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Google Shows First Chrome Notebook

Google demonstrated Tuesday, the first laptop computers to use its Chrome web browser, in a challenge to Microsoft...

Coby Tablet Sells Out on HSN

Coby Electronics' new president Michael Troetti said Coby's Kyros MID7015 is selling as fast as the company can...

Amazon, Google Offer Easy Web eBook Access

eBooks are getting easier to access. Amazon confirmed it will expand its Kindle for the Web feature in...

Honeycomb Debuts on Motorola Tablet

Google took the wraps off Monday of its Honeycomb operating system—the first version of Android optimized for tablet...

Ford to Complete Rear Vision Camera Roll Out

Ford will complete its roll out of a rear view camera on nearly all Ford and Lincoln models...

Accele Ships Entry Priced Headrest Monitors

Accele is offering a new low cost Zicom headrest system with dual monitors, each with a built-in DVD...

Google Announces Nexus S

Google officially announced its next attempt at a phone under the Google Nexus brand: the Nexus S, which...

Clarion/Ford Navi Wins JD Power Awards

Clarion, which supplies many navigation systems for Ford, said its voice-activated navigation system in the Ford Fusion won...

Phoenix Gold Intro’s Slim Subs

Phoenix Gold will unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show in January new slim mount subwoofers under the SL...

Livio Radio’s Plug and Play Car Internet

Livio Radio offers a plug and play way to get Internet Radio in the car. It’s new Carmen...

JL Audio Issues Recall

JL Audio is voluntarily recalling certain HD750/1 and MHD750/1 car audio and marine amplifiers because of a defect...

Innovation in Car Electronics: Commentary

‘Drop all suppliers who don’t enforce MAP*,’ was a common cry from retailers posting comments to our recent...

New Vehicle Sales Keep Climbing

November was another strong month for U.S. car and light truck sales, which jumped 17 percent over last...

Motorola Mobility Plans 2 Tablets

Motorola plans to supply 2 tablet PCs through a new separate company--Motorola Mobility--due to spin off on January...

Verizon 4G Is Cheaper than 3G

4G LTE will be available from Verizon Wireless starting this Sunday, at prices cheaper than 3G in some...

Smartphone Share Nears 1/3rd

Better get those Android car docks ready. First, 29.7 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers now own a smartphone....

Coby Ships 7″ Tablet

We can’t call it an iPad killer, but a new Coby 7-inch WiFi tablet is available now for...

Call for Editorial Submissions for CES

The Consumer Electronics Show is around the corner and we're already preparing our CEoutlook Car Electronics Newsletter, CES...

Pandora Radios Expected at CES

Kenwood gave a sneak preview of its lineup to be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show stating it...

Samsung Ships 130K Galaxy Tabs to U.S.

Samsung shipped only 130,000 Galaxy Tabs to carriers in the U.S., a trusted source tells us and the...