Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A laptop is one of car thieves' go-to tools. Lorado/iStock via Getty Images These days, cars are computer centers on wheels. Today ...

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Dateline: Detroit, Michigan, 1981—in an effort to meet more stringent exhaust emissions and fuel economy standards, automakers have developed on-board computerized engine controls. With ignition ...

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Today’s vehicles can contain over 100 computers and millions of lines of software code. These days, cars are computer centers on wheels. Today’s vehicles can contain over 100 computers and millions of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) These days, cars are computer centers on wheels. Today’s vehicles can contain over 100 computers and millions of lines of software code. These computers are all networked together ...