China starts work on Hainan launch center highlighting satellite, space exploration ambitions

China broke ground Monday on its fourth space center, highlighting the country's continuing ambitions for satellite launches and space exploration six years after sending its first man into orbit.
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Never forget where you were with the JOBO photoGPS

What's worse than having to watch Aunt May's and Uncle Stan's ridiculously long digital 'slide show' of their recent European vacation? Listening to them argue over where each photo was taken, and what it is.
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Proceeds of crime fund new Abbotsford police bait car device

Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen presented the Abbotsford Police with $8,000 in funding from the provincial government's civil forfeiture program on Friday.
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War of technologies in California speeding case

A California speeding ticket case to be decided in coming weeks puts a new twist on the age-old cops versus drivers battle, pitting police radar against personal GPS tracking devices.
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Greenland's melt mystery hard to crack

Suddenly and without warning, the gigantic river of ice sped up, causing it to spit icebergs ever faster into the ocean off southeastern Greenland.
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PerkinElmer receives contract valued at $15 million-plus for work on GPS satellite program

Industrial sciences company PerkinElmer Inc. said Thursday it received a contract valued at more than $15 million from ITT Corp.'s space systems division to support a next-generation satellite program.
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This and That - Gadgets make the world go 'round

I've always been a gadget person. I owned one of the first portable radios. It was a big, tube-driven Motorola with a rotating black handle that doubled as an antenna.
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NavSync Introduces GPS Synchronized Time Reference With...

NavSync offers a new solution for mobile providers with the CW47, a GPS timing reference that enables synchronization for externally available T1 and E1.
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New iPods expected from Apple's conference

September is the time of year when Apple refreshes its iPod line, so it's fairly safe to assume the press conference Apple is holding Wednesday, starting at 10 am Pacific time, will include news on the company's media players.
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5" Portable Touch Screen GPS Navigator - Bluetooth

I like to shop around for new gadgets that other people have yet gotten a hold of.
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Somalia: How Diaspora Funds Somali Pirates

Somali pirates may be receiving support from foreign sources, including their kin in the diaspora, some of whom provide critical intelligence and other information on shipping expeditions along the Red Sea leading to an increase in the number of attacks on ships off the Somali coast.
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Barnidge: Dugard case pinpoints need for better communication among law enforcement agencies

THE SORDID TALE of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping, rape and imprisonment for 18 years is the story that launched a thousand newscasts.
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Apple thefts continue, but don't work so well for the crooks

In this case, 2 dumb criminals. This latest foiled crime involved the theft of 4 iPhones from the Apple Palisades store in West Nyack, New York.
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Connor-Winfield Announces Compact, Integrated GPS Timing...

Connor-Winfield's TiMax Wi125 is a small OEM surface mount GPS module specifically designed for use in synchronization and timing in WiMax applications.
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Lawyers for defendant in shooting of girl, 5, to call GPS maker

Attorneys for the teenager accused of shooting a 5-year-old girl in Southwest Baltimore plan to call the vendor for the state juvenile services' GPS ankle-monitoring system as a defense witness to show that the device provides an alibi.
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Every Baltimore patrol officer to get a BlackBerry

The Baltimore Police Department plans to equip more than 2,000 officers with sophisticated smart phones allowing them to check warrants, retrieve driver's license photos and conduct background checks on hand-held devices, an initiative designed to get police out of patrol cars and walking the beat.
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Trimble Introduces New FmX Functionality for Agriculture Guidance Applications

Trimble introduced today extended precision agriculture capabilities with the release of the Trimble Ag GPS FmX integrated display version 2.0. Version 2.0 offers affordable and innovative options for broader applications, allowing a wider range of farmers to be more efficient and productive.
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Trimble Expands the Reach of its VRS Now Service to Include the Czech ...

Trimble announced today the launch of Trimble VRS Now service in the Czech Republic as well as in the state of Mississippi.
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GPS device maps show their age

The GPS chip in this phone transmits speed and location data to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley who are using algorithms that will provide the driver with up-to-the-minute traffic information.
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Trimble Introduces Ag3000 Modem to Access VRS Networks for High Accuracy Farming Applications

Trimble introduced today the Ag3000 modem. When installed as part of a Trimble AgGPS Autopilot system, the quad-band GSM/GPRS modem allows farmers to improve machine guidance accuracy by accessing network correction signals that use Trimble VRS technology via a cellular connection.
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Allegheny County mulls using GPS to track sex offenders

Bobby Kerlik can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-0927. Allegheny County officials said Monday they are considering a technology-savvy way to restrict sex offenders from schools and parks by tracking them through GPS.
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Can GPS Prevent Child Abductions?

The recent recovery of Jaycee Lee Dugard , who was located 18 years after being abducted by a stranger, once again has parents thinking about how to protect their own kids.
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Monitor in Mill Ave. rape case didn't give suspect's location

The monitoring device that Akram Abdul-Hameed was wearing on Mill Avenue the night he was accused of raping a woman on Mill Avenue could not track his whereabouts other than letting authorities know whether he was in his home, a Maricopa County Adult Probation Department official confirmed.

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Trimble Launches Webinar Series for GPS and GIS Professionals

Trimble announced today the launch of a new Webinar series for the Global Positioning System and Geographic Information System professional.
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PCTEL Delivers Precision Aviation GPS Antennas For Deployment in India

PCTEL, Inc. , a leader in propagation and wireless network optimization solutions, announced today that a major U.S. defense contractor will deploy PCTEL's high precision Wide Area Augmentation System ground station GPS antennas for the Indian Space Research Organization and Airports Authority of India.
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PCTEL Delivers Precision Aviation GPS Antennas For Deployment in India

PCTEL, Inc. , a leader in propagation and wireless network optimization solutions, announced today that a major U.S. defense contractor will deploy PCTEL's high precision Wide Area Augmentation System ground station GPS antennas for the Indian Space Research Organization and Airports Authority of India.
Read full story from Freshnews