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Taxi drivers lose suit to block GPS (Crain's New York Business)
A judge ruled that the use of GPS technology to improve taxi service outweighed any privacy rights belonging to the cab drivers.
GPS Projectiles Just Like In The Movies! (MobileMag)
You know the cops in Hollywood films seem to have GPS tags that they can stick onto the cars of bad guys, tracking their every move? It seems like the real life cops in Hollywood are about to deploy the same technology. That's right, real life is mirroring art and not the other way around.
Give control to GPs, Tories urge (BBC News)
Responsibility for out-of-hours health services should be given back to GPs, say the Conservatives.
Fairfield Police Catch Alleged GPS Thieves (NBC 30 Connecticut)
Fairfield Police received a break Thursday in the rash of GPS thefts when they arrested three men during a motor-vehicle stop.
Judge says NYC can make cabbies get GPS (New York Daily News)
A federal judge has refused to block New York City from making taxi drivers install GPS and credit card machines in their cabs.
NYC cabbies lose court battle over GPS (The Charlotte Observer)
A federal judge refused Friday to block a new city rule that requires taxi drivers to install global positioning systems and credit card machines in their cabs by Monday. The drivers argue that the city overstepped its authority and acted unconstitutionally when it mandated the units. Their lawsuit also claims GPS will give away trade secrets by disclosing the cabbies' driving patterns, which ...
Tory out-of-hours plan angers GPs (ic Ealing.co.uk)
David Cameron has provoked the wrath of GPs by moving to hand them responsibility for increasing out-of-hours care. The Tories were accused of trying to reverse moves that had improved patient care and the recruitment of doctors.
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