Microsoft has spun its wheels for years attempting to craft an in-car computer, but the company may be primed for pole position with its latest effort to weave software into auto design.
<A HREF="http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=58481">The system is called Sync,</A> and it lets motorists control car stereos and mobile phones with voice commands. Sync was featured in a keynote speech by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it's available exclusively from Ford Motor.