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Microsoft launches mapping beta
News AOL, Google and Yahoo also have integrated mapping and local search services, but Windows Live Local will be the first of the major mapping services to offer something other than just a view from directly above, as most satellite imagery has offered.
[December 8, 2005, 9:25]
Navizon
Downloads Instead of using satellite signals like GPS does, it is triangulating signals from WiFi and Cellular towers. Navizon also includes cool features such as the Buddy Tracker, where you can see the whereabouts of your loved ones, the Directions Finder...
[July 13, 2007, 2:34]
Terrabrowser
Downloads Terrabrowser is an internet browser for satellite photos and topographical maps which are obtained from the Microsoft Terra Server. Includes extensive bookmarking support, image cache, address search, region download, and many other features!
[April 28, 2005, 8:00]
Google and Sun plan partnership
News Picasa for photo management and Google Earth for satellite-based maps and geographic information. They include Gmail for e-mail, the Desktop Search Sidebar (which offers customized news and information based on a computer users's activity),
[October 4, 2005, 9:35]
Google to launch location-sharing Latitude software
News Latitude uses Google's technology to judge a user's location not just by GPS satellite, but also by proximity to mobile-phone towers and wireless networks. Google's power is firmly lodged in search and search advertising, but the company is trying...
[February 4, 2009, 7:55]
Google: Time for world domination?
News Certainly, it has built on the core business, adding everything from the Gmail free Web-based email service to Google Earth, a satellite mapping service. In addition, there are rumours that Google is eyeing satellite technology that drives its 3D...
[September 21, 2005, 17:40]
Location, location, location: Intel puts users on the map
News The first generation of location-based services is already in place, with satellite navigation systems using the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation increasingly common in cars and pocket-sized units.
[February 21, 2003, 8:59]
Analysts: Microsoft is gunning for Google
News Meantime, Google has announced deals to deliver ads on Clear Channel radio stations and on EchoStar's Dish satellite TV networks, but has yet to announce a clear plan for monetising video, Weiner said.
[April 26, 2007, 10:58]
Pretty Map Basic - Earth Atlas, Moon and Mars Maps
Downloads PrettyMap lets you view off-line vector and raster maps and images (such as country boundaries, world cities, rivers, satellite photos), search in geographically-referenced data, visualize and analyze spatial information, download current weather...
[December 1, 2005, 6:00]
Google mapping spec made industry standard
News It was initially developed by Keyhole, the satellite-imagery company acquired by Google in 2004. Google already shares its KML format openly, and others have used it in software products, but the search giant now hopes that its status as an...
[April 15, 2008, 10:53]
UK immune from TiVo bug
News UltimateTV combines elements of Microsoft's WebTV -- a television-based email and Web surfing service -- DirecTV satellite service and digital video recording. The DirecTV receiver with TiVo service is a set-top box that picks up satellite...
[April 19, 2001, 9:08]
WebTV founder's next act unfolding
News Rearden Steel will announce its partners on 7 January, possibly including cable and satellite companies, sources say. In April 2001 the company received $67m for its first round of funding, led by America Online, the subsidiary of cable and Net...
[January 2, 2002, 12:18]
Photos: Tech reconnects earthquake victims
News I'm calling from a satellite phone, a free call offered by an international NGO. This extract from a satellite call made last week using equipment provided by communications charity Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) illustrates what motivates the...
[August 21, 2007, 17:24]
Echelon: Proof of its existence
News According to these official documents, Sugar Grove's mission is "to direct satellite communications equipment [in support of] consumers of Comsat information .this is achieved by providing a trained cadre of collection system operators, analysts...
[June 29, 2000, 11:07]
Google acquisition extends search to space
News Search giant Google said on Wednesday that it has acquired Keyhole, a company specialising in Web-based software that allows people to view satellite images from around the globe. Users can also search for information such as the locations of...
[October 28, 2004, 9:09]
W3C adds a touch of Sparql to Web 2.0
News Several developers are already using it, including Rome-based developer Asemantics, which is using Sparql to build a satellite image search engine for the European Space Agency, an engine to access 400 years of tidal data at the Dutch Water...
[January 18, 2008, 14:25]
Google celebrates 70 percent profit rise
News The company is aggressively expanding its advertising platform to the offline world, including partnerships to sell ads to run on Clear Channel radio stations, on EchoStar Dish satellite TV network and in newspapers.
[April 20, 2007, 11:12]
Google demos Android software
News Google Maps, including this view with a satellite photo, is available on Android phones. What would an Android phone be without Google search? Android phones come with a gesture-based authentication system.
[May 29, 2008, 12:09]
Italian police nab NASA hackers
News Besides the theft of government documents, the hackers are accused of running up large bills on credit card numbers stolen from servers, and using information gained from their attacks to crack an encryption system called SECA2 used by the Tele...
[August 2, 2002, 15:45]
TiVo shares rocket on AOLTV pact
News Earlier this week, the company struck a deal with DirecTV and Thomson Multimedia to create a combination set-top box and digital satellite service. It also allows viewers the ability to search out and record programming ahead of time, for example...
[June 14, 2000, 13:54]
