settlements and the cost of new licences. Four manufacturing companies have reached... [18 Aug 2009]
General Motors to start selling cars on eBay
News The site will allow people to compare prices, arrange financing, and check a used car's eligibility for the Cash for Clunkers trade-in program, a US government-funded initiative, where people can get up to $4,500 for... [11 Aug 2009]
Mobile WiMax won't win race to become 4G king
News One of those trials involved setting up a mock car accident at the Maidstone training ground for the fire service. They continued to stream video back to base from the car crash scene. Mobile WiMax could... [23 Jul 2009]
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News For instance, if you are getting out of your car at the airport, the app that has the details of your flight realises you have not checked-in and lights up and asks you whether you want to check-in. In the future, your... [03 Jul 2009]
2020: When the world and its toothbrush gets online
News He added that collaboration with different players - be they software and app makers, or even the car industry - is going to be the order of the day. Fifty billion connected devices are coming to cellular networks in the... [29 Jun 2009]
'RFID in all new mobiles by next summer'
News All new mobiles will be packing a RFID chip by summer 2010 - ultimately opening up the possibility of your phone also becoming the keys to your car or your house. Djuphammar said devices with RFID chips will have a... [24 Jun 2009]
Intel spends $884m on Wind River
News Embedded systems can include consumer electronics devices, car dashboard gear, and networking equipment. Chip giant Intel is set to acquire Wind River Systems, a maker of software for embedded devices. [04 Jun 2009]
The tech that lifts Pixar's Up
News Pixar fans may remember the scenes in Cars of a stadium full of 300,000 car fans cheering on a high-speed race below, each of which was independently animated. If you want to consider a difficult computational problem,... [28 May 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News One incident cited was the loss from Cambridge University Hospital of an unencrypted USB stick, which was later recovered by a car-wash attendant. The Information Commissioner's Office is putting pressure on the NHS to... [26 May 2009]
'People will get used to Street View'
News Last month, villagers in the Buckinghamshire town of Broughton surrounded a Street View car and forced it to leave, the Times reported. Google's privacy counsel Peter Fleischer has said people "will get used" to Street... [18 May 2009]
