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Apple® has teamed up with Mercedes-Benz USA, Volvo, Nissan, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari to deliver iPod® integration with their car stereo systems in 2005.

An Anonymous Luser writes: "The new Volkswagen Passat will come equipped with Nokia Automotive’s Premium handset integration product, making VW the first automaker to offer its customers a factory-fitted automotive communication solution that supports the Bluetooth SIM Access Profile.

An anonymous Luser writes: "After expressing generally favourable sentiments regarding the recent US Presidential policy on management of the GPS and its augmentations, Glen Gibbons (GPS World) has had a re-think.

Although he stands by his initial opinion, he says that a closer reading of the document merits a few additional comments. The issue is not something included in the policy, but something almost missing from it.

An anonymous reader writes "Via is now shipping its first dual-processor mini-ITX board. The DP-310 features two 1GHz processors, gigabit Ethernet, support for SATA drives, and a media-processing graphics chipset. It targets high-density applications -- according to Via, a 42-U rack with 168 processors would draw about 2.5 kilowatts, or about as much power as two hair dryers." This also looks like the basis for a nice car computer. Also on the small-computing front, an anonymous reader submits "General Micro, meanwhile, last week released what it calls the world's fastest mini-ITX board, powered by a Pentium M clocked up to 2.3GHz."

Just got back from going to see the Jeep. Couldn't resist it. I had to go see what the guy was doing. It's almost ready. All he needs to do now is pass cable and get an interface box that transforms the Alpine plug into a pair of RCA's so theres sound. Other than that he's done the frontal piece out of MDF and I must say it looks better than I thought. The downside is I've lost the central air ducts... not really a problem in my case because I usually have the front window ones on and I've still got the side ones. Anyway... enough words, have pictures: (sorry about the quality but all I had was my PDA)

XM Satellite Radio Holdings said yesterday that its radios would be installed in cars made by the Hyundai Motor Company for sale in the United States, while Sirius Satellite Radio said receivers for its service would be included as options on some Range Rovers and Jaguars, made by Ford Motor.

XM Radio said Hyundai Motor America would be the first automaker to install its radios as standard equipment. Sirius said its receivers would be offered as factory-installed options beginning in May on some Jaguar models and beginning in July on some Range Rovers.

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Here's another Technology Gone Wild story to scare you. Russian anti-virus research firm Kaspersky Lab says you can now add cars to the growing list of things that can be infected with a computer virus. It's not clear whether or not this has ever actually happened, but apparently someone asked Kaspersky Lab if they knew how to cure a virus.

i3 news
Version 1.1 gave us a few more bugs than we expected which have been ironed out. The server is being updated as we speak. The site has some new sections and the software has a lot of new stuff. Our goal is to make i3 100% customisable. I'd say it sits at 90% right now. Give it a whirl and give us your feedback in the forums... see you there.