Microsoft drives .NET into car dashboards
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft is giving a tune up to its Windows-branded operating system for use in car dashboards and expects to make a new version of the software available to car makers in the first half of 2003. The newly renamed Windows Automotive is a variation of the company's Windows CE operating system, which also makes up the foundation for software used to power handheld computers, smart phones and other devices. Microsoft first released its software for in-car computers in 1998 under the name Windows CE for Automotive.
Due for delivery to auto makers, suppliers and software developers early next year, Windows Automotive will include support for voice recognition and the wireless technology Bluetooth, the company said in a statement Monday.