Bill Gates Invests in EcoMotors
14 Jul 2010, 06:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A high profile investment, one of the few involving Bill Gates, is shaping up in the automotive world, after engine start-up EcoMotors (the company was established in late 2008) announced it has rec...
Chevrolet to Promote the Volt through Kinect for Xbox 360
22 Jun 2010, 10:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At the 2010 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival today, Chevrolet and Microsoft Advertising demonstrated an example of the first multiscreen advertising campaign that incorporates Kinect ...
GM Negociating with Google to Develop Ford/Microsoft SYNC Rival
11 May 2010, 10:12 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / General Motors is negotiating with Internet search giant and new smartphone marketer Google to develop in-car telematics able to compete with Ford and Microsoft's Sync/MyFord systems, according...
Ford Unveils In-Car Cloud Computing Apps by UM Students
4 May 2010, 06:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford in collaboration with the students at the University of Michigan revealed today the future of in-car connectivity, which combines social networks, GPS and real-time vehicl...
Ford Electric Vehicles to Use Microsoft Hohm
1 Apr 2010, 07:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford and Microsoft teamed up to offer a platform to help future owners of Ford’s electric vehicles optimize the way they recharge their vehicle and better manage their ho...
Kia Debuts Seven Top-Notch Technologies at CES
8 Jan 2010, 10:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Consumer Electrics Show (CES), currently running in Las Vegas, is also hosting the introduction of several new goodies for the auto sector and, as far as we're concerned, Kia is the guest s...
Kia and Microsoft Debut UVO Infotainment System
6 Jan 2010, 07:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Kia has just announced a brand new communications and entertainment system developed with Microsoft that will be integrated into several models starting this summer. Codenamed "UVO powered by M...
Microsoft CFO Joins GM as Vice Chairman, CFO
22 Dec 2009, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The executive appointments within American manufacturer GM continued yesterday with the announcement that Chris Liddell, CFO for Microsoft Corp since May 2005, has been named vice chairman and chief...
Sound of Tesla Roadster Captured by Microsoft
20 Nov 2009, 15:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A team of sound engineers from Microsoft Game Studios (some working on Forza, some on Project Gotham Racing) asked Microsoft executive Tom Burt if he was willing to take his Tesla Roadster to a trac...
Windows 7 Ducati Theme Now Available
16 Nov 2009, 11:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Since it’s harder to equip Ducati motorcycles with Windows 7, why not try the other way around? To coincide with the launch of the operating system Microsoft has included a theme dedicated to ...
Ford Upgrades to Windows 7
30 Sep 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Windows 7 is an important milestone for the evolution of the popular operating system designed by Microsoft and the Redmond-based software manufacturer tries its best to promote it. The last attempt...
Nissan Slashes US Server Count
20 Aug 2009, 13:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Racing nearly alone to become the world's no. 1 green carmaker, Japanese manufacturer Nissan took its tree saving endeavors and expanded them to other departments within the company. Its latest...
2010 Chevrolet Camaro to Get Microsoft Zune Support
13 May 2009, 09:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In-car infotainment is one of the main features of a car nowadays, with buyers looking to get at least a basic CD player when buying a new vehicle. But companies around the world are continuously de...
Microsoft, TomTom Reach Agreement Over Patent Infringement Cases
1 Apr 2009, 13:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Redmond-based software giant Microsoft and navigation systems manufacturer TomTom recently announced they have reached an agreement over the patent infringement cases filed by Microsoft before the U...