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Microsoft Inc. plans to unveil its latest version of Microsoft Auto 4.0, the software platform for Ford Motor Co.’s Sync technology, today at two information technology trade shows in Germany. It should be available this spring...

Dear Dub, You probably have the automotive education to counter every argument I can come up with as to why HHO kits work, so I can only ask how you could be convinced. How do you know unless you try? I have heard that most people who think outside the box are a bit nuts...

I'm sure that all these folks at the Consumer Electronics Show think this stuff is really neat, but I really question the wisdom of finding ways to make cars that supposedly alleviate drivers of the responsibility of doing what they're supposed to do behind the wheel... namely, pay attention and drive the car. As soon as you tell a human being that they don't have to pay attention to something, they won't...

That ten year stretch of your life from age 8 to 18 is a time when you're really soaking in everything and developing a lot of impressions about the world. Everything is fresh and exciting, and some things leave a lasting impression on you. For me, some of those many things were the Chaparral race cars and Jim Hall...

There's a lot of speculation and discussion about ethanol and how it's going to save us going around these days. Myself, I'm a bit of a skeptic and feel that turning all of U.S. corn production into ethanol wouldn't even make a dent in our fossil fuel needs, and that we'd starve ourselves in the process...

It's hard to say how many people were affected by the late Don Herbert, more commonly known as Mr. Wizard, but he certainly turned on my scientific curiousity gene. "What if..." thinking leads to many breakthroughs and innovations and helps you avoid being added to this list of notable quotables: "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." --Decca Recording Co...