Saturday, February 9, 2008

Business briefs

Business briefs
Everett Herald - The maker of handheld computers and inventory-tracking technology said Thursday that its fourth-quarter sales were up worldwide The settlement represents part of a larger lawsuit filed against the biggest companies in the consumer GPS navigation

Official Website of the New Car Buyer(TM)
The Auto Chanel - LoCate + LoJack features the company's new easy-to-use and straightforward asset management system, which is based on GPS RF offers unprecedented precision in "last mile" tracking of stolen items enabling police to pinpoint the precise location of a

Catching A Crook: Security Devices That Work
Eyewitness News - Thanks to advancements in technology, like GPS or Global Positioning Systems, tracking down stolen items is getting easier. Mid-South Businessman Kevin Moore would agree. He was able to get his laptop back after someone stole it out of his car. Moore

Longer you stay on busy roads, the more you pay
Straits Times - the reliability of such infrastructure, which operates without gantries and is based on the Global Positioning System (GPS Dr Chin Kian Keong, the LTA's transportation chief engineer, called the satellite-tracking system 'a sharper tool' for

Friday, February 8, 2008

Blue Sky Network Tracks Longest International Flight of a New Eclipse

Blue Sky Network Tracks Longest International Flight of a New Eclipse
Forbes - Progress of Michael Cooke's Eclipse 500 flight can be publicly accessed through Blue Sky Network's website, www.blueskynetwork.com, which will provide near real-time GPS tracking of the flight utilizing Google Maps and Google Earth integration.

Stocks Make Way Higher
Street.Com - J.P Morgan and Baird downgraded Cisco's stock to neutral. The Amex Networking Index and the computer hardware tracking index Not all chains were light, however. Costco's COST same-store sales climbed 7% last month, exceeding estimates, and Gap GPS

Technology News
PrimeZone - Feb 6, 2008 14:23 Sky Detective's SD30 Tracking Device Receives FCC Certification Sky Detective's SD30, a groundbreaking new GPS/CDMA tracking solution that offers substantially extended battery life with exceptionally accurate and sensitive positioning

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Knucklehead of the Week

Knucklehead of the Week
WTOP Radio - But cops had no trouble tracking her down. She left a trail of corn flakes from the crime scene to her hotel room and admitted And he couldn't resist grabbing some GPS Navigators. Needless to say, cops tracked him down with no problem. B) Talk about

Cellphones to monitor highway traffic
ZDNet Blogs - Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) news release to discover why this study is been done. “The convergence of communication and multi-media platforms has enabled a key capability: mobility tracking via GPS

TRACKING TRUCKS
Bangkok Post - Thus, SCG Logistics had looked for a solution and had made a comparison between an RFID- and a GPS-based (geographic SCG's RFID web tracking was also connected to its customers' ERP system and thus customers did not need to key in the fleet

Family doctors told to increase opening hours
This Is Bolton - But doctors in Bolton claim patients are happy with the service on offer and that it is unfair to expect GPs to work after hours' care but we were forced into opening simply between 8am and 6.30pm and now the Government are back tracking. "I'm

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

NXP Fuels Rise of Mobile Location-Based Services with Ultra-Low Power

NXP Fuels Rise of Mobile Location-Based Services with Ultra-Low Power
Forbes - Unlike other GPS solutions, the GNS7560 automatically alters sensitivity and tracking based on signal strength, multipath and velocity, delivering first-rate acquisition and tracking sensitivity, Time to First Fix (TTFF) and accuracy to ensure deep

CalAmp Licenses Patents for Vehicle Location Technology to SKYWATCH
Forbes - CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ:CAMP), a leading provider of wireless products, services and solutions, today announced that it has entered into a patent license agreement with SKYWATCH GPS LLC, a provider of GPS-enabled vehicle tracking solutions, for use of

Probation official decries ruling
Knoxville News Sentinel - While this is not always explained word for word in court prior to thier release the juvenile judge and referees have never balked at PO's filing the VOVCO's for juveniles who tamper with or otherwise violate thier terms of release/GPS tracking rules