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Europe launches first satellite for global navigation
News European scientists have embarked on an ambitious project to develop a global navigation system that offers much greater accuracy than today's global positioning systems (GPS). Galileo should support new services such as advanced satellite...
[December 28, 2005, 11:40]
Orange bundles satellite navigation
News Orange Business Services has started bundling satellite navigation services with some of its mobile phones. Users of the service, which is based on Webraska's navigation software, will be able to download maps and live traffic information for use...
[November 1, 2006, 16:02]
Fingerprint reader can help navigation
News Bondar said that laptop makers will likely be the first to venture into using the new roller-style sensor, which is smaller than a 9-volt battery and can also be used as a jog dial for navigation, in their products.
[May 6, 2003, 8:56]
Euro satellite navigation takes to the skies
News A European satellite navigation service could provide the platform for thousands of new applications based on the pinpoint location information it will be able to provide. Galileo will be Europe's own global navigation satellite system, made up of...
[July 27, 2006, 12:10]
Linux PDA finds itself with GPS navigation system
News The company is also planning to add compatibility with automobile navigation systems. Sharp is to offer a mapping service for its Linux-based handhelds, integrating GPS data from an add-on card. The Mobile Map Navi service will allow users of Sharp...
[April 7, 2003, 12:35]
Lexus denies in-car virus claims
News Car maker Lexus has denied that the Cabir wireless worm poses a risk to the Bluetooth-capable navigation systems featured in some of its vehicles. In the excerpts posted on F-Secure's blog, Lexus confirmed that its navigation tools use an embedded...
[February 18, 2005, 8:25]
Netscape updates browser despite Andreessen's gloom
News Netscape Communications on Monday updated its browser, touting improvements in navigation and spam control -- days after Netscape's founder pronounced browser innovation moribund. Andreessen went on to call the state of browser navigation "an...
[July 2, 2003, 8:35]
Galileo project 'hindering' phone sat-nav rollout
News Europe's upcoming satellite constellation, Galileo, is becoming a barrier to the integration of satellite navigation into European handsets, a mobile operator claimed last week. Although the mobile industry wants to put some form of global...
[January 22, 2007, 10:44]
Nokia updates mapping, messaging services
News Nokia has released new versions of its mapping and navigation service, along with a new messaging service. Some of the other new features available include: the ability to purchase turn-by-turn car-navigation guidance; instant access to real-time...
[December 3, 2008, 11:14]
TomTom ships malware on sat-nav
News Satellite navigation company TomTom has admitted that it has shipped two viruses on a number of its devices. According to the company, a "small number" of TomTom GO 910 satellite navigation devices were shipped last year with malware pre-installed.
[January 29, 2007, 12:49]
Europe and US finalise GPS-Galileo system
News The EU and the US have put the finishing touches to a system designed to enable signals from their respective satellite navigation systems to be picked up on the same receiver device in future. He said the international global navigation satellite...
[July 30, 2007, 15:15]
Microsoft unveils optimised sat-nav OS
News Microsoft has released Windows Embedded NavReady 2009, its first embedded operating system to be specifically optimised for manufacturers of portable navigation devices. According to Microsoft, NavReady should help developers and manufacturers...
[June 16, 2008, 14:00]
RealNames blames Microsoft for closure
News RealNames, the company that championed the idea of finding information on the Internet by navigation rather than by searching, will close on Monday, according to former chief executive Keith Teare, who said he was terminated on Friday along with...
[May 13, 2002, 12:34]
Search engines losing popularity
News Internet surfers are increasingly favoring direct navigation and bookmarks over search engines and Web links, according to a study released Wednesday. WebSideStory, a San Diego, California-based company that measures Internet audiences, said that...
[February 14, 2002, 9:13]
US company claims millions over site-nav patent
News Every Web site that uses a common form of site navigation could be hit for thousands or millions of dollars in licence fees, claims a US company holding a patent on the idea. SBC Communications, a major American telco and ISP, says that it owns the...
[January 20, 2003, 15:35]
Start-up offers mass-market robot tech
News A start-up company says it has developed a navigation system that is cheap enough to bring robots to the mass consumer market. On Wednesday, Evolution said Bandai will create a cat-like robot based on its navigation system and other robotic...
[January 9, 2003, 14:37]
Government funds sat-nav integration project
News Researchers at De Montfort University in Leicester have secured £113,000 in funding to develop a navigation device that can gather information from a variety of satellite systems. The sat-nav device will be able to communicate with the American...
[April 3, 2008, 17:04]
US Report: Netscape, Yahoo! to divorce
News Initially, Netscape, the leading browser-maker, was one of the leading sources of search and navigation traffic for Yahoo! official said the leading Web navigation guide is ending all marketing and traffic-sharing ties to browser pioneer Netscape.
[May 26, 1998, 6:45]
Russian satellite launch boosts Galileo competition
News Russia has taken a major step towards creating a satellite system to rival Europe's Galileo navigation system. Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System) now has 18 satellites, just six short of the number required to have a global system.
[December 28, 2007, 12:24]
Nuggets: Navigate with your DVD
News Its CN-DV2000 combines a vehicle navigation system with a DVD player. The navigation system is based on electronically stored maps, which comes from the NAVTECH database and is stored on DVD-ROM. There's an optional 5.8-inch colour monitor, a...
[April 10, 2000, 12:15]
