September 14, 2006 2:13 PM PDT  IBM deal could mean smarter
cars, better drivers  IBM will help design software that could
lead to self-adjusting headlights on cars and sensors that help
avert crashes, as part of a deal signed Wednesday.  Big Blue
will design and develop software and handle intellectual
property management in a five-year deal with Magna Electronics,
an auto electronics division of Canada-based Magna
International, that has already begun developing "smart" car
parts. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  "Magna
Electronics' partnership (with IBM) will be growing and
enhancing the capability that we already have. It puts us on a
different playing field," said Tracy Fuerst, a spokeswoman for
Magna International.  Neither company would comment on specific
products. But, Bernie Meyerson, the chief technology officer for
IBM Systems Technology, did say that the collaboration could
produce things like embedded sensors and cameras that would slow
down a car approaching a stop sign if a dri