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3G concept devices: Breathtaking but two years off
News Trium's concept 3G gadget for the 'urban man' is an MP3 player with built in GPS (global positioning system). This included a gaming phone, which would allow a user to compete wirelessly against a friend, and an in-car navigation system with a full...
[March 23, 2001, 16:23]
Mobile-chip firm rides IPO wave
News While GPS technology has been commercially available for about a decade, sales were generally relatively modest until recently. While carriers have experimented with various ideas for implementing E911, the emerging technology of choice for many...
[April 23, 2004, 13:30]
Iridium takes final step into space
News It worked very well in Afghanistan," said one source, "as you can give a GPS receiver and an Iridium handset to a local on a horse and tie them into the command and control system in theatre instantly.
[February 12, 2002, 14:26]
Weather Station Net-book
Blog If you don't have a GPS receiver, you can get latitude and longitude and elevation off the display of your location from Google Earth. Take an input from a GPS or a fix pulled from Google Earth or maps and then do a pull of weather information from...
[September 3, 2008, 22:03]
Lexus denies in-car virus claims
News Kaspersky says that no cars actually were infected and that the customer that had spurred the inquiry was merely interested in finding out whether the Bluetooth interface built into some models' GPS systems could be vulnerable.
[February 18, 2005, 8:25]
Nokia's new smartphones review
Reviews This quad-band smartphone is equipped with built-in GPS as well as AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System), and it comes with local maps preinstalled on a memory card. The E90 is a full-featured smartphone that manages to pack in robust email...
[February 21, 2007, 10:44]
NHS IT loses another leading light
News QMAS is an excellent example of how investment in IT is helping doctors to deliver better patient care because the system facilitates payments based on the quality of care given by GPs," Hutton said on Thursday.
[September 23, 2004, 14:10]
Intel parades self-defending hardware
News The company also gave a demo of a Wi-Fi system that can track people and objects in crowded environments where GPS technology sometimes doesn't work well. If your system was disconnected from the network because of a suspected virus on a regular...
[August 26, 2005, 9:05]
NHS IT initiative on track, according to director
News Over 9,000 systems have been delivered to GPs with 4,000 of them already rolled out," according to Granger. And some GPs are booking hospital appointments electronically for their patients. This system will provide patients with more choice, as...
[September 30, 2004, 15:30]
MPs savage NHS IT delays
News Despite this, the core national electronic care record system is now running two and a half years late, with clinicians and GPs unable to agree on which patient information should be stored on the centralised system.
[June 28, 2006, 17:10]
New NHS system to SMS patient appointments
News The money GPs get depends on their meeting various targets. We can send four million texts per day in the current system. Once the system has been set up, costs come down," said Webb. The NHS administrator responsible for implementing the pilot...
[December 16, 2005, 8:00]
The high tech van that is a CEO's dream
News The electronics on board the van includes:A Windows 2000 Server with mobile wireless Internet access (while moving).A wireless LAN that connects the various systems and allows them to access the Internet.A color laser printer.A touch-screen system...
[April 26, 2002, 16:22]
Medics lash out at NHS IT
News There is little or no activity in the county from either the PCTs or the GPs, thank goodness. In Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire for example, only 46 referrals were made through the system before Christmas.
[February 17, 2006, 15:20]
BT lends student software coders a hand
News It monitors a patient’s heart rate and transmits data to an application located on a PDA, raising an alarm and providing GPS coordinates if an irregular signal is noted. Frontfree Studio — MISG, from China's Beijing University of Technology...
[January 16, 2007, 16:29]
BlackBerry Storm2 - a vast improvement
Blog The Storm2 has GPS built in just like its predecessor. But unfortunately for RIM, the system came in for a lot of criticism. There is a multitouch system which means you can hold onto one key while depressing the next.
[October 16, 2009, 8:50]
Electronic prescription scheme goes live in Leeds
News It should also enable GPs to cancel a prescription before it is dispensed, if necessary, and save pharmacists from re-keying information. Another 17 GP surgeries are due to begin using the system soon.
[July 30, 2009, 12:03]
Photos: CeBIT day one review
Reviews This IP54-compliant rugged notebook has a sunlight-readable swivelling 13.3-inch touch-screen, a backlit keyboard, integrated Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g), Bluetooth and GPS plus optional wireless WAN connectivity.
[March 14, 2007, 14:45]
Satellite tech tracks Cornwall's binmen
News Each vehicle is fitted with a telematics unit which uses a GPS satellite receiver and GPRS capability to communicate back to the council team. The system records arrival and departure times, as well as speed and mileage, and can also alert council...
[November 14, 2008, 6:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog For his birthday, I got him a GPS hand-held receiver and he's taken it up with him on a solo for the first time. Yet I suspect GPS will give me a whole summer of fun. You've probably heard about GPS, and if you qualify as a bona fide gadget freak...
[May 28, 1999, 18:18]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News For his birthday, I got him a GPS hand-held receiver and he's taken it up with him on a solo for the first time. Yet I suspect GPS will give me a whole summer of fun. You've probably heard about GPS, and if you qualify as a bona fide gadget freak...
[May 28, 1999, 17:18]
