3:15 PM -- Based on news from the North American Auto Show, high technology is further merging with the automotive world. One car, from Nissan, is called "Urge." It looks like a spaceship. It comes with an "integrated" Microsoft XBox 360 video game platform:

From Steering Wheel to Joystick

Of course, the automotive XBox follows the addition of Internet access, satellite radio, and people talking on their mobile phones. Who has time to actually drive anymore?

— R. Scott Raynovich, Editor in Chief, Light Reading