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Get vehicle stats sent directly to your iPhone with Automatic Link

Get vehicle stats sent directly to your iPhone with Automatic Link
  • Posted March 12, 2013, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware With Video
  • A San Francisco startup called Automatic Labs is now accepting orders for a device designed to monitor your vehicle’s vital stats and send them directly to your smartphone. The program is able to keep track of a variety of parameters…

Car viruses? Intel aims to protect drivers from hackers

Car viruses? Intel aims to protect drivers from hackers
  • Posted August 21, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security
  • As high-technology continues to creep into horseless carriages everywhere, there's one thing we can all count on: abuse of that technology. According to Reuters, Intel's "top hackers" are on the case though, poring over the software which powers the fanciest…

Weekend Open Forum: What in-vehicle technology do you use?

Weekend Open Forum: What in-vehicle technology do you use?
  • Posted September 16, 2011, 8:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in WOF
  • In-vehicle technology implementation has skyrocketed over the past several decades and even more rapidly over the past 10-20 years. It seems hard to believe that air bags have been around since the early 70s and advancements like electronic stability control,…

McAfee says hackers may target vehicles next

McAfee says hackers may target vehicles next
  • Posted September 7, 2011, 4:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in IT Security, Mobile Computing
  • A new report from security software provider McAfee suggests that your car might soon be the next target for hackers. The company has partnered with Wind River in releasing a PDF outlining the potential danger that hackers present to the…

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