ATLANTA, GA. — February 16, 2010  - Centrafuse, a leading developer of software tools for embedded devices, announced that Jim Mazurek has joined the Company as its new VP of Business Development – Automotive.

Mazurek has over 25 years of experience in the automotive electronics industry, at companies that include Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation. His functional background spans sales and business development, new product introduction, product marketing, product management and strategy & planning. Jim led a team at Ford that built some of their first integrated infotainment and multimedia systems for the vehicle.

"We are very proud to add Jim to the Centrafuse team." said Dan Seitam, the CEO of Centrafuse. "He has a broad set of experiences serving OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, and understands what it takes to be successful in our target market segments. Jim’s understanding of both markets and products will enhance our ability to provide our corporate customers the best-in-class HMI tools for their next generation infotainment systems."

You can read more about Centrafuse and its products at www.centrafuse.com

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ABOUT CENTRAFUSE Centrafuse is a software company that sells development tools for embedded devices. The Company's Application Integration Framework is a software development framework for emerging, "non-traditional" computing devices; that is, devices designed for environments in which a mouse and keyboard are not desirable. Our vision is to make PCs relevant in environments previously considered impractical. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Dan Seitam, CEO
404-287-2152 x714
dseitam@centrafuse.com

Jim Mazurek, VP Business Development - Automotive
404-287-2152 x712
jmazurek@centrafuse.com

ATLANTA, GA. — January 7, 2009  - Centrafuse, a leading developer of software tools for embedded devices, announced that its automotive infotainment framework, Centrafuse Auto, will be featured running on Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Auto software platform in Visteon’s Connected Car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2010. Windows Embedded Auto and Centrafuse operate together to provide a robust and appropriate user experience for independent infotainment and computing services for drivers and passengers.

"The car is simply another mobile device, and the ability to fully integrate disparate features, functions and content is a critical aspect of providing a user experience that is optimized for the car." said Dan Seitam, the CEO of Centrafuse. "We call that Intelligent Convergence, and it ensures that the driver and passengers receive a consistent and contextual media experience in the car. Microsoft’s experience, installed base and commitment to the car make Microsoft an ideal partner for Centrafuse. Centrafuse takes full advantage of the capabilities of the Windows Embedded Auto platform and presents that to the end-user in a way that is intuitive, fully-featured and extensible.”

“The flexibility of the Windows Embedded Auto platform is enabling partners like Centrafuse to create new and rich user interfaces,” said Greg Baribault, marketing director, automotive product management Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Business division. “The Centrafuse Auto interface and its vast feature set is simplifying driver control over a wide range of functions.”

To learn more about Centrafuse Auto and the Connected Car, stop by and see the exhibit at Visteon's booth CP-13 in the Central Plaza at CES.

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ABOUT CENTRAFUSE   Centrafuse is a software company that sells development tools for embedded devices. The Company's Application Integration Framework is a software development framework for emerging, “non-traditional” computing devices; that is, devices designed for environments in which a mouse and keyboard are not desirable. Our vision is to make PCs relevant in environments previously considered impractical. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

CONTACT:

Dan Seitam, CEO
404-287-2152 x714
dseitam@centrafuse.com
www.centrafuse.com

ATLANTA, GA. — January 1, 2009  - Centrafuse, a leading developer of software tools for embedded devices, announced that its automotive infotainment framework, Centrafuse Auto, will be showcased in Visteon Corporation's “Connected Car” demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2010. The Connected Car is Visteon's Internet-connected platform for next generation infotainment services for the automotive market. The combination of Intel's Atom Processor, Visteon’s infotainment platform, Microsoft's MS Auto 4.0 and the Centrafuse Toolkit delivers a complete solution for powering, building and deploying rich media experiences in the car.

Centrafuse 3.0 is a completely agnostic Application Integration Framework that enables separate applications, content sources and devices to merge into a single user experience. This framework provides software engineers, user interface designers and device manufactures with a development toolkit that enables the development, integration and control of separate applications via one common, touch-friendly, voice-controlled user interface.

"The car is simply another mobile device, and the ability to fully integrate disparate features, functions and content is a critical aspect of providing a user experience that is optimized for the car." said Dan Seitam, the CEO of Centrafuse. "We call that Intelligent Convergence, and it ensures that the driver and passengers receive a consistent and contextual media experience in the car. This is especially important as infotainment and computing services grow in popularity and evolve as a centerpiece of branding for the car manufacturers."

Visteon's “Connected Car” demonstration is an ideal platform for showcasing the power of providing seamless access to media while in the car. Senior Manager for Global Electronics Innovation at Visteon, T.C. Wingrove, said, "Centrafuse’s Tookit enabled a critical linkage between the machine, the cloud and the end-user – allowing us to develop quickly and cost effectively what you see in the Connected Car demonstration on the MS Auto 4.0 platform.”

You can see Visteon’s “Connected Car” demonstration and Centrafuse Auto at Visteon's booth CP-13 in the Central Plaza at CES.

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ABOUT CENTRAFUSE   Centrafuse is a software company that sells development tools for embedded devices. The Company's Application Integration Framework is a software development framework for emerging, “non-traditional” computing devices; that is, devices designed for environments in which a mouse and keyboard are not desirable. Our vision is to make PCs relevant in environments previously considered impractical. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

ABOUT VISTEON   Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive supplier that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative climate, interior, electronic and lighting products for vehicle manufacturers, and also provides a range of products and services to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Chelmsford, UK; the company has facilities in 26 countries and employs approximately 30,000 people.

CONTACT:

Dan Seitam, CEO
404-287-2152 x714
dseitam@centrafuse.com
www.centrafuse.com

In celebration of the holiday season, we are pleased to announce that our newest product, Centrafuse Auto will be ON SALE for a limited time!

Holiday Sale - Get your copy of Centrafuse Auto today!
Starting today through January 3rd 2010, all versions of Centrafuse Auto will be available for an extra 10% off the regular store price. Just use the coupon code HOLIDAY09 at the cart page just before checkout for your 10% savings coupon.

Hurry, offers midnight January 3rd, allowing enough time to recover from your New Year celebrations. But don't wait, visit our store and get yours today!

New Plug-ins and Skins availble for Centrafuse Auto
Be sure and visit our updated Download section on the forums to see what is now available for Centrafuse Auto.

We are pleased to announce that our newest product, Centrafuse Auto, based on Centrafuse 3.0 is now available to the public. This release represents a significant step forward for Centrafuse and the mobile computing community, and the entire team here hopes that you enjoy our latest product.

We’ve also revamped our site to better reflect our evolution as a Company. If you’re an enthusiast, a developer, a system partner or an OEM, there’s something there for you. Please be sure to check it out and let us know what you think.

You can download the 30-day FREE trial from our website here: Download the Centrafuse Auto Trial.

We know many of you have been anxiously awaiting the upcoming release of Centrafuse 3.0 and we thank you for your continued patience as we wrap up the last round of bugs. The private beta testing is going well, and I'm glad to say we have moved past the Beta phase into final testing. Features have been locked down, and we are now in the final stretch of fixing the last few bugs and building installers for the final gold release during the next few weeks.

CarPC community featured in the New York Times

I would also like to share a New York Times news article with you, that is actually ABOUT YOU ALL!

As some of you may know, back in August many CarPC enthusiasts from all over the U.S. flocked to Baltimore, Maryland for the 1st annual AFK Fest hosted by Centrafuse Partner Mp3Car. There we unveiled the latest Centrafuse 3 Beta to the public for the first time. Another of our Centrafuse Partners - Chris from Mobile Computing Solutions drove his car down from Philadelphia with the help of the Centrafuse 3.0 Beta. A big thanks goes out to Rob, Heather and co. at Mp3Car for bringing it all together!

Windows 7 wasn't the only big tech announcement in the news yesterday: without further ado, here's the link to the NY Times article about you all: A Computer in Your Car, but Not Under the Hood (link). Thanks to everyone who has made this industry what it is today!

Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming release of Centrafuse 3.0, that is now just weeks away! And remember, there’s no reason to wait. You can start using and enjoying Centrafuse today and we’ll upgrade you for free when 3.0 hits the street. - Get it here: Centrafuse Store or from one of our partners.

And for those of you who missed it, here are some of the new features coming with Centrafuse 3.0 Auto:

Centrafuse 3.0 Auto Highlights:

• Enhanced iPhone-style animations
• Multi-screen support for DVD and video playback
• Media scrubber - for quickly changing the track position
• Voice notes recorder - with email function
• File manager - cut/copy/paste files and folders
• Improved navigation user interface
• Independent photo viewer
• Enhanced list view styles
• Improved navigation interface
• Improved speech recognition for dialing contacts
• And more...

Centrafuse Markup Language™ (CML):

Centrafuse 3.0 integrates a new and improved Open SDK and presentation/skinning layer, called CML. CML is our new markup language which not only allows for the rapid prototyping and development of powerful plug-in applications, but for the first time you now have the ability to completely redefine the main interface layout or to simply create custom-tailored look and feel to meet the needs of your desired solution. CML adds a powerful dimension to the Centrafuse Open SDK by providing both developers and designers with an unprecedented level of control of graphic UI elements and controls without having to recompile the plug-in application code. This provides plug-in designers a high degree of freedom while still providing the same level of flexibility and compatibility that you’ve come to expect from Centrafuse.

Centrafuse Application Integration Framework:

At the core of this new framework lies the Centrafuse 3.0 Open SDK which has much to offer 3rd party developers. With the 3rd generation of our software, Centrafuse has evolved into an application integration environment and development platform for the mobile use case. In addition to many useful programming enhancements, the Open SDK also offers a new set of open provider interfaces, which are designed to enable developers to extend functionality that was previously restricted to the core such as:

• Navigation
• Speech
• TTS
• Handsfree phone
• Audio mixer support
• Radio tuner support

By leveraging these open provider interfaces, 3rd party developers can independently create their own provider modules for use with the Centrafuse core to create powerful applications and add hardware support. These changes you are seeing in Centrafuse 3.0 are all critical steps in our mission to create a ubiquitous user interface toolkit and application framework suitable for delivery of custom solutions for multiple vertical markets.

Centrafuse 3.0 Auto Highlights:

We'd like to take a moment to highlight some of the major features of the upcoming Centrafuse 3.0 Auto Edition. Some of the new features of our next generation software for automotive infotainment will include:

• Enhanced iPhone-style animations
• Multi-screen support for DVD and video playback
• Media scrubber - for quickly changing the track position
• Voice notes recorder - with email function
• File manager - cut/copy/paste files and folders
• Improved navigation user interface
• Independent photo viewer
• Enhanced list view styles
• Improved navigation interface
• Improved speech recognition for dialing contacts
• And more...

Centrafuse Markup Language™ (CML):

Centrafuse 3.0 integrates a new and improved Open SDK and presentation/skinning layer, called CML. CML is our new markup language which not only allows for the rapid prototyping and development of powerful plug-in applications, but for the first time you now have the ability to completely redefine the main interface layout or to simply create custom-tailored look and feel to meet the needs of your desired solution. CML adds a powerful dimension to the Centrafuse Open SDK by providing both developers and designers with an unprecedented level of control of graphic UI elements and controls without having to recompile the plug-in application code. This provides plug-in designers a high degree of freedom while still providing the same level of flexibility and compatibility.

Centrafuse Application Integration Framework:

At the core of this new framework lies the Centrafuse 3.0 Open SDK which has much to offer 3rd party developers. With the 3rd generation of our software, Centrafuse has evolved into an application integration environment and development platform for the mobile use case. In addition to many useful programming enhancements, the Open SDK also offers a new set of open provider interfaces, which are designed to enable developers to extend functionality that was previously restricted to the core such as:

• Navigation
• Speech
• TTS
• Handsfree phone
• Audio mixer support
• Radio hardware support

By leveraging these open provider interfaces, 3rd party developers can independently create their own provider modules for use with the Centrafuse core to create powerful applications and add hardware support. These changes you are seeing in Centrafuse 3.0 are all critical steps in our mission to create a ubiquitous user interface toolkit and application framework suitable for delivery of custom solutions for multiple vertical markets.

Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming release of Centrafuse 3.0, that is now just weeks away!

Centrafuse™ | A Whole New Way™

This video from the In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) group at Intel showcases a new IVI reference design board running the Microsoft Automotive platform with Centrafuse demonstrating the HMI and infotainment function by offering multi-zone media control. The reference design is powered by an Intel Atom 'Russelville' board designed specifically for automotive IVI purposes.

We're excited to announce that the 50th plug-in application for Centrafuse has been uploaded last week! Our active 3rd-party developer community has been working diligently to generate creative and practical applications for use within Centrafuse. A big thanks goes out to our innovative developer community!

These plug-ins range from automotive tools such as trip loggers, tire pressure monitors, hardware relay controls, games such as sudoko and console emulators, including a range of connected apps such as live traffic cams, closest fuel finders, web radio/video, weather radar feeds, plus calendars, calculators and much more!

If you would like to check out the repository of Centrafuse Plug-in Applications, you can view them here. If you’d like to download a plug-in or two, just sign up for a forum account.

Centrafuse has always provided a free SDK so that you can create your own applications running within the Centrafuse application integration environment. It you’re a developer, you can create these plug-in applications utilizing the Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework, which supports development using many popular programming languages such as C#, C++, VB.NET and Delphi.

Some of you may be wondering if all existing plug-ins will work on the upcoming 3.0 version. The good news is that with a simple recompilation, existing applications will run in Centrafuse 3.0 (one caveat - graphic updates may be required). Some plug-ins are already being converted and we’ll make sure that 3.0 SDK upgrade provides our developer community with the tools to ensure that these plug-ins will function properly in 3.0. If you would like to learn more about our SDK, check out this link: http://www.centrafuse.com/sdk

Watch out for more information about our even more powerful version 3 SDK and other features soon. Stay tuned for details!

Centrafuse™ | A Whole New Way™

Centrafuse 3.0 was released to private beta earlier last week. We are finalizing features and the release date, but will begin sharing details as they are locked down.

Centrafuse 3.0 has been re-built from the ground up to expand the suite of CarPC applications that will be available to you in the future. Speech recognition, text-to-speech, navigation, audio mixer, hands-free phone and Bluetooth have been implemented as open interfaces.

You’ll be able to use the same applications as in previous versions. Beyond that though, this open architecture will support a broader array of 3rd party plugins and will facilitate development of new features internally at Centrafuse and by our developer community. An enhanced graphics engine complete with customizable transition animations is also a hallmark of the new 3.0 core.

We are pleased to announce new pricing for 3.0:  (All prices in USD)

The new retail pricing for Centrafuse Auto 3.0 will be as follows:

• Centrafuse Auto 3.0 Standard will be $79.99
• Centrafuse Auto 3.0 Navigation: North America will be $129.99
• Centrafuse Auto 3.0 Navigation: Europe will be $149.99
• Centrafuse Auto 3.0 Navigation: Australia will be $179.99
• All other Navigation regions will be $199.99

NOTE: Current users of Centrafuse Navigation that want the benefits of 3.0, will only need to pay the upgrade price of $49.99 since the maps are the same for 3.0.

We value our loyal installed base, and know that many of you have purchased Centrafuse over the past few months. We want to recognize that commitment in form of a discounted upgrade price:

We’re also looking forward to working with new CarPC enthusiasts. We understand that no one wants to buy Centrafuse today only to turn around and pay an upgrade when 3.0 is released. We’ve considered you as well:

Keep checking back here for updates about the release date and final feature set. And know that the team here is working diligently to deliver the next generation of CarPC software to you as soon as possible.

Check out this link to read the Georgia Tech's Sonification Lab's report entitled "Enhanced Auditory Menu Cues Improve Dual Task Performance and are Preferred with In-vehicle Technologies"

Click here to view the Sonification Lab's Research Report

We have always taken pride in being the leading edge carPC HMI and purveyor of the latest and greatest features for in-vehicle use. There's a lot more to Centrafuse though.

The Sonification Lab at Georgia Tech recently conducted research to better understand how to reduce driver distraction. Every day we depend on PNDs, cell phones, iPods and even our carPCs for providing information and entertainment in our cars. While I'm not proud of it, I too have texted while driving. Not good. We're not going to give up our gadgets though.

The team at Georgia Tech is studying ways to enable us to use the tools that we depend on, implemented in a way that keeps everyone safer. Centrafuse and a carPC were used to demonstrate the positive, measurable impact of an advanced multimodal interface overlaying an easy-to-use, integrated platform for in-vehicle infotainment. Read the results for yourself. Centrafuse is more than just another pretty user interface.

Click here to view the Georgia Tech Research Report

ATLANTA, Ga. — April 22, 2009   Dashboard Devices has selected Centrafuse Auto as the official user interface (UI) for their new ENV line of CarPCs. The ENV (Entertainment and Navigation for Vehicles) product line delivers innovative features for the growing in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) sector such as True Multi-Zone control with integrated dual sound cards and multiple independent display support. All ENV products include a new 'single-link' cable system which carries audio/video/power and USB over a single cable to make installation quick and easy.

"We wanted to provide our customers with a user experience that is as innovative as our new CarPCs, and Centrafuse Auto is the obvious choice. The Centrafuse user interface provides Dashboard Devices customers with a touch friendly, voice enabled environment for web services and in-vehicle features that converge in a way that is intuitive and fun." said Michael Murphy, CEO of Dashboard Devices.

The ENV product line introduces a series of exciting new products: 4 ENV computers including a Double-DIN dash LCD unit, a Single-DIN dash LCD unit (to be released in 2010) and two Dash-Top LCD units. All ENV systems will feature “DashDrive” front-end software. Standard features include; 7” sunlight readable touchscreen LCD’s, CPU’s from Core Duo and Core 2 Duo to the Intel Atom, up to of 2GB of memory and choice of a 160GB or 320GB hard drive, plus many optional features.

Centrafuse Auto, the underlying technology platform behind Dashboard's DashDrive user interface, is the first product created using the Centrafuse Open UI Development Toolkit. This powerful, yet flexible toolkit is designed to prototype, commercialize and deploy best-in-breed user experiences for emerging computer use cases where the use of traditional input methods such as a keyboard or a mouse are impractical, irrelevant or unsafe. Centrafuse Auto has been shipping for over two years, and includes the added benefit of continual testing and feedback from over 3,000 people in the Centrafuse User Community.

Centrafuse co-founder, Eric Breier said, "We're very proud to be chosen by Dashboard Devices as its user interface provider. Their ENV product line is a glimpse into the future of IVI systems, and we're excited to participate in this growing market. As new use cases emerge in the car, the home and other non-traditional places, we will provide our retail, ODM and OEM customers and user community with leading edge HMI development tools, application bundles and support that will accelerate adoption in these new segments."

REDMOND, Wash. — February 11, 2009   Centrafuse, the creator of the Centrafuse UX Toolkit for User Experience, announced today it will utilize Windows XP Embedded, Windows Embedded Standard and Windows Embedded Enterprise offerings for its next generations of its HMI Toolkit, OEM / ODM bundles and retail HMI for Automotive Infotainment.

“Our adoption of Windows Embedded technologies was a significant step in our ongoing mission to create superior user experiences for these emerging smart, connected, service oriented automotive infotainment devices,” said Eric Breier, President and co-founder of Centrafuse. “Microsoft’s continued support in the automotive market makes this a logical choice for Centrafuse. Due to the support it provides for a growing list of in-vehicle infotainment developers and suppliers, the increasing functionality of the head units has raised the expectations of users of these powerful devices.”

For Centrafuse, Windows Embedded platforms deliver multiple business and technical benefits:

Reduced technical risk - Windows Embedded platforms provide a common application environment which is utilized by the Centrafuse Toolkit for User Experience, ensuring that members of the Centrafuse development community are adhering to a well understood standard using the Centrafuse Markup Language (CML).

Reach and support - Developers and Centrafuse ODM / OEM partners have access to the broadest array of in-vehicle technologies available today by utilizing Windows Embedded operating systems as the platform for Centrafuse Automotive and the Centrafuse Toolkit for User Experience.

Rapid time to market and commercialization - The ubiquitous understanding of Windows Embedded as a platform provides the Centrafuse development community and ODM / OEM customers with the means to rapidly prototype, commercialize and deploy their HMI developments and plug-ins.

“We are delighted to see Windows Embedded play a significant role in the development of smart, connected, service oriented devices for the automotive infotainment market,” said Valerie Olague, Senior Partner Marketing Manager at Microsoft Corp. “With Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Standard platform, Centrafuse OEMs will be able to deliver innovative automotive devices to market faster, and customers will be assured that they are utilizing a platform that has been and will continue to be committed to supporting the growth of this market.”

The Centrafuse HMI development toolkit and retail software products are available now.

About Centrafuse
Centrafuse is a software development and custom design company, focused on becoming the de facto user interface development toolkit for next-generation computing environments. Centrafuse Automotive, an automotive infotainment HMI platform, is the first product developed from the Centrafuse application toolkit. Learn more at www.centrafuse.com.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.

As promised, we wanted to provide a complete wrap-up from CES 2009. We had great presence and exposure at CES this year. We were very happy to see an unprecedented amount of CarPC's at the show this year and most of them were running Centrafuse. Most notably, Intel & Azentek, but there were several other companies with prototypes for CarPC's we were impressed with as well.

Dashboard Devices is developing a black box, amp-sized CarPC, called the ENV, packaged with 1-3 screens for a complete, multi-zone, rear-seat entertainment experience for the automotive aftermarket. This is a very impressive prototype with a significant amount of computing power (Intel's Core 2 Duo) packed inside an ultra-compact enclosure.

Yet another CarPC prototype running Centrafuse at the show this year came from Telemetria Technology, who were presenting their DashTop™ product in a drivable demo outside of the convention center.

We were also very impressed, blown-away actually, with the Focal and Steg-sponsored Volkswagen GTI from Jan Bennett. Jan is a longtime Centrafuse friend and award-winning audiophile.

Focal is an ultra high-end, audiophile-quality speaker company. Steg is competition-level Italian amplifier manufacturer with cutting-edge features. Jan demands only the best for her car audio system. Click the image to see some pics from her ride.

Click the picture to view more images.

All in all, we were extremely pleased to see an increasing interest in car computing among the automakers, car audio aftermarket and consumer electronics companies at CES this year. We are confident that the product offering and technology behind CarPC's will continue to evolve and rich-experience solutions will begin to reach consumers in the near future.

Keep checking in with us for more news on the industry and our products. We're looking forward to a great year.

This is another big year for Centrafuse at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Centrafuse, an automotive infotainment user interface toolkit, was featured in several installations throughout the CES show last week; most notably with Intel, where Centrafuse is featured in the eco-friendly WiMax 4G SmartCar, seen in the photos below.

Intel featured the Centrafuse 2.0 interface, showcasing WiMax’s ability to deliver rich media content, such as streaming video & news, to the vehicle. Intel is showcasing several areas of car computing applications including some new CarPC hardware reference designs based their new low-power Atom processor.

Car infotainment & tech blog Mp3Car.com's founder, Rob Wray, spoke with Eric Breier, CEO and Co-Founder of Centrafuse, in the Intel 4G SmartCar. Breier discusses other installations and hardware partners featuring the Centrafuse interface at CES this year, including Azentek's new 2-DIN & 1-DIN Atlas CarPC's, Dashboard Devices' proprietary dual-zone system for rear-seat entertainment, Telemetria's brand new DashTop™ platform, Gracenote and of course, Intel.

Breier also explores next-generation mobile technologies such as WiMax, the general availability of mobile broadband in the car and the impact of these technologies on the car computing market as a whole.

See the Intel WiMax SmartCar with Centrafuse at Oracle OpenWorld '08.

Stay tuned for more news & coverage on Centrafuse from CES 2009.

Carbon Motors has selected Atlanta-based Flux Media Inc’s Centrafuse as the official user interface (UI) for the revolutionary E7, the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle.

"Providing our partners with a powerful, responsive and intuitive user experience, designed and tailored to their specific needs, is our ultimate goal", states Eric Breier, CEO and Co-Founder of Flux Media. "The Centrafuse UX Toolkit enable the rapid development and deployment of today's complex converged devices and applications."

David McGowan, CTO and Co-Founder adds, "Managing and controlling the immense amount of mission-critical technology that's packed into the E7 requires a platform scalable and powerful enough to deliver the right user interface for an environment as critical as the cockpit of a police vehicle."

Centrafuse 2.0 recently featured in a Microsoft video blog touting the benefits of their Mesh Mobile concept and how that directly translates into higher functionality, increased safety and ease of use for CarPC users.

Microsoft’s Live Mesh is a synchronization and collaboration software that allows files and folders to be shared across multiple devices such as pictures/music from your home PC to your smartphone and laptop, and now to your CarPC. Centrafuse is an integral part of this project, providing users with unparalleled ease-of-use for increasingly connected devices. Making sophisticated converged mobile devices safe and practical to use is at the core of what we do at Flux Media.

The Centrafuse SDK 2.0 (Software Development Kit) brings developers the ability to create specialized components by utilizing the existing Centrafuse™ plug-in framework.

By using our extensive SDK, developers can harness the power of Centrafuse™ by creating custom plug-ins using our extensive Software Development Kit (SDK). The Centrafuse™ SDK provides direct access to the vast array of features, controls, and functions that Centrafuse™ offers.

We are proud to introduce Centrafuse™ 2.0, the ultimate infotainment & telematics interface. Centrafuse is a complete media & hardware management software solution for mobile computer systems such as CarPCs and UMPCs.

Centrafuse 2.0 features many new exciting improvements over the previous version including industry-strength Bluetooth phone support, enhanced Navigation interface, new extensive list map regions, more languages, and a fresh new skin called 'Aura'. Other notable improvements include the addition of direct iPod support (iTunes not required), Sirius radio support, gesturing technology, "throw" inertial scrolling, a full-screen, touch-friendly web browser, and complete support for Windows Vista.

Centrafuse was featured in this year's Esquire North by technology sponsor Intel at the 5th annual "Esquire House". Each year Esquire magazine hosts a celebrity-studded charity event in New York City or Los Angeles where sponsors deck out mulit-million dollar home with the latest in fashion and technology.

At this year's event, Intel as technology sponsor, exhibited several exciting technologies such as big-screen computer gaming PCs and Intel ViiV home servers with HD video streaming capabilities.

To demonstrate their ViiV streaming video technology, Intel chose to pair Centrafuse with the Samsung Ultra Mobile touchscreen PC. There were 10 of these Samsung Ultra-Mobile PCs scattered throughout the penthouse.

Each UMPC wirelessly connected to a set central media storage servers providing quick access to television, music, movies and pictures from anywhere in the house! You can see more by clicking the picture and watching the video above.

Centrafuse was featured in a Entrepreneur Magazine article focusing on how computing devices have become smaller and smaller and some of technology behind them. Centrafuse was examined along side the latest in small and portable gadgets such as the iPhone, Blackberry, UMPCs and tablets. Increased design challenges inherent with smaller form factors such as Human Machine Interaction (HMI), text entry, and user input are all challenges that are being overcome with powerful technology like Centrafuse.

Unique Autosports gives LeBron James' infamous black H2 Hummer a makeover on the season premiere of Unique Whips on SPEED, including a VeaLink system powered by Centrafuse.

After being introduced to his new touch-screen, Internet powered car computer, James said: "I might as well live in here...All I need is a pillow and a blanket and I'm straight."

Centrafuse is featured on the VeaLink CarPC System on Outdoor Life Network's television series, Rock the Boat. The system was designed to be fully hands free (voice activated) for a Marine soldier that lost his arms in the second Iraq War.