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• Victoria to track crims via GPS

  By Computerworld Staff | 11 March, 2011 11:55

  GPS could be the latest technology used to manage offenders who have been released into the public if a trial by Corrections Victoria is successful.

• California school district battles truancy with GPS

  By Brennon Slattery | 22 February, 2011 07:11

  Students with a tendency towards truancy in California's Anaheim Union High School District are being assigned GPS units to make sure they're going to school on time, according to The Orange County Register.

• Apple's plans: Mapping apps

  By Paul Suarez | 20 December, 2010 12:49

  Apple may be looking to release its own mapping and navigation software with future products, according to a few new job listings on its website.

• Google Maps update deals another blow to GPS

  By Jared Newman | 08 December, 2010 04:57

  As Google Maps for Android becomes more powerful, buying a standalone GPS device becomes harder to justify.

• After Google incident, Wi-Fi data collection goes on

  By Robert McMillan | 09 September, 2010 05:17

  Four months ago, amidst a backlash from government regulators and privacy advocates, Google stopped collecting Wi-Fi data with its Street View cars. But that doesn't mean Google has stopped collecting wireless data altogether, and neither have other companies such as Apple.

• The Lowdown on Garmin's Nuvi Recall

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 26 August, 2010 08:12

  GPS manufacturer Garmin is recalling some 1.25 million Nuvi personal navigation devices after detecting potential overheating problems in some of the units, the company announced Wednesday.

• Time waits for no one: 'leap seconds' may be cut

  By Joab Jackson | 24 August, 2010 05:18

  Sparking a fresh round of debate over an ongoing issue in time-keeping circles, the International Telecommunications Union is considering eliminating leap seconds from the time scale used by most computer systems, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

• Navman Wireless releases iPhone app for fleet tracking

  By Lisa Banks | 17 August, 2010 10:15

  Navman Wireless has released an iPhone application set to help CIOs and business leaders keep a close eye on vehicles in the transportation industry.

• Japanese engineers build GPS into glasses

  By Chris Brandrick | 06 August, 2010 08:22

  Personal navigation systems are about to get a lot more personal. Japanese engineers have created a prototype device that places GPS navigation technology into a pair of wearable, seemingly everyday, glasses.

• Unlucky Thief Steals iPhone Used in GPS Tracking Tests

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 23 July, 2010 23:10

  In perhaps what was one of the unluckiest moves of his career as a petty thief, Horatio Toure stole an iPhone on Monday afternoon. The irony? The iPhone Toure stole was being used to demonstrate a program that tracks GPS location in real-time--it took the police all of ten minutes to pin down his exact location and arrest him.

• 10 Mobile & Wireless Technologies To Watch

  By Computerworld Philippines staff | 02 June, 2010 10:14

  Gartner is highlighting 10 mobile and wireless networking technologies -- including new versions of Bluetooth and location-awareness -- it says will play a big role in business-to-employee and business-to-consumer interactions over the next couple of years.

• Garmin-Asus to show its first GPS smartphone of 2010

  By Dan Nystedt | 04 February, 2010 06:57

  Garmin-Asus plans to display its first GPS smartphone of 2010 on Thursday, the M10, loaded with the latest version of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and a 3.5-inch touchscreen.

• Tassie drivers to be slapped with bigger penalties for mobile use

  By Alec Ricardo Evanson | 01 February, 2010 16:25

  Using a mobile phone while driving will result in increased fines for Tasmanian motorists starting February 1, 2010.

• New Linux-based technology to make ‘smarter’ GPS

  By Dahna McConnachie | 06 August, 2009 07:51

  Sick of having your GPS tell you to turn the wrong way up a one-way street or lead you to a dead end? Fear not: Linux-based technology developed at NICTA is on its way to help make personal navigation systems more accurate.

• GPS close to collapse

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 20 May, 2009 11:15

  The world's Global Positioning System (GPS) could collapse next year, say US officials.