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Photos: Army enlists spy 'bat plane'
News Like a real bat, the plane will be equipped with radar and a sensitive navigation system to find its way around at night. They also plan to miniaturise its autonomous navigation system, and develop a smarter and lighter communications system than...
Tags: plan, navigation, lab, university
17 March 2008, 9:20
Roomba rival set to clean up
News The company has created a navigation system called 'NorthStar' that has been incorporated into other robots, including the eVac vacuum cleaner from The Sharper Image, he said. The navigation system uses a device plugged into an electrical socket to...
23 October 2006, 9:21
Motion-sensing comes to mobiles
News And some companies, such as the 3-year-old start-up Invensense, are taking the technology a step further by combining three-axis accelerometers with gyroscopes, which measure rotation speed, to create even-more accurate sensors that could be used...
26 March 2007, 11:05
European GPS project is 'folly', says MP
News Septentrio, a satellite-navigation company based in Ghent, Belgium, is promoting the technology as a supplement to the US GPS system. The solution offered by Septentrio is to create a processor that integrates with GPS and Galileo for use in...
Tags: gps, community, navigation, european
13 November 2007, 8:53
Photos: High-tech cars shine at NY auto show
News The car gets new data features fed into its navigation system, such as weather reporting. LCD in the Turbo X 9-3 shows GM's standard music and navigation system, with convenient tabbed interface for navigating its various functions.
Tags: stereo, hard drive, country, class
26 March 2008, 10:02
Windows Vista -- a preview
News Windows Vista was supposed to come with WinFS, a system-wide relational database designed to make file navigation more enjoyable than playing on your Xbox 360. Microsoft improved its file search system in Windows XP by using indexing to speed up...
22 March 2006, 12:26
Sat-nav for joggers
News The first fitness device from GPS navigation company Navman from Auckland, New Zealand resembles a triangle-shaped hockey puck that is strapped to the arm. Bones In Motion is planning upgrades of its software which will allow a runner or cyclist to...
6 June 2006, 9:29
Top topics ring in Mobile World Congress
News Location/navigation Nokia for one is already investing heavily in navigation. For MWC purposes the Mighty Finn is turning itself into a sightseeing outfit, offering journos free tuk-tuk tours of Barcelona to show off its latest navigation tech.
Tags: ads, dedicated, manufacturers, tech
8 February 2008, 9:31
Google revamps its search
News Mayer also announced the addition of a Universal Navigation Bar at the top of Google search and other pages. A new Contextual Navigation Links that appears at the top of the page right under the logo allows people to drill down in search results.
17 May 2007, 9:06
eBay buyer's stolen item ruling reversed
News A state court in the southwestern city of Karlsruhe ruled in favour of the 47-year-old software engineer because he had not known a car navigation system he bought over eBay two years ago had been stolen, a representative for the court said.
1 October 2007, 9:36
Phone makers cash in on location services
News In a bold move to accelerate the adoption of location services for mobile devices, the world's two largest handset makers have each introduced their own navigation services, a move that could pit them against mobile operators.
16 February 2007, 9:17
Creative will make Apple pay
News Sim Wong Hoo, head of Creative, told the BBC he intends to "pursue aggressively" his company's US patent on the navigation of music on MP3 or other audio players. Creative is planning to tackle all music player manufacturers that use the same...
12 December 2005, 10:25
HTC duels BlackBerry with 'Excalibur'
News The lineup also includes a dedicated navigation handheld, a 3G/HSDPA handheld and a candybar-style GSM handset. It includes a Qwerty keypad and touch-sensitive navigation bar, and is designed for push email with Windows Mobile 5.0, HTC said.
12 September 2006, 9:52
Swedes pioneer greener sat-nav
News An eco-friendly satellite-navigation system offering routes to save fuel and minimise greenhouse gas emissions is being developed by Swedish scientists. Their sat-nav system has reported an average fuel saving of more than eight per cent compared...
5 January 2007, 9:12
Firefox 1.5 beta hits the Web
News The beta version of the popular open-source browser includes new features such as drag-and-drop reordering of browser tabs and faster navigation. The beta of Firefox 1.5, codenamed 'Deer Park', is now available for download from the Mozilla...
12 September 2005, 10:09


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