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Will Your Next Car Run Windows?

Posted by michael on from the tuneup-and-virus-scan-for-$29.95 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft is beginning to move into the automotive industry. Their 'Automotive Business Unit' is selling a custom version of Windows CE called Windows Automotive. Microsoft attended a conference in Detroit this week to promote their software."

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  1. Re:no low-level access by thedillybar · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    >Instead people have to buy expensive "chips" to change their vehicle's performance regime.

    Expensive chips that void warranties and damage various components. So what you can get a 35% horsepower increase with some chip. Do you really think the drivetrain was engineered to handle it? If you are really interested in this kind of thing, you have lots of money to blow. Might as well blow some on a chip.

  2. Re:Crashes by Disevidence · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sure its a silly joke, but he's not a karma whore. It's not his fault that the majority of moderators act like they have the IQ of a retarted hippopotamus, and mod silly things up.

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