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UK Sentinel study reveals GPS jammer use

UK Sentinel study reveals GPS jammer use

...pinpoint GPS jamming. GPS jamming and spoofing can have serious effects on geolocation and communications technologies that rely on GPS for positioning and timing; maritime... Read more

22 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner
SAP pins Google Maps to BusinessObjects

SAP pins Google Maps to BusinessObjects

The BI specialist is to put geo-spatial tools into its BusinessObjects platform, after making a deal to access Google Earth, StreetView and other APIs Read more

29 July, 2011 by Ben Woods

Location tracking needs permission, says EU group

...Article 29 Working Party, a group of European privacy authorities, said that geolocation data is personal and that permission for collecting it cannot be given... Read more

19 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

eBay buys geolocation specialist Where

...shop." For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see eBay acquires geolocation service Where on CNET News. Get the latest technology news and analysis... Read more

21 April, 2011 by Caroline McCarthy

Microsoft, Google join forces to challenge GeoTag patent

...Google have teamed up to challenge a patent held by GeoTag — a geolocation technology company — that has been used to sue more than 300 other... Read more

3 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

Apple and smartphones top 2011 cybercrime targets

...firm McAfee expects malicious activity in 2011 to target smartphones, URL shorteners, geolocation services like Foursquare, and Apple products across the board, according to a... Read more

29 December, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy

Facebook secures geolocation patent

...a check-in service that would ultimately enable third parties to incorporate geolocation into their Facebook apps. While Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said on... Read more

7 October, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy
MacJournal 6.0

MacJournal 6.0

...MacJournal 6 adds a calendar mode that show entries from any journal, geolocation, word count and progress tracking, as well as additional blogging support. A... Read more

14 December, 2011
X-Firefox 3.6.24

X-Firefox 3.6.24

...find, live bookmarking, a download manager, private browsing, location-aware browsing (aka "geolocation") based exclusively on a Google service and an integrated search system that... Read more

12 November, 2011
mX Cyprus - guide with hotel and flight booking 1.40

mX Cyprus - guide with hotel and flight booking 1.40

...local weather forecasts stories on hundreds of local attractions interactive maps with geolocation important phone numbers contact info, maps for hotels, restaurants, ... and so much... Read more

10 September, 2011

Google's Schmidt calls for regulators to hold their fire

...G8 conference for discussion by heads of government on Thursday and Friday. Geolocation Schmidt's comments came as Google faces regulatory scrutiny on a number... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Leak reveals Yahoo to drop Buzz, Delicious

...chop are Yahoo Buzz, MyBlogLog, Delicious, AllTheWeb.com, Yahoo Picks and AltaVista. Geolocation service Fire Eagle and event listing site Upcoming also face mergers and... Read more

17 December, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy

Opera Mobile 10.1 beta arrives on Android

...highly fluid panning, scrolling and smooth zooming experience." The browser also supports geolocation features and, with the help of Link, allows users to synchronise favourites... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Ben Woods

HP introduces WebOS 2.0 alongside Palm Pre 2

...WebOS 2.0's browser now supports HTML 5 features such as geolocation. The operating system also has a redesigned Launcher, support for Bluetooth keyboards... Read more

20 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

Twitter unveils redesigned homepage

...see all kinds of content — from photos and videos to user profiles, geolocation information and more. Twitter chief executive Evan Williams said the point was... Read more

15 September, 2010 by Daniel Terdiman

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

5 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

6 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

8 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

10 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

10 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

10 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

13 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

14 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

15 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

17 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

18 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry