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Toyota to unlock secrets of black-box recorders

Reacting to criticism that data from black-box crash recorders in its vehicles can be accessed only by the company, Toyota Motor Corp. is moving to ship hundreds of data-decoding machines to the United States and make them commercially available to help diagnose vehicle problems. The devices, known as event data recorders, are similar to the black boxes on airliners and record information such as vehicle and engine speed in the seconds before a crash.

Jaguar SUV/Crossover leak: Now it’s a GALLERY of photos including interior

Jaguar SUV/Crossover (pictured) Now we have a full set of photos It may be Sunday, but the interwebs never sleep. Much to Jaguar’s regret. With the new Jaguar SUV Concept (although we must remember to call it a Crossover) not due to arrive officially for a few more days, we’ve already had an official tease, a leak of the front of the Jaguar SUV and the front three quarter shot of the C-X17.

Ford and GM tie-in with Apple

Having established a relationship with Nike for recycling materials as demonstrated on the Ford Reflex concept, Ford has now joined GM in collaborating with Apple to ensure their cars are iPod compatible. Rather than the retrofitted wire many drivers have had to resort to, cars will offer a bespoke area in the glove compartment that also acts as a charging point, the iPod instead controlled through the car?s GUI. By the end of the year, 70% of all new models sold in America are expected to be iPod compatible, an arrangement that furthers Apple?s continuing domination of the MP3-player market and one that will introduce Apple to the car-computer market, anticipated to be worth $6billion by 2010.