Global Positioning System

By Mark Wilson TomTom users have the notable perk that they can "skin" their GPS with celebrity voices. But I don't think I could ride with Homer Simpson for five minutes before throwing his spastic ass right out the window. [TomTom via ElectricPig]

One is the sheer pervasiveness of wireless, in everything from short-distance, point-to-point links (such as Bluetooth and remote keyless entry [RKE] devices) to cell phones, basestations, femtocell markets, Wi-Fi, satellite and cable TV, GPS, ...

 WV The news came out with a recent report from Congress that warns of "an increased likelihood that in 2010, as old satellites begin to fail, the overall GPS constellation will fall below the number of satellites required." "The people that would be ...

 NY The technology is reaching the market at a time when growth in other key car electronics technologies, such as satellite radio and portable GPS, has slowed. RaySat Broadcasting president Winston Guillory calls new satellite systems for the car “the ...

 MA Garmin-Asus is a smartphone-focused joint venture between GPS device maker Garmin and PC vendor Asustek Computer. Garmin-Asus hope their location services make an Android smartphone even more compelling. Garmin GPS technology will be used in the ...

 CA The navigation system allows me to take all these pictures and store them into the navigation computer," said Kim. Stealth technology, Kim said, allows for him to be more precise. The system is not dependent on satellite signals. ...

 Australia As the name implies, the device is a GPS unit, but it has a bit of a twist to it. Once you sync it with your camera's internal time stamp to the UTC zone which is used by GPS satellites, you'll be able to always have accurate GPS stamps for all of your ...

 Canada He said police are alleging that Venn didn't take his global positioning system tracking device with him when he was outside on seven occasions. "He just didn't have his GPS, which is a cellphone they have to carry around with you," said Stewart, ...

The Global Positioning System, a great boon to drivers too proud to ask directions, faces “significant challenges” as its satellites age and fail over the next few years. A report from the Government Accountability Office made to Congress at the end of ... Tax GPS to Save GPS? Wired News

A GPS navigator would be more useful, especially if it included a two-way radio. Some of the best, like the Rino range from Garmin, come with a barometric altimeter, electronic compass and weather alerts as well as a GPS receiver and five-watt ... GPS Satellites In Trouble Pocket-lint.com

 United States The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that a 2006 law allowing global positioning system monitoring was intended to apply only to people who have been placed on probation after being convicted of certain sex crimes, not to those who are merely ...

 - Dan Carney, Dan Carney Before the tire shop employee can attempt to give directions, the online operator sends the shop's address to the car's on-board navigation system, which then automatically routes the driver to the shop. This is the future of merged telematics services ...

The device recieves a signal from GPS satellites and then sends that information via a cell phone communications network to a computer program that collects the data. The offender's parole officer can watch the client's movement in real time or track ...

By Mark Wilson But as CNET points out, there's no GPS metadata standard in AVCHD, so the information can only be sewn to your videos through proprietary software. That's not Sony's fault, but it does make their camcorder's main new feature a bit less appealing.

 WA A quick check of a computer system revealed that Hartwell, 46, had cut off the global positioning system ankle bracelet at 4:05 am, court documents show. “If it’s cut off, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work,” said Chad Lewis, a state Department of ...

By Mark Wilson By pulling GPS metadata from uploaded photos (and then skinning that data in a neat 3D visualization), users can see how photographers/tourists see a given area. There's overlap, yes, but that's entirely the point. It's a project more about capturing stereotypes (like the Eiffel Tower i...

By Jesus Diaz That's where the new Device Control interface and the Bluetooth connectivity comes in: The sexual toy would be able to turn the iPhone into the toy itself but it would also be capable of controlling compatible devices—small or big vibrators or chinese balls or whatever device you can thi...

 Japan In what might possibly be encouraging moves toward new legislation to combat sex offenses, the defendant in a case of rape resulting in bodily injury has given a written pledge to a court to wear a Global Positioning System tracking device to enable ...

 Ireland - The Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology would allow the State to monitor the movements of sex offenders while they are rehabilitated into ... Plans to tag sex offenders unveiled The Press Association

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By Joshua Topolsky Love GPS'ing? Love TomTom? Well you're in luck, because the company has just sneaked out another iteration of its popular GO series -- the 630. The device boasts a 4.3-inch, 480 x 272 touchscreen, SD card support, Bluetooth functionality, and comes loaded with maps of US and Canada. We're no...

By editor@aero-news.net Garmin debuts its new top-of-the-line portable GPS. Cirrus announces a second round of layoffs. And a lost defense contract triggers 500 layoffs at Bell Helicopter.

By Samuel Axon Filed under: GPS, Laptops Word is that Dell's Mini 9 is a modder's paradise, rife with precious little alcoves in which to squeeze teeny-tiny new stuff. The confirmation: MyDellMini forum user Tom Beauchamp bought a USB GPS receiver (not much larger than a quarter) and snugly fit it insid...

Fancy having a mature sex kitten as the voice on your GPS system? If you're into MILFs, then you can download Kim Cattrall's (of Sex and the City fame) voice for your TomTom GPS system all for the low, low price of $12.95 and €9.95, depending on which continent you're residing on. Of course, with...

By Adam Frucci Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall is Latest Celeb Voice Available For Download on TomTom Portable Navigation Devices TomTom portable navigation devices guide drivers with audible, turn-by-turn instructions and 3D maps and work right out of the box and with no additional fees or service...

By Chris Shunk The Mio Knight Rider GPS is coming soon to a store near you, as long as that retailer is a Radio Shack. The tech store and Mio struck an exclusive deal for the $279 navigation system, which features the original voice of KITT, William Daniels. We were able to try out the Knight Rider GPS when we ha...

By Jon p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- A few days ago I told you about Bell Canada’s plan to throttle free and 3rd party GPS apps (like Google maps and Blackberry maps) that was apparently leaked on HowardsForums.com and confirmed on DSLreports.com.

By Wilson Rothman The Provia A7, developed by Hyundai Telematics, is even more souped-up than its predecessor, the horny-making A1. It starts with a slim 7" 800 x 480 LCD, adds an animated touch interface, then packs in navigation, simultaneous reception of T-DMB TV and TPEG traffic and other data, a remov...

By Jason Chen In addition, there's a 2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi hard switch, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 802.11g Wi-Fi, microSD slot, 256MB memory, EV-DO Rev. A, aGPS (not a real GPS), a 320x320 resolution screen, and front-facing keyboard. The launch date is tentatively April, but this is all based on a guy's po...

By Wilson Rothman Mio is taking advantage of the combo of GPS and the digital camera in the DigiWalker C720T. Take a picture with the 2-megapixel cam on its back, and it becomes a navigable point of interest, so you can return to that one romantic spot (or the scene of the crime). This GPS navi, introduced today a...

By Mark Wilson Pictured above) This is the big model smartphone. Windows Mobile, 2.46" 240×320 px touchscreen, full QWERTY, 3 megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, GoogleMaps, HDSPA. 800 November This is actually a GPS unit not running WM6. 4.3" 800×480 display. Media playback, Outlook syncing, Bluetooth.

By Darren Murph We'll admit, odd-i's P480 has been around the proverbial block a time or two before, and while the design sure ain't changing much, the internals are yet again seeing a refresh. The latest iteration adopts a Samsung 4.8-inch WQVGA display (love the shirt, bro!), SIRFstarIII GPS receiver,...

THE Queensland opposition has called for the introduction of global positioning system (GPS) tracking devices to monitor sex offenders.

iRiver is very good at designing sexy gadgets. The new iRiver NV is a great example of how a desirable gadget has to look. The iRiver NV integrates portable media player functions with DMB TV and GPS navigation. A big scroll knob dominates the device....

Looks like the iRiver NV is now official. This GPS navigation system does not only keep you on track to your destination, it also features DMB functionality that keeps you entertained even when you're out of your home, provided a signal is available. The iRiver NV will be released in Korea fi...

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TomTom's new GO 720 GPS featuring Map Share.

By Donald Melanson TomTom doesn't appear to be letting that spat with Encyclopaedia Britannica stop it from rolling out new GPS devices, with its new GO 720 unit making its debut today, along with the company's new "Map Share" system. The device itself is a fairly standard affair, boasting a 4.3-inch WQVGA di...

California will begin monitoring leaders of street gangs the way it does sex offenders, including tracking them by satellite, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday. Selected gang leaders will be required to wear global positioning system bracelets after they are released from priso...

Not at all useful to bloggers, these lightning detectors (which uses FM and GPS receivers to detect EM waves emitted from lightning) will allow storm chasers, farmers, and Travis Hudson to stay safe in the case of a lightning storm. Or when Captain Marvel is around. Seriously, that guy's an...

Leave it to that nest of fat bureaucrats called the European Union to fix what a consortium of eight european companies have not been able to pull off: Galileo, a former excommunicated astronomer turned global positioning system, is in a "dead-end street".

By editor@aero-news.net There are no survivors in the crash of a Kenyan Airways 737. If you're an Avidyne user, don't upgrade that Garmin GPS yet! And two contractors owe Uncle Sam billions.

Exciting? I hate to be a fly in the Navizon soup, but last time I had a conversation with a carrier about triangulation, I was told that the accuracy was measured in miles. The accuracy of GPS, on the other hand, is measured in meters. When Navigon says, "You have arrived," how can you be sure you...

By Darren Murph Filed under: GPSWe knew it couldn't remain in hiding for too awfully long, as Pioneer's ho hum successor to the AVIC-S1 has stopped snooping around and gone official. The easy-to-remember (and easier to forget) AVIC-S2 touts a sexy black frame, blue backlit accents, and just about every...

The Me-Mo concept marries the idea of a cellphone, digital camera, and GPS navigation while taking advantage of each individual function. For example, the camera will be able to take a photo where the GPS system pinpoints the exact geographical location. A master unit holds everything to...

OCALA � A man who was convicted of sex crimes against a 13-year-old girl with the help of her suspicious father -- who placed a global positioning satellite tracking device in her back back -- was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday. Ocala police arrested Carlos Antonio Montanez, 28...

By Evan Blass Anytime a US-bound PMP sports wireless connectivity we're bound to sit up and take notice, so the fact that Cowon's upcoming Q5 rocks not only Bluetooth and WiFi but HSDPA as well shoots this 40GB or 60GB model right up to the top of our wish list. Besides all that 'net functionality (thanks t...

By Evan Ackerman All the SnapSpot chip does is wake up for a tenth of a second when you take a picture, download raw GPS satellite data, store it, and go back to sleep. Then when you get home, your computer sends the raw GPS data to an NXP server which does all of the GPS number crunching (via a database of GPS satel...

By Thomas Ricker Looks like Pioneer is on the verge of announcing a followup to their AVIC-S1 GPS receiver smartly dubbed, the AVIC-S2. In fact, it would appear that they went so far as to inadvertently publish the specs on their web site before pulling the page. No prob, that's what Google's cache is for. From...

By Charlie White Take a look at this video, where you can hear the voices of all four of these units. The smooth-sounding male voice is that of the Honda Civic Hybrid's built-in GPS unit, the robotic male voice is the Garmin, the smooth and sexy-sounding female voice is the Cobra NavOne, and the other female v...

By Jason Chen If you think about it, we're a bit lucky here in the US. If we look at gadgets such as the 4.3-inch T-DMB GPS navigation device from Maxtek, it's like looking into our own future. Sure, we can't have this now, but in a few years, we'll be able to watch TV and get directions to Wal-mart using the same d...