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RSUR: To Provide Security Solutions for GPS Navigation Platform Provider (Nasdaq)
Remote Surveillance Technologies, Inc. (RSUR) announced its selection to provide security solutions to a leading GPS navigation platform provider that is expanding its operations and moving its headquarters from Irvine, CA to Aliso Viejo, CA. The company provides navigation directions, maps, and other location-based information, in real time, to GPS-enabled mobile phones via advanced …

Magellan Unveils GPS Line and AAA Partnership (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
Magellan Navigation today announced the new Maestro GPS line, with a new user interface and AAA Tourbook integration.

Allan Space-Time Solutions, LLC, and Bliley Technologies, Inc., Form New Company Specializing in “De
… technique for obtaining military-level time accuracy from GPS without having a military receiver. Receivers using this …

Baylor Boys Swim Team Claims State Championship, GPS Girls Second (The Chattanoogan)
The Baylor boys swim team won its first state championship since 1997 Saturday, racking up 265 points to outdistance Brentwood High and Bearden High, who tied for second with 201 points. McCallie finished fourth with 176 points.

GPS Industries Retains CCG Investor Relations to Enhance Investor Awareness (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—-GPS Industries, Inc. , the leading innovator of Wi-Fi enabled GPS systems that deliver superior return on investment to golf facilities, resorts and residential community developers, announced today that it has retained CCG Investor Relations and Strategic Communications to partner in the next phase of its campaign to gain public recognition and enhance its profile …

CELL PHONES: Future of GPS gadgets at hand (The Charlotte Observer)
As I watched an ad for GPS gadgetmaker Garmin Ltd. during the recent Super Bowl, I had a fleeting thought the $2 million spent would be a waste, just like all that money those long-gone dot-coms once spent on the big game.

New Market For Sarantel With GPS Enabled Ruggedised Digital Camera (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONDON—-Sarantel ltd , leading manufacturer and innovator for filtering antennas, today announce their movement into a new market application - GPS enabled cameras. The GeoHelix was selected by Ricoh Corporation for their newly launched 500SE because of its high performance, reliability and small size.

GPS bill d j vu (Gaylord Herald Times)
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Fastrax Announces New Versions of iSuite 3 GPS Software Development Kit and iTrax03 Firmware
… features and functionality of a GPS receiver, allowing receiver performance and power management to …

In-car GPS for less than $500 (The Plain Dealer)
The affordable, compact Navman F20 provides accurate directions and is easy to use. The unit includes maps of North America and a points-of-interest database.

Avis and Budget Roll Out Where2(TM) GPS System in Canada (The Auto Channel)
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 23 — Avis Budget Group, Inc. today announced that Avis and Budget customers can now rent Where2, the fully portable Global Positioning System (GPS) built by Garmin, a leader in GPS navigation, at rental locations throughout Canada.

CELL PHONES: Future of GPS gadgets at hand (The Charlotte Observer)
As I watched an ad for GPS gadgetmaker Garmin Ltd. during the recent Super Bowl, I had a fleeting thought the $2 million spent would be a waste, just like all that money those long-gone dot-coms once spent on the big game.

Air Force ready for next GPS (Florida Today)
LockheedMartin and Boeing will battle it out over who gets to build the next-generation satllite network of navigation satellites for the Air Force.

GPS-Wireless 2007 Registration Deadline Approaches (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Save on registering at GPS-Wireless 2007, which is March 1-2, 2007 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, San Francisco Airport (Burlingame).

Teen to be first monitored in Orange County using GPS (The Herald-Sun)
HILLSBOROUGH — William Barrett Foster, the teenager charged with holding a teacher and student at gunpoint at East Chapel Hill High School last April, was released on bond Friday and will be the first person in Orange County to be monitored by a Global Positioning System.

POWER2SHIP S MOBILEMARKETTM INCREASES CARRIERS CAPACITY UTILIZATION AND ENHANCES OPERATING EFFICIEN
… of three ways: manually, electronically through a P2S GPS, or through a data feed transmitted from the …

Avis and Budget Roll Out Where2(TM) GPS System in Canada (SYS-CON Media)
Avis Budget Group, Inc. today announced that Avis and Budget customers can now rent Where2, the fully portable Global Positioning System (GPS) built by Garmin, a leader in GPS navigation, at rental locations throughout Canada. Beginning today, Where2 will be available at Avis airport rental locations in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, St. Johns, and …

Compact GPS/PDA runs Windows Mobile (WindowsForDevices)
The latest news & announcements about Windows based embedded applications … Keywords: Match: Sort by: Mio Technology has added a new model to its line of GPS-enabled Digiwalker Windows Mobile Pocket PCs.

Knoxville Webb Tops GPS In Division II East Final (The Chattanoogan)
Girls Preparatoary School gave a good fight Friday night before falling to state powerhouse Webb School, 60-42, in Knoxville in the finals of the Division II East Region tournament.

Improved GPS Tracking Device Website Helps Educate Consumers
… net and check out our honest reviews on "Auto GPS" ( http://www.gpstrackingdevice.net/auto-gps.html ), Laptop GPS ( http …

GPS-Wireless 2007 Registration Deadline Approaches (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Save on registering at GPS-Wireless 2007, which is March 1-2, 2007 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, San Francisco Airport (Burlingame).

Industry First RV Park and Campground GPS Points-Of-Interest File Immediately Available From GoCampingAmerica.com and … (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The release of the GoCampingAmerica.com RV GPS file represents the industry’s first branded custom POI file. Leading GPS device manufacturers have empowered consumers by providing them the ability to install custom POI files. This feature permits consumers to customize their GPS devices to their own unique interests.

AAA, Magellan team up on new GPS unit (BizJournals)
AAA is partnering with Magellan Navigation Inc. to develop a new GPS unit pre-loaded with AAA TourBooks containing information on diamond-rated hotels and restaurants, attractions and other areas of interest for the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Compact GPS/PDA runs Windows Mobile (WindowsForDevices)
The latest news & announcements about Windows based embedded applications … Keywords: Match: Sort by: Mio Technology has added a new model to its line of GPS-enabled Digiwalker Windows Mobile Pocket PCs.

A Unique Travel Experience for the Visually Impaired with Traveleyes and Trekker Talking GPS System (SYS-CON Media)
Traveleyes, a company that specializes in organizing overseas trips for the visually impaired, now provides its clients with HumanWare’s Trekker Talking GPS system. Recognized internationally for helping blind people move around, Trekker will offer more autonomy and independence to travellers using Traveleyes by enabling them to enjoy the places they visit even more.

A GPS that moves with you can be a handy tag-along (Orlando Sentinel)
You may be lost, but a portable navigation system can point you in the right direction. A portable GPS navigation system might be well worth the expense if you often travel to new places, have map-reading issues or simply hate asking for directions. Although not as easy to use as the best built-in systems in new vehicles, portables can be moved from car to car — including rentals — and most …

GloNav Chooses Jazz Semiconductor’s 0.18-Micron SiGe BiCMOS Process To Deliver Ultra Low-Power GPS RFIC (ElectronicsWeb)
Jazz Semiconductor and GloNav Inc. recently announced they have teamed to deliver GloNav’s ultra low-power L1 GPS RFIC, optimized for integration into cellular handsets, portable consumer electronic devices and battery operated GPS devices

Industry First RV Park and Campground GPS Points-Of-Interest File Immediately Available From GoCampingAmerica.com and … (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The release of the GoCampingAmerica.com RV GPS file represents the industry’s first branded custom POI file. Leading GPS device manufacturers have empowered consumers by providing them the ability to install custom POI files. This feature permits consumers to customize their GPS devices to their own unique interests.

Thieves Targeting Car Dealerships Are Taking GPS Units (WNEM TV 5 Mid-Michigan)
(TV5) — Saginaw Township Police are investigating the latest in a rash of vehicle break-ins at car dealerships. The thieves are specifically seeking GPS units.

Improved GPS Tracking Device Website Helps Educate Consumers
… net and check out our honest reviews on "Auto GPS" ( http://www.gpstrackingdevice.net/auto-gps.html ), Laptop GPS ( http …

iSECUREtrac Provides Active GPS for Sheriff’s Office in Montgomery County, VA (SYS-CON Media)
iSECUREtrac Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: ISEC) , an industry leader in electronic monitoring solutions, announced today that it has been awarded the contract for active GPS by the Sheriff’s Office in Montgomery County, VA.

GPS devices are in reach of average student (Daily Nebraskan)
Paper maps are so out of fashion. GPS is the new thing. OK, I admit that my computer engineering major has done nothing to teach me about fashion, but I could give you a few pointers about buying a global positioning system device.

POWER2SHIP OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES NEXT EVOLUTION IN THE LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY- MobileMa
… are a lot of tools out there – GPS devices, asset management tools, transportation management systems – that help carriers …

Sprint Customers Now Have the Power to Use GPS to Find Apartments Right on Their Sprint Phones (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & PHILADELPHIA—-Now Sprint customers have the power to do more with the GPS technology on their wireless phones than ever before. In addition to Sprint’s current lineup of GPS-enabled navigation, location and specialty applications, Sprint and Smarter Agent today launched a new tool to give customers the power to view nearby apartments for rent right on select Sprint or …

Targeting the best GPS locators (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Aportable GPS navigation system might be well worth the expense if you often travel to new places, have map-reading issues or simply hate asking for directions. Although not as easy to use as the best built-in systems in new vehicles, portables can be moved from car to car - including rentals - and most will easily fit in your luggage. What’s more, they generally cost less than built-ins, and …