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Dell's Mini 10 getting GPS / WiFi tracking upgrade next week

June 30, 2009 at 8:23 pm • 

Dell's Mini 10 already offers GPS with an integrated 3G chip, but if you're not interested in mobile broadband, starting next week you can opt instead for a wireless 700 location solution, a hybrid of Broadcom's assisted GPS and Skyhook's WiFi positioning technologies. We had a chance to sit down with a few of the product managers working on the device, and even within a brick-laden office ...

Apple fixing iPhone root vulnerability; patents new technologies

July 3, 2009 at 9:14 am • 

Apple is working to fix an iPhone SMS exploit that could give an attacker root access to vital phone services. IDG News reports that the vulnerability could allow a hacker to monitor an iPhone user's GPS coordinates, activate the phone's microphone for eavesdropping, or turn the device into a denial-of-service attack bot.

Lowrance® Introduces New Endura Series Of Outdoor GPS Handhelds

July 3, 2009 at 6:23 am • 

Lowrance®, a brand by Navico, a leading global manufacturer of leisure navigation electronics, has announced the launch of the Endura series - its every-new range of next generation handheld GPS devices.

SMS flaw leaves iPhone vulnerable to attack

July 3, 2009 at 3:50 am • 

Apple expects to have a fix later this month for a vulnerability in the iPhone that could allow an attacker to gain control of the device remotely via SMS, a security researcher said on Thursday. An attacker could exploit a weakness in the way iPhones handle SMS messages to do things like use GPS to track the phone's location, turn on the microphone for eavesdropping, or take control of the ...

Dell turns netbooks into navigation devices

July 3, 2009 at 3:25 pm • 

Say hello to your latest personal navigation device: a netbook. Dell plans to introduce a GPS and Wi-Fi card that can be integrated into the company's netbooks to turn them into gizmos that can offer turn-by-turn direction as well as any Garmin or TomTom.

HILLSBOROUGH: Police investigate GPS thefts

July 3, 2009 at 1:23 am • 

Two Hillsborough residents reported nearly identical thefts of Global Positioning System devices from their vehicles sometime between 8:30 p.m. June 5 and 2:15 p.m. June 6.

Association advocates GPS for dementia patients

July 2, 2009 at 6:25 am • 

GPS can help keep the lives of at least eight dementia patients a year, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, which hopes to alert politicians to the issue in an open letter to parliament today.

ARKNAV Announces R-35 GPS Tracker With Built-in Motion Sensor for the Elderly

July 2, 2009 at 3:43 am • 

TAIPEI, Taiwan----Based in Taiwan, ARKNAV is quick becoming a leader in the provision of superior Global Positioning System peripherals and innovative integrated tracking solutions. ARKNAV designs, develops, and manufactures high quality GPS tracking products for B2B and OEM/ODM customers, including location based and personal tracking systems for the vehicle, medical and security markets.

Mental health patients to be 'tagged' with GPS trackers

July 2, 2009 at 2:17 am • 

Dangerous mental health patients are to be fitted with stateoftheart GPS trackers by the NHS after a mental patient on the run murdered a pensioner.

SAGPS Adventure Tours and St. Augustine Pedi-cab Team-Up for New Innovative GPS Tour

July 1, 2009 at 9:40 pm • 

GPS multimedia tours provide tourists with significantly enhanced tourism experiences in haunted St. Augustine, Florida and the Shivers and Awe bicycle-cab tour allows this experience to be done in an environmentally friendly way