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• Parolee's crime wave foiled by GPS anklet

  Published: July 30, 2007, 12:03 am

  Tags: California, Crime, Criminal, Dumb, Gang, Gps Tracking, Gpstracking, Parole, Police, Stupid, Tracking

  under: GPSFor most of us level-headed citizens, we'd probably straighten up our act if a GPS bracelet was strapped onto us by the boys in blue, but for a certain Southern California parolee, his skewed judgment recently got the best of him. Just months after a pilot program was instituted to hopefully deter ex-gang members from committing

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• US and EU reach agreement on satellite navigation

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:32 pm

  Tags: European Union, Europeanunion, Galileo, Galileo L1f, Galileol1f, Gnss, Gps, Gps L1c, Gpsl1c, Navstar

  and will allow makers of GPS equipment to increase their devices interoperability by utilizing the new common signals, dubbed GPS L1C and Galileo L1F. The European Commission's Director-General Matthais Ruete says the agreement will "facilitate the rapid acceptance of Galileo in global markets side by side with GPS." Which probably means

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• GPS Rhapsody: US and EU to Share Civil GPS Standard, Nobody Really Cares

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:04 pm

  Tags: Agreement, Galileo, Galileo Open Service, Gps, Gps Iiia, Gps Rhapsody, Mboc, Navstar, Queen

  Open Service and the US's GPS IIIA. Called MBOC, it will allow companies to develop one type of receiver compatible with both networks. Will this affect your life today? In a word: no. The Galileo program means nothing but a bunch of protocols and plans at this point, with eurocrats still scrambling to fix the mess that eight euro companies

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• Watches: Pyxis RGPS-3000 GPS Golfer Watch

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Gps, Gps Watch, Korea, Pyxis, Rgps 3000, Watch, Watches

  is hard to find, but a good GPS watch that has a map of your favorite golf course and keeps track of your score can be yours for $215 (in Korea). Not only useful for golfers to keep track of the relative distance between you and the ball you just shanked into the sand, the RGPS-3000 can also be used in other outdoor activities, like walking,

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• GPS Rhapsody: US and EU to Share Civil GPS Standard

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:04 pm

  Tags: Agreement, Galileo, Galileo Open Service, Gps, Gps Iiia, Gps Rhapsody, Mboc, Navstar, Queen

  Open Service and the US's GPS IIIA. Called MBOC, it will allow companies to develop one type of receiver compatible with both networks. Will this affect your life today? In a word: no. The Galileo program means nothing but a bunch of protocols and plans at this point, with eurocrats still scrambling to fix the mess that eight euro companies

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• Delphi NAV300 GPS Specifications here at last

  Published: July 31, 2007, 5:28 am

  Tags: Electronics, Gps

  review the new Delphi NAV300 GPS system but there were no specifications on it, so thought what is the point. Well now the Delphi NAV300 GPS has specifications at last, but was it worth the wait? Delphi’s latest GPS navigation system is the NAV300 of which has a 3.5 inch screen that features SIRFstarIII receiver, 32MB of Flash ROM (oh yes I

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• Anti-GPS Tracking Device: Anti-GPS Tracking Devices Plugs into Cigarette Jack and Loses You Your Tail

  Published: July 31, 2007, 8:12 am

  Tags: Anti Gps Tracking Device, China, Gadgets, Jammers

  your car and it blocks any GPS tracking devices that might be trained on your vehicle. It's probably illegal, but hey, so is sex with your sister. Working Band: L1 system 1450 to 1600Mhz Signal Jamming Power: 200mW Antenna Impedence: 50 w Coverage: 2-4 M Power supply: 12V Currency: 200mA Dimensions: 20x70x25mm (LxWxD) The Anti-GPS

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• In-car GPS jammer subverts mobile tracking devices

  Published: July 31, 2007, 11:58 am

  Tags: China, Gps Jammer, Gps Tracking, Gpsjammer, Gpstracking, Jammer, Track, Tracking

  under: GPSIf you're the type who just may be the victim of undercover GPS tracking (read: promiscuous), you should give some serious thought to this one. This simple cigarette adapter plug-in reportedly "knocks out GPS logging or GPS tracking systems that may be operating in your vehicle," and considering that it sports a two-to-four meter

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• In Brief: Intel and GPS chipmaker SiRF to team up for ...

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:33 pm

  Tags: Marriage Made In Gps

  Intel and GPS chipmaker SiRF to team up for GPS and processor integration coolness [Press Release]

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• Vodafone picks up GPS-equipped BlackBerry Curve 8310

  Published: July 31, 2007, 5:52 pm

  Tags: 8310, Blackberry, Bluetooth, Curve, Germany, Gps, Rim, Smartphone

  under: Cellphones, GPS Just days after we Americans got a taste of BlackBerry with a hint GPS, now those in Germany can look forward to the same delicacy. The BlackBerry Curve 8310 will be picked up by Vodafone and sport built-in "GPS navigation and advanced multimedia functionality." Furthermore, the smartphone will include Vodafone

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• Small anti tracking GPS Jammer: Thieves will love it

  Published: August 1, 2007, 8:36 am

  Tags: Electronics, Gps, Accessories

  then. It will knock out any GPS logging or GPS tracking systems that are operating on that vehicle, it has features which include 200mW Signal Jamming Power, 50 w Antenna Impedance, L1 system 1450 to 1600 MHz Working Band and 2-4 M Coverage. Should this GPS Jammer be banned has it will entice car thieves? Read Written by Mark for Product

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• TomTom GO 720 review roundup

  Published: August 1, 2007, 1:18 pm

  Tags: 720, Go 720, Go720, Gps, Tomtom

  under: GPS It looks like TomTom's managed to hit all the right marks with its new GO 720 GPS unit, at least according to the first few reviews that have turned up, which all seem to have found plenty to like about the device. Among the first to get their hands on the device was GPS Review, which found the unit to be "more than just a simple

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• ZIO intros LOOK LK7200 GPS unit

  Published: August 1, 2007, 2:28 pm

  Tags: Gps, Look Lk 7200, Looklk7200, T Dmb, Zio

  under: GPS There are few more crowded markets than the GPS business in Korea, but ZIO looks to be taking a crack at it nonetheless, with it recently introducing its LOOK LK7200 GPS unit. Apart from its obvious redness, however, there appears to be little to distinguish it from the vast array of similar units competing for Korean drivers'

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• TomTom GO 920 on the way?

  Published: August 1, 2007, 2:59 pm

  Tags: Go 720, Go 910, Go 920, Go720, Go910, Go920, Gps, In Car Navigation, In Carnavigation, Satnav, Tomtom

  under: GPS, TransportationWhenever a manufacturer is rumored to be upgrading its top-of-the-line device, we wanna know about it, so GPS Review certainly had us intrigued with word of a successor to TomTom's popular, hard drive-equipped (and once-infected) GO 910 in-car navigation system. While perusing the manual on the recently-released GO

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• GPS jammer will only inconvenience yourself

  Published: August 1, 2007, 2:55 pm

  Tags: Gps

  technologies like RFID and GPS, but the fact of the matter is that no one cares enough to follow you while you go to rent a movie and pick up some ice cream. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. If you're still paranoid despite your boring nature, you could always pick up this GPS jammer. Fitting in the cigarette lighter in your car, the jammer

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