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Your car is about to go open source

Galido

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

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Step by step into a droid future

Dataconomy

Devices like the Xerox PARC ALTO, considered one of the first personal computers, showcased the potential for miniaturization and mobility. Initially developed for aviation, HUDs are now being used in various sectors, including automotive and sports.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Charity

ForAllSecure

And then he, he brings it to the states and he sells it, and it's funded a lot of really interesting programs over there. Kent: When we started this bio gas program I knew that there were cows, you know, Because my church had donated cows to various orphanages over there. People that tool leather in Africa. So you got to tell me.

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At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week in Houston Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company – emphasizing the underpinning trends of cloud, mobility, big data and enterprise social. Microsoft: It’s the Era of the Cloud Operating System.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

.” The event, which was captured on video and also reported in Wired magazine, sent a message to the automotive industry. In fact, I remember starting a new job by flying to Auburn Hills, Michigan for the very first meeting of the Featherstone Group, a collection of automotive OEM executive and security professionals.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking High-Tech Cars

ForAllSecure

Think of a mobile phone with just an on and off switch. If there were no volume control all the mobile phones today would ring at the same tone at the same decimal level. Yet by integrating granular controls such as volume, we've just made the mobile phone a lot more complex. That's how long I need. To take it. What's that?

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Ford CEO Jim Farley on building the electric F-150 — and reinventing Ford

The Verge

Ford also just announced a major deal with Google to use Android as the operating system in its cars, and I wanted to know what pushed the company in that direction — and how Jim sees our relationship to cars changing as they turn into what are fundamentally rolling computers. And it’s about time for us to catch up.

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