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5 hrs ago | PC World

TomTom XXL 540S GPS Device

The XXL 540S provides TomTom's usual impressive navigation features, and adds a roomy 5-inch screen.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Tue Nov 10, 2009

SYS-CON MEDIA

Avago Technologies Introduces the Industry's First GPS Front-End...

Avago Technologies , a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today introduced the industry's first highly integrated miniature GPS front-end modules that combine a film bulk acoustic resonator filter with a high-gain, low noise amplifier that offers superior performance levels.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, Bluetooth

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

Avago Technologies Introduces the Industry's First GPS Front-End...

SAN JOSE, Calif. & SINGAPORE -- -- Avago Technologies , a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today introduced the industry's first highly integrated miniature GPS front-end modules that combine a film bulk acoustic resonator filter with a high-gain, low noise amplifier that ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro, Wireless, Emerging Technology, Bluetooth

Wisconsin Technology Network

Global Fusion: Interview: Vivek Kundra, Fed CIO on the...

Editors Note: The government is committing to the power of cloud computing and collecting and sharing information from social networks and government databases to spark domestic and global innovation as well commercial opportunities to mine and offer new applications from this data, such as GPS.

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Related Topix: CIO News, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Social Software

Sun Nov 08, 2009

KXTV

Sex Offender GPS: A Tool, Not a Solution

All 6,782 sex offenders currently on parole in California are being monitored by GPS.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Phillip Garrido, Jaycee Lee Dugard

Sat Nov 07, 2009

ABC News

Great Whites May Mate at the 'Shark Cafe'

Great whites aren't all alike. Even though the sharks travel all over the Pacific Ocean to hunt, they tend to mate with others from the same area, forming genetically distinct groups.

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Related Topix: Stanford University, Science / Technology

Fri Nov 06, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations

The SSULI instrument includes: spectrograph , control electronics and high voltage power supplies .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, US Military, Vandenberg Air Force Base, US Air Force, Physics, Science

Orlando Weekly

Freedom isn't free

When Gov. Jeb Bush signed into law the use of global positioning satellite devices to monitor the whereabouts of habitual sex offenders in 2005, it seemed like a sign of the times.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Florida, Law, Florida Government, Science / Technology, Outsourcing, Drug Testing

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Millville News

N.J. appeals court rules GPS evidence inadmissible in trial of suspected drug dealer

The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office will not be able to use evidence from the global positioning system investigators used to track a suspected dug dealer to a stash of guns and drugs, an appeals court ruled today.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Drugs, Edison, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Giant ants' nests given special building protection

Insects' towering structures will be safeguarded during timber removal process in Northumberland woodland The forestry Commission's Jonathan Farries checks the GPS settings on one of the rare giant ant nests in the Holystone forest.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science / Technology, United Kingdom, Northumberland County, England

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Blogging Stocks

TeleNav IPO: On a collision course with Google?

Filed under: Google , AT and T , Sprint Nextel Corp , Initial public offerings , Garmin Ltd Founded in 1999, TeleNav was one of the first companies to deploy GPS navigation on a cell phone in North America.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Software, Sprint, Telecom, IT Services, Cable & Satellite, Garmin, Science / Technology, Cellphones

NewsFactor

Review: Garmin Adds Phone Capability To GPS

The Nuvifone is roughly the size of an iPhone, with a slightly smaller screen. The virtual keyboard might throw you off, though, because it's in alphabetical order, instead of the usual qwerty.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, iPhone, Cellphones, Bluetooth

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Police located body using GPS, Vancouver murder trial told

Police used a GPS tracking device that had been installed on a murder suspect's car to locate a body in the Fraser River, a murder trial was told Monday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Violent Crime

DesignLines

Avago Technologies extends high-gain GPS Lna family with variable current and shutdown functions

Avago Technologies has unveiled the latest edition to its family of low noise amplifiers with a new high-gain LNA with variable current and shutdown functions for use in GPS, unlicensed Industrial, Scientific, and Medical bands, and WiMax applications.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Avago Technologies, Startups

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Laptop can be personal GPS

TECH Q & A THE NEW YORK TIMES QIs it possible to use a regular Windows laptop for GPS navigation in the car instead of buying a separate expensive gadget? ATurning your laptop computer into a large-screen global positioning system is certainly possible and can be done for less than $100, depending on the hardware and software you choose.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computers, Bluetooth, Wireless, Emerging Technology, PC

Business Wire

Garmin's Touchscreen aera Series Takes Pilots from Runway to Roadway

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. , the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today the aera , Garmin's newest aviation handheld series that is touchscreen and multi-mode so that it can transition between aviation to automotive mode with one touch.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Garmin, Telecom, Tampa Metro, Tampa, FL, Science / Technology, Marketing

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Gadgetism.org

Ontario law bans the use of portable gadgets while driving

This includes cellphones, GPS devices, MP3 players, etc. [Previous] Sony Gadgets Of All Ages Stripped Down And Photographed - S... Some related posts from Technorati and Google .

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Blog News, Cell Phones, Electronics, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Philly.com

Upper Darby police get bait car

The video clips are all over the Internet: unsuspecting thieves caught stealing cars - bait cars - set out by police and outfitted with state-of-the-art GPS tracking devices and video cameras.

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Related Topix: Upper Darby, PA, Science / Technology, California, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Star Phoenix

Air-traffic upgrades mean fewer emissions from jets

Upgrades to Canada's air navigation systems could mean airplanes on transatlantic flights, such as this Emirates Airline Group A320 touching down at Lester B. Pearson Airport in Toronto burn less fuel.

Google Voice... Discover What Your Phone Can Really Do...

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ComputerWorld

GPS tracking system unveiled for Alzheimer's patients

The Alzheimer's Association has unveiled a new Web-based application that works with various mobile devices to track people suffering from dementia who may wander off at some point during their illness.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Science / Technology

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