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RSS auto in newsCisco takes stake in auto-xchange
News Cisco Systems has taken an equity stake in the auto-xchange supplier network owned by Ford Motors and set up by Oracle. The networking giant will handle Ford's $300bn automotive supply chain and become the exclusive supplier of networking products... [10 Feb 2000]
Windows users getting unwanted auto-updates?
News Blogs have been buzzing with reports that Windows users who thought they had automatic updates set to either not install or get permission before installing nonetheless had their machines patched and rebooted. [15 Oct 2007]
'Auto bug' leaves Navigator wide open
News A security hole has been discovered in Netscape Navigator which allows the browser to be turned into a covert web server. This is the claim of US hacker Dan Brumleve, who posted a software program, called Brown Orifice, to the web which exploits a... [09 Aug 2000]
Microsoft patent ruling hits "Auto Play"
News A federal judge ruled against Microsoft on Wednesday in a patent suit challenging "AutoPlay" technology included in recent versions of Microsoft Windows. Judge Jeffrey White of US District Court for the Northern District of California denied three... [14 Oct 2004]
Oracle opts for European Expanxion
News Oracle has bought Expanxion, a French software house which caters for European auto equipment makers. Galion will become a component of Oracle's Concept-to-Care service, and will add a European dimension to Oracle's presence in the increasingly... [11 Dec 1998]
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 engineering component suppliers do not trade... [08 May 2001]
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 silicon.com: "We are successful and believe in our business model. [23 Aug 2000]
Tracking tag firm exposes confidential data online
News The Auto-ID Centre is a body of 100 companies and five leading research universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is committed to developing a global internet infrastructure that will track all objects tagged with... [08 Jul 2003]
Microsoft to make patches automatic
News A Microsoft spokeswoman said the company is "giving strong consideration to enabling Auto Update by default in future versions of Windows," though the company has not yet committed to a time frame. Gartner says Microsoft must promise not to use the... [21 Aug 2003]
MIT bows out of controversial RFID tag research
News The Auto-ID Centre, the radio frequency identification (RFID) research group that MIT and its industry partners formed in 1999, is disbanding its current form at the end of the month, MIT said. Auto-ID Centre sponsors, including Coca-Cola, Gillette... [24 Oct 2003]
New BT unit taps up RFID market
News As more companies begin to disclose details of internal trials of radio frequency ID tags, BT has launched a new business group to focus on helping businesses with RFID projects.silicon.com's sister site ZDNet UK has learnt that the group, known... [28 Jan 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, SCO's claims against... [28 Apr 2004]
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 team chief operations engineer Sam Michael told Sport Auto... [27 Feb 2002]
Yahoo! piggybacks uninvited extras with new IM
News Finally, the installation will alter the users' homepage and auto-search functions to point to Yahoo! Rather, it will point people to Microsoft IE default settings, including the MSN homepage and auto-search features. [02 Sep 2005]
Windows Media 9: What's in the box?
News The new Windows Media comes with more than a dozen preconfigured Auto Playlists for organizing songs such as by genre, rating or most played. To the player, Microsoft added Auto Playlists, which are in some ways similar to the SmartPlaylist feature... [05 Sep 2002]
