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In-Car Infotainment Systems Provide Entertainment, Information and the Internet

In-car entertainment used to mean a radio and speakers, maybe with a cassette or CD player. Not anymore. Now just about every car manufacturer on the planet has their own car infotainment system that provides entertainment, information about the car, and a connection to the Internet. Perhaps the best known systems are the Sync and Ford MyTouch. [...]

Credit Crunch Starting to Uncrinkle?

Just as demand for big ticket items dropped like a rock, banks got scared and tightened their lending requirements, effectively closing the barn door after the horses had gotten out. I’m not saying that they didn’t need to rethink their lending practices – they did. They were making loans to people who couldn’t pay them back, especially in [...]