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Entries for May 2008

Navigation in the Palm of your Hand

Posted by Marc Laspina on 5/27/2008 at 1:00 PM

Why buy an in-car navigation system? Your cell phone may have everything you need. Better yet, you pay only when you use it and it updates itself automatically.

By Bill Machrone

Forget that GPS device you've been lusting after. You may already own it—or at least the GPS capability, complete with voice-prompted driving directions, local eateries and attractions, even gas prices. If you have a GPS-capable cell phone, you can download or simply activate software that will give you all of the capabilities of in-car systems, and more.

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Car's Wireless Network: Not Just for Phones Any More

Posted by Marc Laspina on 5/20/2008 at 1:00 PM

Today's cars that can "talk" back and forth with wireless devices offer safer, higher-quality, hands-free, voice-controlled operation, at a fraction of the cost of earlier technologies.

By Jim Henry

Popular culture is going to have to come up with a new name for our "plugged-in" society, because our favorite electronic devices — including our cars — are rapidly going wireless.

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New York Auto Show: The Power of Green

Posted by Marc Laspina on 5/13/2008 at 1:00 PM

By Bill Howard

Billed as an ode to performance cars, the early spring New York show was also an environmental statement. It was both because many of the cars getting world debuts in New York were performance minded and that drew the attention of the media. But they were balanced out by the wide variety of hybrid, electric, hydrogen and clean diesel vehicles on display.

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Running on Biodiesel: What You Need to Know

Posted by Marc Laspina on 5/5/2008 at 1:00 PM

With biodiesel, you can save money, support the U.S. economy and reduce your carbon footprint.

By Jack Rosenberger

Americans today are probably more interested in alternate sources of automotive fuel than at any other time in the nation's history.

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