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GPS-enabled cell phone snags time-card "cheater" (Addict 3D)
And now we know why groups like the New York city cabbies don't want GPS - OK, that's an oversimplification. But here's an instance where a GPS-enabled phone caught a New York school system employee clocking out early - and according to records, it looks like he bailed early 83 times.
Share Your Best Rides With GPS (BusinessWeek)
With a navigation system, motorcyclists can leave their maps at home and—via the Web—share and swap their best rides. Since GPS units can record a given journey, you can upload a favorite route to a ride-sharing site such as SundayMorningRides.com.
Consumer Reports Announces New Ratings for Portable GPS Navigation Systems (The Auto Channel)
YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 30. 2007; As the popularity of portable Global Positioning System (GPS) navigators continues to grow, experts at Consumer Reports say consumers don't have to spend a lot of money to get a good one.
First GPS Block IIF Satellite Passes Initial Testing (GPS World)
The U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning Systems Wing (GPSW) said Thursday that the first GPS Block IIF satellite successfully passed the Initial Integrated System Test earlier this week at the Boeing Spacecraft Development Center in El Segundo, California.
u-blox Enhances GPS Integration With Epson Toyocom Gyroscope in Dead Reckoning Reference Design (Press Trust of India)
u-blox, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, has improved its groundbreaking GPS dead reckoning system by integrating a gyroscope sensor from Epson Toyocom, a leader in the design and manufacture of crystal-based electronic products, into the reference design for the product.
3rd Eye GPS System: Leveraging technology to stay ahead of competition (Sun Star)
STAR Communications Holdings Corporation (StarComm), a 100 percent Filipino company is making its way to establish its global positioning system (GPS) expertise in local and international markets.
IFA 2007: Porsche Design launch P'9611 GPS unit (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
New GPS unit launched in connection with Design house
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