GPS Receivers Blog

GPS blamed as truck crashes on steep road (Daily Telegraph)
A TRUCK driver led astray by his GPS device drove onto a road unsuitable for heavy vehicles and crashed.

Windows CE GPS comes with gamepad (WindowsForDevices)
Sep. 24, 2008 Kinwei Techologies has announced a Windows CE GPS system that comes with a game joypad. The KW-GM4306TG has a 4.3-inch touchscreen display, 400MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, and 256 of flash storage, Bluetooth, plus an SD/MMC expansion slot, according to the company. …

Hemisphere GPS Outback S3 (Iowa Farmer)
Hemisphere GPS introduces Outback S3 which combines the most popular features of both the Outback S2 and the Outback 360 with the latest developments in Crescent GPS receiver technology.

Pulse Introduces the Smallest GPS Antenna on the Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO—-Pulse, a Technitrol Company , a worldwide leader in electronic component and subassembly design and manufacturing, introduces the W3011 surface mount ceramic GPS antenna, the world’s smallest GPS antenna and the highest-performing antenna in its size category.

Pollitt flap has state reviewing GPS firm $950,000 contract now under review (Republican-American)
WATERBURY The state is reviewing a contract with the GPS company that monitors violent offenders, a move that comes just days after charges of probation violation against a convicted rapist were dropped based on inaccurate data provided by a GPS device.

Govt calls for more GPs to fix hospitals (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The Victorian Government says more GPs are needed to prop up Victoria’s public hospital system.

PCTEL Unveils New Smart GPS Reference Timing Antenna Solution with Integrated Receiver (Broadcast Newsroom)
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill., BUSINESS WIRE — PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCTI), a leader in propagation and optimization solutions for the wireless industry, today announced the introduction of its new Smart GPS reference timing antenna solution with an integrated GPS receiver.

How reliable is GPS navigation? (KOMO Seattle)
Handheld GPS systems, car GPS units, MapQuest, Google Maps - electronic navigation systems are everywhere but how much should you rely on them? Catch up with your favorite shows online.

Fastrax Revamps OEM GPS Receiver Product Line
Helsinki, Finland (PRWEB) January 27, 2008 — Fastrax Ltd., a provider of programmable OEM GPS receivers as well as open and portable GPS Software Development Kit environments, today announced two…

GPS PCI Express Slot Card Provides Ultra Precise Time Base

GPS System Blamed For Car-Train Collision In N.Y. (WCBS-TV New York)
A car got stuck last night on the MetroNorth tracks near Bedford Hills in Westchester because, according to the driver, his GPS told him to make a right turn. A train smashed his car, but fortunately he got out safely. It’s the second time in eight months that it’s happened at the same spot.

GPS Tracking - What is it?
(PRWEB) May 14, 2006 — GPS tracking devices were originally developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for use in precision weapon delivery. The initial satellites were launched between 1974 and…

Researchers Show How GPS Navigation Devices Can be Duped (Kansas City InfoZine)
GPS is a United States navigation system of more than 30 satellites circling Earth twice a day in specific orbits, transmitting signals to receivers on land, sea, and in air to calculate their exact locations. If such a ubiquitous system were to come under attack, would we be ready?

Police use GPS, cell phone to find lost woman, children (Republican-American)
The Torrington police and fire departments used GPS through a cell phone to help track down a Torrington woman and four children who got turned around when they went hiking Friday afternoon in the woods in Burr Pond State Park.

Researchers Dupe GPS Receivers Through Spoof Attack (Wired News)
Researchers have found a way to spoof GPS signals in a bid to fool receivers and show the potential security threat that an attack on the system poses. Wired.com

Knight Rider GPS by Mio (PC Magazine)
Mio’s Knight Rider GPS is the perfect dashboard accessory for the Knight Rider fan.

Pollitt flap has state reviewing GPS firm $950,000 contract now under review (Republican-American)
WATERBURY The state is reviewing a contract with the GPS company that monitors violent offenders, a move that comes just days after charges of probation violation against a convicted rapist were dropped based on inaccurate data provided by a GPS device.

Researchers Show How GPS Navigation Devices Can be Duped (Newswise)
GPS is a United States navigation system of more than 30 satellites circling Earth twice a day in specific orbits, transmitting signals to receivers on land, sea, and in air to calculate their exact locations. If such a ubiquitous system were to come under attack, would we be ready?

Glock achieves season target three GPs early. (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Timo Glock achieves his pre-season objective in finishing fourth in F1’s first-ever night race in the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix - now he wants to help Toyota achieve its 2008 objective too…

Knight Rider KITT GPS Now Available [GPS] (Gizmodo)
Just a few days after the new series premiere, RadioShack has announced that it scored exclusive rights to sell Mio’s Knight Rider GPS in the US. I already have a GPS unit, but the geek in me wants…

GlobalSat GPS Receivers Free to Mac Users As Part of Software Promotion
City of Industry, CA (PRWEB) May 1, 2008 — USGlobalSat, Inc. the US sales office for GlobalSat Technology Corporation (Taiwan), a major manufacturer of GPS engine boards, GPS peripheral receivers…

GPS bug follows alleged smuggler to Georgia (Times Herald)
A Canadian is trying to recover more than $100,000 seized from his car after border agents secretly slapped a GPS device on the vehicle and tracked it from Port Huron to Georgia and back.

Hemisphere GPS Outback S3 (Iowa Farmer)
Hemisphere GPS introduces Outback S3 which combines the most popular features of both the Outback S2 and the Outback 360 with the latest developments in Crescent GPS receiver technology.

GlobalSat GPS Receivers Free to Mac Users As Part of Software Promotion
City of Industry, CA (PRWEB) May 1, 2008 — USGlobalSat, Inc. the US sales office for GlobalSat Technology Corporation (Taiwan), a major manufacturer of GPS engine boards, GPS peripheral receivers…

Russia to design microchip reading GPS, Glonass signals by yearend (Itar-Tass)
NOVO-OGARYOVO, September 26 (Itar-Tass) — A microchip capable of receiving GPS and Glonass signals will be designed in Russia by the end of this year.

GPS bug follows alleged smuggler to Georgia (Times Herald)
A Canadian is trying to recover more than $100,000 seized from his car after border agents secretly slapped a GPS device on the vehicle and tracked it from Port Huron to Georgia and back.

Mio Knight Rider GPS (CNET)
The Mio Knight Rider GPS is a portable navigation device like no other, featuring the voice of KITT, but behind all the fun, you’ll also find a solid, entry-level in-car GPS.

Pollitt flap has state reviewing GPS firm $950,000 contract now under review (Republican-American)
WATERBURY The state is reviewing a contract with the GPS company that monitors violent offenders, a move that comes just days after charges of probation violation against a convicted rapist were dropped based on inaccurate data provided by a GPS device.

Pollitt flap has state reviewing GPS firm $950,000 contract now under review (Republican-American)
WATERBURY The state is reviewing a contract with the GPS company that monitors violent offenders, a move that comes just days after charges of probation violation against a convicted rapist were dropped based on inaccurate data provided by a GPS device.

World’s First Photo-Taking GPS Bike (The Gadsden Times)
Yahoo! has created the world’s first social networking bike, built with a GPS enabled camera that takes a photo every 60 seconds, geo-tags it and uploads the pictures to Yahoo’s photo web site, Flickr. (Sept. 23)

October Surprise? 13 Politically Incorrect GPS Voices Predicted to Win Overwhelming Support of Voters Driving to … (PRWeb)
Now before voters rock the vote they can rock the GPS: new GPS voices from PIGtones.com bring voice-lifts and personality transplants to Garmin GPS and Tom Tom GPS systems. PIGtones offers over a dozen entertaining, often risqu and highly politically incorrect GPS voices, including Arnold the Governator, Elvis, Yoda, “W”, and more. http://www.PIGtones.com (PRWeb Sep 25, 2008) Read the …

Hemisphere GPS Outback S3 (Iowa Farmer)
Hemisphere GPS introduces Outback S3 which combines the most popular features of both the Outback S2 and the Outback 360 with the latest developments in Crescent GPS receiver technology.

Police use GPS, cell phone to find lost woman, children (Republican-American)
The Torrington police and fire departments used GPS through a cell phone to help track down a Torrington woman and four children who got turned around when they went hiking Friday afternoon in the woods in Burr Pond State Park.