Behind the scenes at the QNX concept garage

It seems like every technology concept car QNX produces is bigger and better than the last one, which is just how we like it. That also means each year countless hours are spent dreaming up and implementing...

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HTML5 blooper reel

I find bloopers infinitely amusing — mind you I’m talking about those that come on a reel, not those that happen for real. Missed deadlines, cost over-runs, IP disputes — these are the bloopers we all...

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Goodbye passwords, hello biometrics

Let's face it — passwords suck.Every day we have to recall all manner of alphanumeric combinations for bank PINs, network log-ons, corporate email, social networking, and e-commerce. According to Microsoft...

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Designing interfaces from the outside in

User interfaces are a pet peeve of mine.I’m one of those people whose VCR always blinked 12:00. Not because I couldn’t figure it out but because I resented that I had to.Basically, I have neither the...

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Day four of CES: The home stretch

We all thought that day four would be a lot less busy and it was, however, we still had people waiting for a demo up until the dying minutes of the show.The day opened with a video shoot by Brian Cooley...

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Day three of CES: Almost too exciting

Day three was interesting in that we had too many VIPs to see the Bentley at the same time: Tanner Foust, Thorsten Heins, and high-level execs from both Mercedes and Porsche. All had a good long look...

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Day two of CES - QNX, Harman, and Vipers, oh my!

Day two came and went very fast. It felt as frantic as day one. I did manage to leave the north hall though... only to find the center hall to be just as intense. Maybe even more so. It had booths the...

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Full-duplex in the car? Who even knows what this means?

I know lots of people don't understand full-duplex. Hell, I think most people have never even heard of it. Unfortunately, these same people have repeatedly experienced its poor cousin — half-duplex —...

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Day one of CES — so far so great!

The QNX booth was like a mob scene. I think Phil Hetherington, senior director of the QNX acoustics group, hit the nail on the head when he said, "it's like a mosh pit in here." (He meant it in a good...

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