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Future Watch: Auto Industry looks at Technology to help motorists stay connected; download porn.

Kyle — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:30:34 +0000

Cnn.com – Cell phones and TVs converging with the Internet? That’s so 2008. The next big tech trend may be the marriage of computer technology to your car or truck.

This month, Hyundai is launching a system that warns motorists when they drift out of the lane they’re traveling in. Another manufacturer has developed pedestrian-detection software that works with heat-seeking cameras to alert drivers when someone is in their path.

In March, Ford will release a fully functional, dashboard computer — complete with keyboard — geared to contractors and other business folks who want to access the Web, review documents and log inventory while on the go. In the spring, AT&T will launch an in-car entertainment service with 22 satellite TV channels.

“Consumers want a vehicle that’s always on and always connected,” said Kieran O’Sullivan, vice president at Continental Automotive Systems, which supplies parts and technology to automakers. In the near future, he said, “consumers and carmakers will be able to customize the [dashboard] instrument panel to their individual tastes the same way that people customize their mobile phones.”

Future Watch: Macworld 2009 Tomorrow

Kyle — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:39 +0000

Well it is almost here. Starting tomorrow 9am PST the last and final Macworld will arrive. Listed below are a few blogs that will host a live blogging session for all your mac needs.

Engadget.com

Macrumorslive.com

Happy 40th Birthday to the Mouse.

Kyle — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:11:08 +0000

On Dec. 9, 1968, Stanford Research Institute scientist Douglas Engelbart demonstrated his unique invention — the computer mouse — for the first time in public. It took a decade and a half for it to catch on, but once it did, computing was never the same. And today, it’s hard to imagine using a desktop or laptop computer without a mouse (or one of its latter-day substitutes such as the touchpad).

Click on Link to be taken to a picture gallery following this revolutionary device that we all know and love.