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Justices to Consider Extent of Gov't GPS Tracking

Christian Broadcasting Network — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:32:40 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court will be weighing on how far the government can go in using technology to track its citizens.

The case, to be heard this November, involves whether police and prosecutors in Washington state needed a warrant to attach a GPS tracking device to a suspect's car.

Lower courts have been divided in their rulings on the issue.

One law professor told the New York Times that the case requires the Supreme Court to decide whether modern technology has turned law enforcement into Big Brother - able to monitor and record every move citizens make outside their homes.

In a lower appeals court ruling last year, a three-judge panel said that the government was simply seeking too much information.

"Repeated visits to a church, a gym, a bar or a bookie tell a story not told by any single visit, as does one's not visiting any of those places in the course of a month," wrote Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

He added: "A person who knows all of another's travel can deduce whether he is a weekly churchgoer, a heavy drinker, a regular at the gym, an unfaithful husband, an outpatient receiving medical treatment, an associate of particular individuals or political groups - and not just one such fact about a person, but all such facts."

Some judges say the world of institutionalized mass surveillance is quickly approaching.

RF Code Announces Latest Versions of Its Real-Time Asset Tracking and Wire …

MarketWatch (press release) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:32:40 +0000

ORLANDO, Fla., Sep 12, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- RF Code, Inc. today announced the latest versions of its market-leading asset tracking and environmental monitoring solutions. RF Code solutions reduce the time and cost of tracking and managing IT assets and the environments in which they reside. See a video about the new software.

Among the new features in both Asset Manager and Sensor Manager are advanced event notification and configurable visual dashboards to display key asset and environmental data. In addition, Asset Manager now provides GPS reader support, making it possible to track, in real time, assets in mobile locations such as trucks and ships.

Moreover, Sensor Manager now incorporates Ancis, Inc.'s Rack Cooling Index (RCI) and Rack Return Index (RTI) performance metrics. (Register for a webinar featuring Magnus Herrlin, developer of these metrics.) These are complementary metrics for understanding data center air management: IT cooling (reliability) and CRAC efficiency.

"The need for absolute accuracy around a company's IT asset inventory is emerging as a top priority for leading companies," said Chris Gaskins, vice president, Product Development at RF Code. "While the need for critical environmental and power monitoring data is already top-of-mind for today's data center managers. We're meeting these twin challenges with an open approach that lets customers take advantage of our solutions in a way that meets their needs: as standalone solutions or integrated into their existing DCIM, EAM, ERP, BMS, Help Desk or other systems."

About the New Features

Event notification. Notifications are sent when an event, such as the movement of an asset, needs to trigger a consequent action by a third party application such as a work order system. For example, a work order application may rely on IT asset movement data from Asset Manager as part of its "decision-making" in concert with a change management order. By simplifying how data is exchanged between these applications, RF Code makes it easy for consuming applications to get timely data on which to base an action. Some examples are:

-- When temperature values change and a DCIM is notified

-- When doors open or close and surveillance application is notified

Easy user-configurable dashboards. With these latest software versions, dashboards are now much more powerful, displaying summary data in a variety of user-chosen graphical formats. Using multiple types of widgets, users can easily create standard dials, LED dials, LCD displays, graphs, bar charts, graphs, asset grids and more to display aggregated data that all internal users can view. Moreover, users have full control over these widgets, allowing them to determine colors, sizing, fonts, numerical range and more.

This is especially useful in a data center or network operations center, where a lot of information is constantly being communicated in real time. Having the ability to create a visual dashboard that displays summary data in an easily viewed format, such as a key performance indicator (KPI), is an efficient way to telegraph this information without creating information overload.

GPS reader support. RF Code's M250 reader now supports a Garmin GPS device, which provides real-time GPS data to the reader. When coupled with a GSM, G3 or G4 communication device, the GPS-enabled reader can be installed on mobile locations such as trucks, fork-lifts or ships that house tagged assets. Once installed, the reader then reports precise geospatial location information about the mobile location and its asset contents back to the RF Code software. Information is dynamically updated as the mobile assets move.

RCI & RTI metric support. RCI is a measure of compliance with ASHRAE or NEBS intake temperature guidelines expressed as a percentage. RTI is a measure of net by-pass or net recirculation air expressed as a percentage. By leveraging these metrics, Sensor Manager helps provide data that will sustain optimal IT equipment reliability and avoid overcooling.

For more information about the new software, pricing, or any other RF Code solution, contact us at 877.463.0756 sales or dgould@rfcode.com.

About RF Code

RF Code is a leading provider of real-time IT asset management and wire-free environmental & power monitoring solutions as well as a leader in providing technology used by third parties to enhance their DCIM, BMS, EAM and ERP solutions, among others. The company's unique active RFID-based solutions provide IT professionals with a more efficient, cost-effective approach to managing IT assets and keeping technology environments in an optimal state. RF Code's fully automated, wire-free solutions significantly reduce costs, eliminate manual labor, and deliver a rapid return on investment. http://www.rfcode.com

RF Code and the RF Code logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of RF Code Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Telmap: Transportation, Food & Shopping Leading Local Search Keywords

Ludovic Privat — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:22:00 +0000

Mobile navigation provider Telmap today issued its quarterly metrics report that highlights usage of its navigation and local search app across its 6 million activated users.

According to this study, 30% of free text searches are around transportation (such as “train station“, “airport“, “Petrol“, “Total“, etc...) 18% are around food (i.e. “restaurant“, “McDonalds“, “KFC“, “Burger King“, “Sushi“, ...), 15% are around grocery shopping (for example “ASDA“, “LIDL“, “ALDI“, “Carrefour“, “Auchan“) and 12% are around shopping and fun.

The report also shows that about 50% of the searches mention a specific place or brand name, whereas the other 50% mention a specific category (e.g., hotel, food, and cinema).

Fears Happy Feet may have been eaten after tracking device stops transmitting

The Daily Telegraph — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:25:58 +0000

THERE are growing fears that Happy Feet, the emperor penguin who shot to global fame after washing up on a New Zealand beach, may have been eaten following his release into the Southern Ocean.

The juvenile penguin was released eight days ago, with a GPS tracking device attached to him to report back on his whereabouts.

But there have been no signals from Happy Feet's tracker - set to transmit when he breaks the surface of the water - since Friday.

His last known position was 52 degrees south and 170 degrees east at 8:11pm New Zealand time on Friday, The Dominion Post reported.

While it is possible the device fell off and is sitting at the bottom of the ocean as Happy Feet continues his safe journey back to his native waters, there is also the chance he met his end as a larger creature's lunch, experts said.

Emperor penguins have many predators, including seals and orcas.

Sirtrack, the company behind the penguin's transmitter, told the New Zealand Herald the lack of signal "leads to the conclusion that either the satellite transmitter has detached or an unknown event has prevented Happy Feet from resurfacing."

A spokesman from Sirtrack said there was a chance the bird had been eaten, saying: "That's what makes the world go round."

Happy Feet - named after the smash-hit 2006 animated feature about a tap-dancing emperor chick - was critically ill when found on a North Island beach with a stomach full of sand and sticks, which rescuers believe he had mistaken for snow and fish.

Given a 50 percent chance of survival, he underwent four surgeries at Wellington Zoo and spent two months being rehabilitated before he was released back into the wild.

An international treaty prevented authorities from returning the penguin directly to Antarctica, so he was released in an area where other juvenile emperor penguins are this time of year.

IDC: Smartphone Sales Top Feature Phones in Western Europe

Ludovic Privat — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:13:00 +0000

According to a new report from market research firm IDC, Smartphone sales have outstripped feature phones for the first time in Western Europe in the second quarter of 2011.

Feature phone shipments were down 29% to 20.4 million units in 2Q11, while smartphone shipments increased 48% to 21.8 million units from a year ago.

The total Western European mobile phone market, however, declined 3% year on year to 42.2 million units in the quarter, according to IDC’s latest European Mobile Phone Tracker.

TruePosition Acquires Rosum’s IP (TV Signal Triangulation)

Ludovic Privat — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:26:00 +0000

Rosum burn $31 million in venture capital (Charles River venture, Allegis capital, KTB venture, Steamboat venture)

Over the course of the years Rosum 28 U.S. patents and nine international patents. TruePosition, who was among the investors in the second round of funding ($15 million, April 2008) is now the owner of this IP.

“Today, TruePosition has 52 U.S. patents and 130 international patents that cover a variety of wireless location technologies,” stated Steve Stuut, CEO of TruePosition.

Shepherd leads riders to buses on time

Crain's Detroit Business — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:51:04 +0000

With an infusion of $1.25 million, Shepherd Intelligent Systems LLC in Ann Arbor is aggressively rolling out its proprietary software system that uses GPS-enabled smartphones as tracking devices for bus systems, limousine services and taxicab and shuttle service companies across the country.

Shepherd's software allows riders using any type of cellphone to get predictions as accurate as 30 seconds from the actual arrival time of the bus or taxi.

Transportation services can use smartphones as inexpensive tracking systems for their fleets, updating vehicle location data every two seconds to help plan routes better and train drivers how to conserve fuel, said Shepherd CEO and co-founder Adrian Fortino.

Shepherd, created two years ago from research at the University of Michigan, posted about $250,000 in revenue last year from fixed fees it charges businesses based on their fleet sizes. The company has seven full-time employees including Fortino's partner and the company's chief technology officer, Jahan Khanna. Fortino expects to hire this year to expand the sales and marketing force.

Shepherd's software is used by customers including UM and Golden Limousine in Ann Arbor, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis and Crystal Transport in Boston.

About 85 percent of UM bus riders have used the Shepherd Intelligent system in some form over the past year, Fortino said. Riders do not need smartphones to access the system -- arrival times can be sent by text message to any cellphone automatically.

An average of about 16,000 text messages have been sent weekly at UM, Fortino said.

He said his company's system differs significantly from fleet management such as C.J. Hood Co. Inc.'s automatic vehicle location system, because Shepherd's does not rely on dedicated hardware to track vehicles. Shepherd uses GPS-enabled smartphones running the Google Android platform as the tracking mechanisms.

Gps tracker android

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What Do You Know About GPS Tracker

is the terminal built-in GPS module and mobile communication module, used to transfer the location data to the server on the Internet through the mobile communication module (gsm / gprs network), which can be achieved the terminal location query in the computer.

GPS tracker is broad-spectrum such as: control the whereabouts of children and the elderly, highway patrol, and precious cargo tracking, tracking and service dispatch, private detective tools, personal property tracking, pet tracking, wildlife tracking, freight industry, car theft, bike theft, theft of electric vehicles, motorcycle theft, bank armored cars, police exercise control, prosecutors tracking, official vehicle management and so on.

1) Positioning function: immediate positioning, timing position.

2) two-way conversation: You can set the button corresponding to a single authorization number, when you press the button you can call the authorization number, and answer the call.

3) Alarm function: an emergency alarm, alarm displacement, speed alarm, exceed alarm, low-battery alarm, anti-theft alarm.

4) Electronic fence: center managers can set the terminal driving area, when the terminal area beyond the preset limit, it will automatically send alarm information to the monitoring platform and mobile phones to monitor the alarm sends a short message of cross-district.

5) Remote monitoring: set the monitored number which can be monitored when it calls the terminal.

6) Auto Sleep: built-in vibration sensor, within the specified time, if not shock, it will automatically enter the sleep state.

service platform is the monitoring and dispatching system based on GPRS and INTERNET communication network, consist of the central-side and client-side, system architecture adopts B/S or C/S technology.

The center side uses a fixed IP access, for receiving and processing a variety of data from GPS terminal submitted by the mobile network , such as terminal current location information, the terminal’s various alarm information, meanwhile, deal with all kinds of queries submitted by client side. Center Duanyou hardware and software components, software technology is included database technology, GIS technology, load balancing, network protocol technology.

Client side hardware can be classified as computer, cell phone, PDA. If the client side is the computer, you need access to INTERNET; If the client side is the mobile phone or PDA, you need to access CMWAP, CMNET, CMCARD or other wireless Internet services.

In this attempt we use the Neo Free runner mounted on the car and use its GPS data for tracking on google earth.Also we measured the vibration using the accelerometer data. website: ideachi.com Sponsor http:www.idasystems.net and www.openmoko.com

RSRTC to watch over passengers, staff

Daily Bhaskar — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:30:08 +0000

Jaipur: Passengers travelling on the state roadways buses of Rajasthan will now be on government radar round-the-clock.

To ensure completely safe travel on buses connecting with other states, particularly in the era of growing road mishaps and anti-national elements targeting transport modes, the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) is going for GPS-tracking system to keep a sustained eye on its 1500-odd buses.

The Global Positioning System (GPS) based tracking system is likely to be place in these buses connecting with 11 states and Chandigarh union territory (UT) by December this year. "Bids have been invited for the ambitious vehicle tracking project and the company which will perform the task will be finalized by this month end," RSRTC CMD Dr Manjit Singh informed.

The new system which is likely to be in place by this year end is targeted at reducing leakages in system, besides minimising accidents, through round-the-clock meticulous tracking of RSRTC buses connecting with other states. Also, the system is aimed at checking various irregularities in buses both at the point of drivers and conductors, thus ensuring punctuality of buses and revenue from ticket sales is not affected by errant drivers-conductors.

Similar tracking system is operating on buses in Bangalore, besides in the air-conditioned buses in Punjab and Delhi, but RSRTC has decided to go for more extensive tracking of its fleet, by putting under GPS-radar all its buses connecting with other states, including Uttarakhand, UP, Punjab, Harayana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and UT of Chandigarh.

The system, which will be operated through a Centralised Control Room in Jaipur, will not only help in tracking the buses physically, but also aid the Corporation in keeping a tab on number of passengers in its inter-state buses.

"Not only the buses will be tracked physically, but also the Electronic Ticketing machines with the conductors will be on GPS-tracking system," RSRTC official spokesperson Sudhir Bhati said. RSRTC officials hope once the new vehicle tracking system starts functioning it will also aid better fleet/vehicle utilisation of inter-state buses. A state roadways official said it's particularly going to help in meticulously spotting a vehicle in case of accident or any sabotage.

Cell phone tracking importance not lost on Naples man

Naples Daily News — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:58:04 +0000

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Frank Rabbito at his North Naples office. Rabbito started a new website, LocateURcell.com, to help locate people by tracking their cell phone. Photo: Gary Jung

NAPLES — Late on a mid-July night, Frank Rabbito received a telephone call from a frantic mother whose daughter was two hours late returning from Miami.

“She said she was supposed to be home,” Rabbito said. “She wasn’t answering her phone.”

The girl’s mother recalled that her daughter had just signed up for a trial membership to Rabbito’s new website, LocateURcell.com, which promises to find people, young and old, by tracking their cell phone. Within minutes — after answering some basic security questions — Rabbito said he was able to track the girl’s cell phone to Alligator Alley.

Turns out, she had run out of gas.

“There’s no lights. It’s dark. She was in a dead cell zone,” Rabbito said. “It was one of those flukes. You get caught in one of those Catch-22s where everything that could go wrong went wrong.

“She was scared, but she was OK.”

Rabbito, who lives in Naples, launched the website in mid-July. The goal, he said, is not to make money — he’s made enough as president of Ashley Norman Associates, which specializes in corporate background checks — but rather to help find people when they are lost and vulnerable.

The idea for the product came to Rabitto one night when he was sitting with his wife, drinking wine and discussing the news. In particular, they were talking about silver alerts — public notifications for missing seniors.

“I said ‘There’s got to be a way to find these people,’” Rabbito said. “I did some investigation. I found that 98 percent of the people in the country have cell phones.”

Rabbito started LocateURcell.com with the help of Dan Grable, a programmer. They negotiated with cell phone carriers for access to their networks.

With AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile phones, LocateURcell.com utilizes GPS technology to track registered cell phones to within a few feet of their location. With Verizon, they use less-precise cellular triangulation technology.

People can sign up online, and track their registered phones on the company’s website. Login is secure, and the carriers have rigid privacy requirements, Rabbito said.

He’s marketing the product, in part, through charities and nonprofits, which receive 40 percent of the proceeds when they sell a $104 annual subscription — $2 per week — good for two cell phones.

It’s perpetual — the charity keeps getting its 40 percent every year, as long as its customers keep their accounts — and it’s an alternative to selling cookies door-to-door, or holding bake sales.

“No calories,” Rabbito said.

The Naples Youth Soccer Club is slated to be the first organization to raise money by selling the service.

“Money goes back to the club, so that will help with our scholarship fund,” said Bryan Rodrigues, the club’s president.

Although Rabbito developed his website to help find missing people, it can also be used to simply find a missing cell phone.

Corena Salazar of Cedar Park, Texas, first came across Rabbito on the Internet when she was desperately trying to find her iPhone. She had been shopping at a grocery store, and no matter how many times she looked for her phone, it was nowhere to be found.

Her cell phone provider, AT&T, could only tell her whether there was activity on her phone, not where it was.

Rabbito first narrowed the phone’s location down to the color of the buildings, then described the peaks of the building and then said it was in the front of a Walmart near her home, Salazar said. Armed with this new information she went back to Walmart and an employee pulled each cart apart.

She found her phone, in its gray cover, in the crevasse of a gray cart.

“I think it is very useful,” she said of the service. “My mother gets lost a lot … We need to get her number set up.”

Salazar now has a subscription, but added, “There was no guarantee that I would sign up” when Rabbito helped her.

Rabbito said he’s just trying to break even. If LocateURcell.com turns a profit at the end of the year, he said, he plans to divvy it up between his participating charities.

“That’s the way it should be,” he said. “You get to a point in your life and how much do you need?”

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“Speeding was never a big problem for us; we didn’t have our drivers getting a lot of tickets,” explains Dumas. “There were a handful that were occasionally going over the limit. Just by having reports generated automatically, we could go to that driver and say, ‘you’re over limit.’ We rarely get anyone exceeding the limit, but having this feature is a nice little bonus.”

Fleet managers get far fewer speed notifications these days; alerts have dropped by 92% since Acres Group started using the feature.

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GPS to track violent offenders

Cumberland Courier Newspapers — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:59:11 +0000

VIOLENT offenders could be forced to wear GPS bracelets that track their every move, as part of a Parliamentary review into domestic violence.

Community Services Minister Pru Goward has tasked an upper house committee to prepare a special inquiry into domestic violence trends in NSW.

The inquiry is investigating various strategies on how to reduce the number of Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders being breached, including the use of GPS bracelets and tougher penalties.

Ankle monitors and GPS tracking have been used by courts overseas for years and earlier this month Queensland’s Department of Corrections announced they will soon be rolling them out for high-risk sex offenders on parole.

The committee will also prepare a report into early intervention strategies to put a stop to domestic violence along with reasons behind the growing number of women being charged with domestic violence.

The inquiry is canvassing domestic violence support groups and victims’ groups.

Committee’s chair, Nationals MP Niall Blair said GPS bracelets for offenders was one of a range of suggestions put to the committee by Ms Goward’s office.

The committee will continue to take submissions from interested organisations and individuals until Friday, September 16 before presenting the report.

Chain down flight risks with tracking bracelets

Toronto Sun — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:37:30 +0000

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Dangerous immigration offenders including suspected war criminals should be fitted with electronic ankle bracelets so they can be tracked if they're being released into the community, say Canadian police and border officials.

Police said the monitoring technology is so sophisticated that ankle bracelets are tamper-proof and can contain GPS tracking devices, live three-way communications and programmable "no go'" zones that sounds and alert if a person tries to flee.

Police and border officers said the devices can be used to target some of the 42,000 immigration violators sought on warrants in Canada, of whom 30 suspected war criminals and 30 foreign hoodlums have been publicly identified by Ottawa through prodding by this very news agency - which has led to 10 fugitives being nabbed.

Officials of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said about 20,000 immigration offenders are sought in the Toronto area, with 1,400 of them being hardened criminals.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, who has been spearheading the drive to round up illegal immigrants, said he's in favour of using the technology.

"I am supportive of the electronic surveillance, but there are some problems with the technology that makes some of the effectiveness of the present devices not particularly effective," Toews said by e-mail.

Officials of the Canadian Police Association said the devices are a "must-have" for law enforcement.

"It is a very valuable tool to increase supervision and reduce the likelihood of flight," said a CPA official. "It is also cheaper than keeping someone in custody."

Police said the gear could have been used to monitor most-wanted criminal

Walter Ernesto Guzman, 35, of El Salvador, who was nabbed after a nationwide search only to be released by an Immigration and Refugee Board in Montreal, causing a furor because he has a history of violence. He has since been deported.

The device could also have tracked accused pimp Walford Uriah Steer, 39, a deportee with 76 convictions, who was also the subject of a search, and is being deported for a second time to Jamaica. He was arrested while trying to pimp a 16-year-old girl.

Ron Moran, president of the Customs and Immigration Union, said he has been lobbying for the use of the monitoring devices for years.

"Our enforcement officers will be able to monitor high-risk offenders through the tracking devices that (are) widely used in many jurisdictions," said Moran, adding the device can be used on those who have broken the law, have gone underground or are dangerous.

"These people have given up some of their rights," Moran said. "This will be a great tool for our front-line officers."

Moran said offenders should be kept in detention as their "layers of appeals" are heard. He said the union has also been calling for improved enforcement measures, including a facial-recognition biometric lookout system at all points of entry.

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GPS tracking to aid security during Ganesh visarjan

Times of India — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:02:59 +0000

MUMBAI: For the first time, the traffic police will use vehicle-tracking technology to maintain high security during Ganpati visarjan. On Sunday, vehicles used by 25 to 50 prominent Ganesh mandals will have GPS devices mounted on them along with cameras. Whenever the traffic police wish to find the location of a procession or whether it's been stalled, a live feed will be available to them.

"This is a pilot project. The cameras will either be still or video," said additional commissioner (traffic) Brijesh Singh. All zonal deputy commissioners were asked to submit a list of sensitive mandals in their jurisdiction so those vehicles can be tracked.

As a vehicle fitted with a GPS device moves across the city, its location will be flashed on a map along with the time. Specific routes have been assigned to each mandal. If any mandal's vehicle deviates from this route, an alert will be received by senior traffic officials. Live feeds will be monitored at the traffic control room. "Still cameras can take pictures every 30 seconds and can also use flashes. Data required by cops can be entered into the system," said Singh. The weather-resistant cameras can even be mounted outside the vehicle. "Presently, the cameras are being fitted inside. The cameras are small and can even be fitted on bikes," said Kiran Kulkarni, MD of Geodesic, which is partnering the police on the project.

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Keep your pet from wandering off with the Tagg tracker

USA Today — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:17:58 +0000

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You can snap a picture and then project it on a big screen with Nikon's COOLPIX S1200pj camera. Equipped with a 20-lumen projector, the camera can project your pictures and movies up to 60 inches diagonally on a wall or other flat surface. When connected to an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or computer, it also can project images from these devices. Capable of recording 720p video with stereo sound, the 14.1-megapixel camera has a 5x optical zoom and a 3-inch LCD display. Available in black and pink, it costs $430.

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Mac users get solar option

Mac users can tap into solar power with the debut of Logitech's Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac. Onboard solar cells power the keyboard with the ambient light available in a room. If for some reason you crave a dark room, a fully charged keyboard can work in total darkness for three months. Worried about running out of juice? You can download a solar power app that lets you know when the keyboard needs more light. Priced at $60, the full-sized keyboard includes a number pad and a 2.4 GHz wireless receiver. A solar version for PCs, the Wireless Solar Keyboard K750, costs about $80.

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Eyewear delivers 3D experience

Want to immerse yourself in a 3D movie? Try Vuzix's Wrap 1200 3D Video Eyewear. Resembling a pair of sunglasses, the plug and play gadget lets you view 2D and 3D video in a widescreen format that is equivalent to viewing a 75-foot display from 10 feet. To accommodate individual viewing preferences, the eyewear can be tilted up or down and the displays can be positioned for the best placement in front of each eye. Plus, the eyewear provides on-screen controls that let you adjust the brightness, contrast, hue and color saturation. The eyewear can be connected to a variety of devices, including game consoles, DVD players, tablets and media players. Priced at about $500, the Wrap 1200 includes detachable stereo earphones, two rechargeable AA batteries and a charger.

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GPS and jammers

Inside Tucson Business — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:41:39 +0000

Posted: Friday, September 9, 2011 12:00 pm | Updated: 11:15 pm, Fri Sep 9, 2011.

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So Pima County is installing GPS tracking devices on all of its vehicles to keep tabs on drivers. But on the Internet, anyone can buy a personal privacy device for as little as $30 that will jam GPS.

Although the jamming devices are illegal, the escalation of their use has raised the issue of them being a threat of national security.

Most phone cell towers use GPS for synchronization and jamming devices left entire neighborhoods in New York without cell service, including emergency service providers.

Airports are also installing GPS as part of new aircraft approach and landing navigation systems and it took officials months to locate a jammer that periodically rendered a system useless at an airport in New Jersey.

Pima County might be advised to also include a policy of severe repercussions to any employee found using a jamming device.

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Bats to be tracked in Hendra research

Horsetalk — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:48:32 +0000

Native fruit bats in Queenslands are being fitted with GPS tracking devices as scientists work to increase their understanding of the deadly Hendra virus.

The virus is carried by the bats, known as flying foxes, but can be passed on to horses, probably through the ingestion of bat waste or birth cleanings.

More than 20 cases of Hendra have been reported in horses in Queensland and New South Wales since June. In all cases, the horses either died or were euthanised.

Queensland scientists, in what is an Australian first, are fitting the bats with GPS data loggers in an effort to find out where they are going and what they're up to.

Queensland's agriculture minister, Tim Mulherin, said the technology was being used as part of a range of ongoing Hendra Virus research in the state.

"When attached to a flying fox, the GPS data loggers tell us whether the bat is feeding, sleeping or flying, and where it is flying to," Mulherin said.

"This will help us better understand movement between colonies, which in turn helps modeling when looking at the spread of Hendra virus between bat populations.

"By researching flying fox movements we can provide a clearer picture of why there are more confirmed cases of Hendra virus in some years and during certain months.

"This technology will allow us to measure movement to a very fine degree over a period of weeks, to build up a detailed picture of animal movements at a regional level," he said.

"We acknowledge there is much more research needed to understand the virus."

The state government, he said, was providing the funding needed for scientists to accelerate research.

"This ongoing Hendra virus research builds on our knowledge that bats are a natural reservoir for the virus and its presence is widespread but fluctuates throughout their populations.

"Each incident we deal with helps increase our knowledge base about this disease.

"We need to ensure we are working toward a safer environment for horse owners, vets and the community.

"Using cutting-edge technology such as these GPS data loggers helps us to achieve this goal," he said.

Queensland scientists have previously used the technology overseas while co-leading flying fox movement behaviour research for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in The Philippines.

Current Hendra Virus research includes:

A three-year study into the frequency of Hendra virus infection and excretion in flying foxes in northern Australia.
A three-year study begun earlier this year is looking at Hendra virus strain diversity in Queensland and northern Australia.
Identifying the risk factors for Hendra virus incidents in horses (including risk mapping).
Modelling the infection in flying foxes.
Examining interactions between horses and nocturnal wildlife.
Modelling flying fox, horse and human interactions.

Unwarranted GPS Tracking Devices Warrant Fears Translogic

(author unknown) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:32:48 +0000

Don't get us wrong--we're all for equipping our law enforcement agencies with the latest technology to catch the bad guys, but we also value our constitutional rights to privacy and protection from unreasonable search and seizure. And, frankly, the notion of being unwittingly monitored by anyone with the means to a GPS tracking device and access to your ride is just plain creepy.

We're not the only ones who feel conflicted. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an Obama administration appeal of the overturned ruling in the case of Antoine Jones. In 2008 Jones was convicted of operating a cocaine ring based on evidence gathered via a GPS device that police used to track his Jeep. A federal appeals court dismissed the conviction, arguing that police had violated Jones' 4th Amendment rights by installing the device without a search warrant. There are similar cases, however, that have upheld evidence gathered during unwarranted GPS tracking on the basis that citizens cannot have a reasonable expectation of privacy when driving or parking their vehicles in public.

Whatever the Supreme Court decides will likely be the final word on warrantless GPS tracking, but in the meantime, if you think your car is being tracked you might want to check for the device in these places:

kayak thief caught with GPS tracking device — NaviGadget

(author unknown) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:04:08 +0000

kayak thief caught with GPS tracking device

Sep 7, 2011 gps navigation, gps tracking, sports gps

More than a dozen kayaks were stolen over the last few weeks from a small business owner at Hopkinton State Park. The owner decided to setup a trap and bought GPS tracking devices and hid them inside the kayaks. In the end GPS devices led to the arrest of a 33 year old man with two kayaks still on top of his vehicle.

The owner setup the device so that he would get email alerts when the GPS tracking device was moved. He sure got an email Monday night and reported the theft to the police. Police staked out where the vehicle was parked, waited for him to get into his vehicle and arrested him minutes later.

The thief, Alexander, had about 15 more kayaks in his possession and had a sign up offering them for sale… via

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3 GPS Devices for Geocaching Adventures

Walyou — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:21:06 +0000

3 GPS Devices for Geocaching Adventures

Summer may be over in the northern hemisphere, but this does not mean that you cannot hike anymore. By using one of the 3 GPS devices presented below, you will make sure you do not get lost while off the beaten track.

Garmin Colorado: Rock’n'Rolling GPS

The Rock’n'Roller wheel that dominates the top of the device is surely one of the first things to catch your attention. This is primarily used for zooming in and out, as well as for browsing through the menu. The amount of detail differs from one model of Garmin Colorado to the other. For example, the 400T version comes with topographic maps for the entire USA. The 400I model, instead, features the maps of the inland lakes and rivers, while the 400C version comes with postal information.

One of the most interesting features of this GPS device is the wireless exchange of maps. On top of that, it is waterproof, comes with preloaded maps and allows you to do paperless geocaching. Two AA batteries will keep Garmin Colorado alive for up to 15 hours. Since these batteries are really cheap, you can get more of them, to make sure the GPS device does not die on you.

Magellan eXplorist GC: For the Premium Hiking Experience

Magellan eXplorist GC is also waterproof, but unlike the previous GPS device, this one comes with batteries, so it’s ready for use out of the box. The battery lifetime is of up to 18 hours, which is quite enough for a whole day of adventures. The device comes preloaded with some of the most popular geocaches from around the world, as well as a 30-day Premium membership on Geocaching.com. Accuracy is one of the most important things to look for in a hiking GPS device, but with Magellan eXplorist GC you can rest assured, as it has a very sensitive GPS sensor that will pinpoint your location with an error margin of only up to 3 meters.

The compass overlay will surely prove to be useful, too. Not at last, you are given the option to customize the dashboard screen to your desire. This is a feature that not all the manufacturers of GPS devices provide.

Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx

Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx is yet another device coming from one of the biggest players in this industry. One of the features that makes GPSMAP 60CSx one of the best GPS devices for hiking is the barometric altimeter. The device is entirely waterproof, which means that the battery compartment is safe, too. Since there is where the micro SD card is located, you can get this problem off your mind. As well as the other devices from this list, Garmin’s product is also geocaching friendly. It includes a digital compass, sun and moon info and even a hunt/fish calendar. Area calculation and outdoor GPS games are also listed among the features of this device, so it can be considered rather complex.

The device does not have a touchscreen and this may be one of its main downsides. However, the TFT display is very vibrant and reproduces colors very well, so you will have no problems using the GPS device, no matter if it’s day or night.

If you liked this post, please check the fleet tracking systems and the bluetooth GPS receiver for iPod Touch and iPad.

Tags: geocaching, GPS, gps gadgets, hiking equipment

Hertz to Roll Out 3,500 TomTom Via 120 with LIVE Services

Ludovic Privat — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:36:00 +0000

TomTom has partnered with Hertz to offer vehicle rental customers across Europe the TomTom Via 120 EU with LIVE services (HD Traffic, Google Local Search and weather reports).

The navigation devices, branded Hertz NeverLost, will be made available to Hertz customers in over 700 major airports and cities across 17 countries in Europe.

Over 3500 units are expected to be rolled out over the next 24 months.

The system is available in the following countries: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Ireland; Italy; Luxemburg, the Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; UK.

DinoDirect Launches Mind Blowing Sale

PR Newswire (press release) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:32:48 +0000

HONG KONG, Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- DinoDirect.com launched an incredible promotion sale of the PC tablets and accessories for electronic freaks. The products that are part of this sale are Car GPS Navigation, GPS Navigator, Picnic Baskets, Digital Camcorder and Quad Phone. Marketing Manager of DinoDirect.com said, "It is yet another endeavor by us to offer our clients high end products at reasonable rates. We are happy that we have been able to provide them these benefits." These items come in handy for the season's NFL game.

The navigation system users will never miss out on any of their favorite games. The quad phone will let you share the experience with your close ones and the camcorder can help you capture the best moments of any game.

The Car GPS Navigation systems are very useful in getting to the right place within time without missing any parts of the NFL game. The 7 inch HD GPS navigator is just one of those systems that you can buy here. It has a 7 inch touchscreen with FM, support for multiple languages and for numerous audio and video formats.

There are many more similar GPS systems available in the sale. The GPS Navigator is also a very useful device of the GPS family available in this sale. It can be used for personal tracking of your family members and their location.

The family GPS tracker with messaging system can be an excellent buy for you in this promotional sale. Its GPS system, GSM band offering and battery life are some of its salient features.

Going for an NFL match this season can be a great outing with your loved ones. Picnic Baskets on sale in this promotion are wicker-made and handcrafted which is useful and attractive at the same time. It is spacious enough to keep multiple items and highly durable as well as easy to carry.

Many times while watching a match there are moments which you want to capture. The Digital Camcorder is most efficient for exactly this. The DV-136, DV7000, H220 etc are some of the camcorders that are part of this sale event. They offer best quality picture and have multiple features to record good quality videos. Other than the above mentioned you can browse other camcorders also in this promotion sale. Sharing the best moments of the NFL season with your friends and family members using the Quad Phone is definitely a great idea.

You can go through a large variety of such phones in this promotional sale. F601, A9, N8i are some of the prominent ones that you will see. Many other similar phones are also there for you to decide which may be the best for you.

About DinoDirect.com

DinoDirect China Limited (http://www.dinodirect.com) is one of the biggest global online retailers. It offers a great quantity of products at competitive prices by cutting the middleman and offering products directly to the terminal consumers.

DinoDirect.com possesses a great many software products with proprietary intellectual property rights, owns technological superiority and is an efficient marketing team among similar industries.

GPS Tracker For Teen Driver

(author unknown) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:04:11 +0000

GPS Tracker Gives Parents Real Answers In Real Time

The reality is that when a teenager takes the keys and gets behind the wheel of a car they are engaging in a behavior that is the leading cause of premature death among teens. This is because motor vehicle accidents are a teen killer. Some people attribute the horrific statistics associated with teenage driving/motor vehicle accidents to novice skills operating a car, a propensity to not focus on the road with full attention or a tendency some teens have of speeding. Whatever the root cause really is, the truth is that driving can be lethal, and therefore parents need to take every possible step to increase the odds of safety. One of the instruments a large number of caring parents of teenage drivers are now making use of is a gadget known as the SilverCloud GPS, a real-time GPS tracker that reports an abundance of information related to driving movements.

Benefits Of GPS Tracking For Parents

Having the ability to identify where a teenage driver is located and all the historical information related to driving activity would be the definition of GPS teen tracking. The reason why parents take advantage of this application of vehicle tracking is simple: safety. Although every teenager believes that they are the exception to the rule, that they are the best driver, that they won't get a speeding ticket or that they won't get into a traffic collision, the reality is that teenagers are high-risk drivers who do get themselves into trouble fairly often. That means parents need to be more proactive and take the necessary steps to guarantee they know everything about how their teen drives, where they go and more, and the SilverCloud GPS tracker offers parents those capabilities.

The real-time GPS monitoring system combines a user-friendly web-based interface with sophisticated GPS satellite technology in perfect harmony that results in a solution that any parent can operate to get real answers. By placing the tracking device in the cab of the vehicle being operated by the teen, or having the GPS system professionally installed, parents can learn:

1. Whether A Teenage Motorist is Driving Too Fast

2. If A Teen Is Traveling To Places That Might Be Considered "Unacceptable" By Parents

3. How Long A Teen Is Staying At Each Location They Visit

Of course, the live GPS personal tracking systems can also offer a number of other advantages such as providing a GPS theft-recovery solution, an avenue to possibly receive discounted car insurance rates and more.

Teens Need Supervision In Life & With Driving

Conveying the seriousness of driving safety is a difficult chore for parents because many teens are embedded with the notion that they are almost invincible to bad things happening to them. They feel that traffic collisions and accidents are the type of things that happen to other people not themselves. Unfortunately, that simply is not the case, as the research numbers show that teens are often involved in accidents. Causing the situation to be even more critical is the fact that sometimes people do not get a second chance when it comes to accidents, as many times a traffic collision can end with fatal results, making it imperative active parents not only talk with their teen about safe driving habits, but actually monitor driving activity to make certain those habits are being implemented on a daily basis. GPS surveillance technology provides the bridge to allow parents to oversee driving behaviors and guarantee safety. It is the type of supervision that can actually save a life.

free Android SeekDroid remote GPS tracking app @ amazon.com

(author unknown) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:04:11 +0000

App is regularly $1. Free today only (Sept. 4).

If you get drunk in one of those San Francisco bars that Apple employees frequent and you lose your Android phone, just remotely activate this app to locate your phone on a map in any web browser. Then call the San Francisco police to raid the house where your phone is hiding.

I tried this app and it seems to work pretty well. Haven't tried calling the SFPD, but that worked for Apple, so why not for you?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004R1LNGS

There are other Android remote tracking apps on the market, but I like this one the best because you can activate it through a web site instead of through text messages. I disabled text messages on my phone (because I refuse to pay for spam text messages) and just use Google Voice for free messaging.

Parolee robs house wearing an ankle braclet

Examiner.com — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:44:03 +0000

Another criminal mastermind, Steven K. Tubbs, was arrested in Omaha on Tuesday, September 6th, 2011. Tubbs, who was on parole, was required to wear an ankle bracelet equipped with GPS tracking. When police received word from a young couple that their home had been broken into, the description led parole officers to check Tubb’s ankle monitor which showed him at the couple’s address when the crime was committed.

Tubbs and an accomplice were arrested the day after the incident near 106th and Blondo. Prior to receiving his parole, Tubbs had been in prison almost two years for attempted robbery, use of a weapon to commit a felony, and terroristic threats. After this latest incident, he is facing two counts of robbery, use of a weapon to commit a felony, and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person.

Wile E. Coyote must be his personal hero.

source: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110908/NEWS97/110909601

GPS Tracker approved in Europe as low as 390PHPmonth leased …

(author unknown) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:08:56 +0000

FinFil General Merchandise Inc. wants to introduce you one of the most sensitive and powerful GPS tracker solution in the world. Our solely in the Philippines distributed GPS tracker with FINFIL FOLLOW-ME service is capable of locking into GPS satellites with the -159dBm sensitivity which makes it roughly 40% more sensitive than the other products in the market. All you need is a sim card with a gprs ability. Our product is really functional, approved for European market and we offer even aftersales support. This product has been used widely by car rental companies, trucking companies, personal people with high end cars, personal people that want to know where their children are driving, anybody who is interested to know how their car is used/handled.

GPS TRACKER TECHNICAL DETAILS
-GSM QuadBand support 850/900/1800/1900MHz, whole world covered
-SiRF Star III GPS module
-20 internal channels for GPS satellites
-Cold start time 38sec, Hot start time 2sec
-Supports car power supply 9-50vDC
-Dimensions 90mm(l), 45mm(w), 13.6mm(h)
-Weight 45g
-Operating temperature -25°C to +70°C
-Operating humidity 5% to 90% RH

Functionality
Starts working automatically ones power cable has been connected, built-in double CPU for eliminating breakdowns and malfunctions. Built-in wide voltage detector for recognizing the power input range. Built-in vibration sensor and smart power saving functionality to avoid static drifting. Dual built-in antenna for good cellphone reception. Support location via sms or mapping platform. Reset and reboot just via sms message.

GPS TRACKER PRICING (major credit cards accepted)

1) OWNED TRACKER
GPS tracker can be bought for 5200PHP.

2) LEASED TRACKER
GPS tracker can be leased for 390PHP monthly. Minimum lease term is 18 months.

3) INSTALLMENT TRACKER
GPS tracker can be bought partially with installment option. Down payment of 20% and 450PHP monthly for 12 months.

INSTALLATION
Free at our office in Las Piñas City or if several trackers, at the customers location.

TRACKING SERVICES (you need to choose one of two options)

1) SMS TRACKING (FREE)
SMS tracking is a solution for persons who wants only to know the location of the vehicle ones sms query has been sent to the tracker. GPS tracker will reply the exact location coordinates which can be then type in free Google Maps solution or Google Earth to see the location point on the map. This is recommended only for light tracking as when the user inquiries the location, at that time there has to be locked cellphone and GPS signal. There is also no history details available. For light tracking only.

2) ONLINE MAPPING PLATFORM WITH OUR SIM AND DATA PLAN (600PHP/month)
Only real option for fleet management, this option is the best for companies.

-Monitor all vehicles on the map at the same time
-Check the driving reports and route details
-Set your speed limits and receive overspeeding alarms
-Monitor a vehicle in realtime with 10sec updates
-History stored for 30 days, daily route reports can be downloaded and saved to a computer
-Admin user under the company can view all trackers at the same time, limited view can be given to an employee which can access only one tracker at a time

The GPS tracker needs an unlidata service to transfer the location details in realtime to our server. If you will buy unlidata plan from Globe directly, it will cost you 999PHP/month, and if from Smart the charge is 1200PHP/month. Just avail our mapping system with our data plan, and you will pay only 600PHP/month.

GPS TRACKING SOLUTION
GPS tracker unit that we are offering is meant for purely monitoring the vehicle movement.

This solution is more effective than more expensive GPS trackers with engine and/or oil shutdown functions.

ADVANTAGES COMPARED to GPS TRACKERS with SHUTDOWN ABILITY
EXPENSIVE TRACKER
In case of carnapping, GPS trackers with engine shutdown option will stop the vehicle if the tracker has been properly installed and there is a cellphone signal available. This might seem to be a good option at first, but it contains a lot of risks and might cause property damage and money losses.

If the engine will be shutdown while it’s moving, this might cause a major accidents since the vehicle suddenly stops moving and the driver loses control. Vehicle brakes need to have engine power to stop the vehicle effectively or to steer properly. Cutting the engine power might cause severe damage for the vehicle, cargo and other vehicles in the traffic. Responsible for all possible damages would be the one cutting the vehicles driving abilities.

If the vehicle will be suddenly powered off, it wouldn’t take much time for the persons inside the vehicle to figure out why the vehicle stopped. They would only need a minute to disable the GPS tracker and continue. Or if they will abandon the vehicle, it would be impossible to catch them anymore. This kind of GPS tracker is also a lot more expensive and more harder to install and have higher malfunction rating.

OUR SOLUTION
In case of carnapping, our online mapping platform is able to track down the vehicle in realtime. The persons inside the vehicle can’t know that they are already exposed and the owner just needs to inform the police regarding the vehicle movement.
In most cases the stolen vehicle and the cargo would be retrieved back with no damage and the persons inside the vehicle would be captured and brought to justice.

This GPS tracking system is not only more user friendly, it’s more effective, cost saving and easy to transfer from one vehicle to another. Although one stationary installation would be recommended.

FinFil General Merchandise Inc.
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Find your lost pet with GPS-powered Tagg The Pet Tracker

Digitaltrends.com — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:53:18 +0000

Why put up flyers for a lost pet when you can use GPS to instantly locate them? The Tagg tracking system uses tracking technology to help pet owners always keep an eye on Fido.

Almost nothing is more heartbreaking than seeing someone hang up lost dog or cat fliers on every lamp post and telephone pole in your neighborhood. A lost or runaway pup is never a fun situation, but plastering paper fliers around isn’t a very high-tech or efficient way to find your lost pet. Chances are your dog could have left the area (where you put up all the fliers) with just a few minutes of running around. Make use of 21st century technology with Tagg The Pet Tracker ($200) and you can locate your dog via GPS, no observant neighbors required. The lightweight GPS tracker easily attaches to your dog’s collar, allowing you to see exactly where your pet is at any time from a Web browser or mobile phone.

Users can also create a handy “Geofence” are indicating where there dog should be; most likely this area would be your home and backyard or the area right around it. If your pet wanders out of this zone, users will get text and email notifications. The tracker is designed to be worn at all times just like a regular collar. The battery on the device lasts up to 30 days, and users will get a text or email notification when the battery is low. A small charging station (seen above) re-powers the Tagg for another 30 days of use. The tracker can be used in water, too, withstanding immersion up to one meter for 30 minutes, which is plenty of time for a swim or to endure some serious rain. While outdoor cats can usually find their way home, the Tagg will also work to keep tabs on your indoor-only cat or notify you if your outdoor cat wanders a bit too far from home.

The $200 kit includes a tracker, a collar clip, a base charging station, and one year’s worth of location service. The device is currently available for pre-order and will ship later this month.

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LightSquared Hits Another Roadblock, May Disrupt Weather Tracking

Mobiledia — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:39:25 +0000

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, Transportation Department and a federal advisory board will ask the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to recommend LightSquared's satellite wireless system undergo more tests before the government approves it.

The federal agencies say LightSquared's signals may disrupt gear that reads data from weather-forecasting GPS systems. The NOAA is concerned LightSquared could hinder a satellite system that increases hurricane tracking accuracy.

The NOAA would have difficulty blocking LightSquared interference, said the agency's deputy undersecretary Mary Glackin, because its GPS satellites are in orbit and can't be modified since they are in space.

LightSquared is expected to insist to Congress that its service can co-exist with current GPS systems and can prove its system's safety.

Today's testimony may affect Federal Communications Commission's approval process of LightSquared's service. Last month, the FCC said it would ban the satellite provider from operating in the U.S. if LightSquared's signals prove to interfere with aviation GPS systems.

"We're not going to do anything that creates problems for GPS safety and service as we explore technical solutions that will both protect GPS and allow a new service to launch," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said.

Meanwhile, the Congressional hearings -- plus the federal concerns -- may put a hold on LightSquared's massive expansion plans. LightSquared intends to invest $14 billion over the next eight years to build a national high-speed wireless network with approximately 40,000 antennas. The company plans to sell wholesale wireless services to companies that would then resell the service under their own brand names.

LightSquared would use airwaves previously reserved mainly for satellites, but federal agencies say GPS systems also use those airwaves for planes, boats and more.

LightSquared has proposed using only part of the airwave spectrum that GPS systems don't use, which may alleviate interference concerns for more than 99 percent of all GPS receivers, according to the company.

If its signals do interfere with GPS systems, a probable ban by the FCC of LightSquared's service may hurt Sprint as well.

In July, the company agreed to pay Sprint $9 billion in cash for hosting the wireless company's spectrum and network services. Sprint would also get $4.5 billion in credits to help pay for acquiring half of LightSquared's LTE capability.

But without FCC approval, that LTE service might not be available to Sprint, scuttling the deal. LightSquared owner Philip Falcone, who blames rivals AT&T, Verizon and the FCC for stalling the Sprint deal, says the FCC is at fault over the GPS issue, not LightSquared.

"They didn't put the proper filtering on their devices. They are leaking into our highway. We're not interfering with them. They're interfering with us," he said.

LightSquared Hits Another Roadblock, May Disrupt Weather Tracking

Mobiledia — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:39:25 +0000

LightSquared is expected to insist to Congress that its service can co-exist with current GPS systems and can prove its system's safety.

LightSquared would use airwaves previously reserved mainly for satellites, but federal agencies say GPS systems also use those airwaves for planes, boats and more.

If its signals do interfere with GPS systems, a probable ban by the FCC of LightSquared's service may hurt Sprint as well.

"They didn't put the proper filtering on their devices. They are leaking into our highway. We're not interfering with them. They're interfering with us," he said.

IFA: Medion Shows Off Android with Embedded Nav

Ludovic Privat — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:26:00 +0000

This week at IFA, the German consumer electronics trade show, German CE and computer maker Medion was showing off its first Android smartphone.

Despite the presence of the free Google maps navigation the German company has embedded its own navigation software, the GoPal navigator app that includes NAVTEQ on-board maps for Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

The device comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a 4.3-inch display. the price of this devices has not been announced at this stage.

Review: AllSport GPS

All About Symbian — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:23:33 +0000

Published by Ewan Spence at 12:22 UTC, September 8th 2011

Summary:

It's a small software scene, but the "recording your exercise on your smartphone" genre has been joined by AllSport GPS. Offering a similar mix of monitoring, logging and statistics to applications like Sports Tracker, can Trimble Outdoor's client match one of my long term favourites? In terms of function, yes, but the form is lacking.

AllSport tracks where you've been while exercising - great for the runners and cyclists out there, but maybe not for weightlifters. Keeping track of your routine each day, and with a weekly breakdown, you can stop kidding yourself about what you've been doing and work on facts, not your fiction.

I've been using my smartphone for tracking my bike riding round Edinburgh for the last few months, and I'm pleased to say that there's very little AllSport won't do.

Edinburgh is not the easiest of cities for GPS - with high brick built tenement blocks, dark alleys, bricked up viaducts and converted train tunnels for paths, it's very easy to lose the "lock" on the satellites. How does AllSport cope with this? Pretty well. You get an audible tone when the signal is lost, and a nice chirp when it returns - and that return happens pretty quickly, just moments after emerging from a tunnel, for example.

Yes, I know that the GPS is in the phone, but processing the information and doing stuff with it is up to the application, and that needs to work as well as the hardware.

Recording your exercise activity is a simple matter of choosing one of the activities on the main menu - I can't see a way to define your own, so fingers crossed you can cope with "running, walking, road biking, mountain biking or board/ski". That takes you to the main screen, showing time, pace, energy used (in calories, not in Steve's favourite "Mars Bars" unit) and tabs along the top to call up the rolling map display, lap times, and a history of your elevation.

Controls to start the clock, pause it and finish your exercise, are under the Options menu, along with various extra fields you can add to this statistics tab depending on your information preference. Adding your current direction might be a bit twee, but I can see the need for a lap counter while running, the amount of time you have spent at rest, or the previous lap time. AllSport is nothing but configurable in terms of information displayed.

And that's before you look at the nifty moving map, giving you a bird's eye view of where you are.

It's just that due to the nature of the code (Java) it all looks a bit Mickey Mouse. There's no flair to the information, there's no pride or pixel perfection on show. I've no doubt that, because of the cross-platform nature of AllSport, there has to be a compromise, but the basic look of the application doesn't match up with the depth that it offers.

The question that is raised by AllSportGPS is a simple one. Why use this over Sports Tracker? For me, the benefits of an exercise tracker on my smartphone is to lend it a touch of 'gameification', to appeal to that part of me that wants to keep beating a high score, or not slipping below last week's rolling average. Neither SportsTracker or AllSport deliver that (you might recall that I use the Wellness Diary to do this).

But SportsTracker looks far nicer. Yes, the numbers are the same, and the data pulled from the GPS is going to be the same, but SportsTracker is nicer to look at, nicer to use, and I'm more inclined to fiddle with it just because of that. Shallow, yes, but that makes me want to exercise more. That's enough to demote AllSport, but that's a very personal opinion, and your mileage will definitely vary.

If you're after an exercise tracker, grab the lite version of AllSport and see how you get on. Functionally it works, but the emotional connection is going to be more important. It may be that you switch to it, it may be you stay with what you are currently using. Find out if it fits you, because ultimately you need a good fit to keep yourself motivated.

-- Ewan Spence, Sept 2011.

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Review: AllSport GPS

All About Symbian — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:23:33 +0000

Published by Ewan Spence at 12:22 UTC, September 8th 2011

Summary:

I've been using my smartphone for tracking my bike riding round Edinburgh for the last few months, and I'm pleased to say that there's very little AllSport won't do.

Yes, I know that the GPS is in the phone, but processing the information and doing stuff with it is up to the application, and that needs to work as well as the hardware.

And that's before you look at the nifty moving map, giving you a bird's eye view of where you are.

-- Ewan Spence, Sept 2011.

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LightSquared, federal agencies continue squabbling over GPS interference

FierceWireless — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:23:33 +0000

LightSquared's battle with federal agencies over GPS interference concerns continues, and federal officials plan to tell a congressional committee that the company's proposed wholesale LTE network will harm hurricane tracking.

According to testimony obtained by Bloomberg, officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Transportation Department and a federal advisory body plan to testify that LightSquared's planned network will interfere with precision GPS systems for the tracking. "We support further testing of LightSquared's proposal," Mary Glackin, a deputy under secretary at NOAA, will say in the testimony before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

LightSquared is prepared to argue that its terrestrial network and GPS can coexist. GPS device makers have argued that LightSquared's network will cause harmful interference, especially to precision GPS devices. LightSquared, in turn, has blamed the GPS industry for not complying with GPS receiver filtering standards from the Department of Defense, an argument the GPS industry has rejected as misleading.

FCC officials said in August they have no timetable for evaluating LightSquared's revised network deployment proposal, and that finding a solution that protects GPS is a top priority. They said more testing may be needed, but declined to say how long that might take.

A report issued in June that was commissioned by the FCC found LightSquared's initial LTE network design interfered with GPS signals. In response, LightSquared released a revised network design, which uses the the lower 10 MHz of its L-Band spectrum and would create more of a buffer between LightSquared's spectrum and the spectrum used by GPS.

Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, which coordinates federal agencies' interest in GPS, will say in testimony that more study of LightSquared's revised plan is needed, especially for the effect on precision GPS devices. The company "should not be allowed to commence commercial operations until the identified problems are resolved," he said.

LightSquared signed a 15-year, $9 billion network-hosting deal with Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) in late July, but the deal is contingent on LightSquared getting FCC approval to operate its network.

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FierceWireless — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:23:33 +0000

LightSquared signed a 15-year, $9 billion network-hosting deal with Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) in late July, but the deal is contingent on LightSquared getting FCC approval to operate its network.

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The prospective customer must also give a sense of urgency, stating that if some sort of deal is able to be extended that the order will be placed immediately. Tracking System Direct will often times accommodate people with small discounts in order to seal and deal so people need to take advantage of the opportunity. Although some GPS systems may not be able to be discounted on single unit orders, it is very common for more expensive products such as the SilverCloud GPS to be discounted as much as $30.00 on a single unit order if a GPS business tracking expert at the company is contacted beforehand.

When it comes to getting a good deal the squeaky wheel is the one that gets the grease, or discount for this matter. Before purchasing a GPS device, consumers should email and call the company they wish to do business with to ensure the company responds quickly and professionally (You can tell a lot by a business by how quickly a business responds to email inquiries), and ask about any possible discounts that may be available. The great thing is that as the customer you have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain!

*All discounts that GPS companies will give can not be applied retroactively, therefore it is essential to ask about online price breaks or coupons BEFORE an order is placed!

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Fleet GPS News (press release) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:37:02 +0000

This week Pew Research released its Internet and American Life Project. Based on their research, virtually all smartphones now include a built-in GPS system receiver to enable location tracking, but only 55% of U.S. smartphone owners have used their phone’s GPS system to help get local directions or recommendations.

Pew did not speculate about the other 45%, but I found this to be a very interesting statistic. One of the problems with a smartphone GPS system is that it can be unreliable when you are unable to get a cell phone signal. So those who can afford a smartphone may also be willing and able to spend the cash on a better and more reliable GPS navigation system. Perhaps, the remaining 45% of people who can afford a smartphone either have a handheld GPS device, such as a Garmin Nuvi, or their vehicle has a factory-installed GPS navigation system.

Fully 83% of all American adults ages 18 and older own a cell phone, a number that has remained relatively steady since mid-2008. Of these cell phone owners, 42% own a smartphone, which translates to 35% of all adults. Almost six in ten (58%) of these smartphone owners use a geosocial or a location-based information service of some kind.

More than a quarter of all American adults—28%—use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. This includes anyone who takes part in one or more of the following activities:

* 28% of cell owners use phones to get directions or recommendations based on their current location—that works out to 23% of all adults.
* A much smaller number (5% of cell owners, equaling 4% of all adults) use their phones to check in to locations using geosocial services such as Foursquare or Gowalla. Smartphone owners are especially likely to use these services on their phones.
* 9% of internet users set up social media services such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn so that their location is automatically included in their posts on those services. That works out to 7% of all adults.

Taken together, 28% of U.S. adults do at least one of these activities either online or using their mobile phones—and many users do several of them.

Cellphones may be capable of pinpointing your location using a GPS system or cell tower triangulation, but a new study says few American adults are interested in sharing their current location on services such as Foursquare and Gowalla. According to Pew, only 12% of smartphone owners have used such services. Such slow market gains may be why Facebook recently discontinued Facebook Places, a check-in service launched just last year. Facebook users can now opt to tag status updates with their location, a feature Twitter also offers.

NYT Points Out Limits of Google’s POI Crowdsourcing

Ludovic Privat — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:01:00 +0000

On Tuesday Google replied in a blog post, acknowledging the problem.

“About two weeks ago, news in the blogosphere made us aware that abuse -- such as "place closed" spam labels -- was occurring. And since then, we've been working on improvements to the system to prevent any malicious or incorrect labeling. These improvements will be implemented in the coming days.“

At this stage Google is not providing any specific details for how it plans to address the issue. If the pretended closed place has been claimed in the Google place database, it is however not very complex for Google to check with the owner whether his location has closed or not.

Infogroup, who is also supplying its database of 14.5 million business listings to Google has a call center with several hundred agents that call businesses all day long to maintain the accuracy of its database. Accuracy comes at such a price.

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Scott M. Fulton, III — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:32:37 +0000

In trying to obtain Freedom of Information Act data about the practice, the ACLU found itself blocked by the Justice Dept. The reason: DOJ believed that disclosure of the cases where warrantless GPS tracking was used, would violate the privacy of the suspect, especially if that suspect turned out not being guilty in the first place.

In other words, giving the ACLU enough data for it to ascertain the circumstances in which GPS tracking was used by law enforcement against innocent civilians, could harm innocent civilians.

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that essentially re-opens the question, with a partial remand back to the lower court. The ruling essentially upholds the lower court's finding that the Justice Dept. should turn over data regarding instances of GPS tracking of suspects, in cases where suspects eventually pled guilty or were convicted. The judges' logic: Since convictions and guilty pleas are public knowledge anyway, revealing the bits of data that link those results to the investigative methods used would not cause greater than negligible harm.

The judges seemed to side with rights groups, ironically by saying the DOJ's concern about protecting the rights of the accused may be overblown. This time it's the rights groups that want to know the identities of the cases involved, if not the parties' names themselves; and this time it's the DOJ that's on the side of protecting that information. The judges cited prior cases that established a clear distinction between the government exposing a suspect's entire rap sheet, and instead disclosing bits of data that a diligent researcher (if he were interested) could compile to produce a whole rap sheet.

It's the bits of data versus the whole data. If this is beginning to sound familiar - like the argument over whether disclosing a user's IP address is the same as disclosing his name - it should. Here's a key excerpt from the Appeals Court's ruling yesterday:

"In this case, however, disclosure will reveal only the "bits," not the 'whole.' As already discussed, the most that disclosure is likely to lead to is the fact of a single conviction, not a comprehensive scorecard of a person's entire criminal history across multiple jurisdictions. Nor is there a web of statutory or regulatory policies obscuring that information, nor much expense nor logistical difficulty in gathering it. To the contrary, computerized government services like PACER make it possible to access court filings concerning any federal defendant from the comfort of one's home or office, quite unlike the 'diligent search of courthouse files, county archives, and local police stations throughout the country' that a citizen would have had to undertake to replicate the contents of a rap sheet... In addition, newspapers regularly report on federal prosecutions, and their accounts can easily be found on the Internet. Indeed, by routinely issuing press releases that name the individuals that it has indicted, and then naming them again when they plead guilty or are convicted, the Justice Department has itself made the process infinitely easier. If someone wants to know whether his neighbor or potential employee has been indicted for, convicted of, or pled guilty to a federal offense, he may well find out by simply entering a Google search for that person's name."

Here, the Appeals Court makes the argument (leaving it at an argument and not really a declaration) that a person's privacy may only be infringed upon if enough neighbors or others were interested enough in that person to do the investigation themselves. "It is little more than speculation to suggest that friends or associates who did not learn of a conviction at the time it occurred (whether through press accounts, press releases, or other means) will hear of it for the first time merely because the Justice Department releases a list of docket numbers, courts, and case names," the judges write.

The key to this part of the argument is the judges' presumption that a privacy violation takes place when people are given access to PID. This may go against the contention of rights groups and others that privacy may be violated when a database is populated with PID, before any human beings have even seen it.

If the judges' arguments are given weight, then much of the foundation for current legislation mandating that services such as Google and Facebook explicitly ask their users' permission before PID is disclosed to a Web service, may inadvertently corrode.

Nonetheless, the ACLU late yesterday trumpeted the judges' decision as a victory, since it gives the group access to at least the "bits" without handing over the "whole." As the ACLU's Jay Stanley wrote last night, "Everyone acknowledges that the government has a right to keep the details of particular investigations secret, but when the government adopts whole new policies that affect our society's privacy rights in very broad ways - that is something that should be decided democratically, and that can't happen if we don't even know what's happening."

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A story discussed over Slashdot: Court Orders Gov't To Disclose GPS Tracking Data.

Their summary: "United States law enforcement officials have been utilizing data provided by global positioning satellite systems to track down individual suspects, without having to demonstrate probable cause before a judge first — that much is known. Rights groups such as the ACLU have wondered, just how much of that goes on? The rights group's investigation of this practice has inadvertently triggered a renewal of the debate over privacy policy versus public disclosure, and whether it's possible for an agency or other entity to reveal data that could lead to further revelation of personally identifiable data (PID), without officially violating privacy. The final outcome could set a new precedent for privacy policy, not just by the government but for enterprises as well."

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ChrisD.ca (blog) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:07:30 +0000

Hugh McFadyen (CHRISD.CA FILE)

Conservative leader Hugh McFadyen pledged Wednesday to create a program that would monitor dangerous sex offenders after they’re released back into the community from incarceration.

Speaking at a park in Waverley Heights, McFadyen said the around-the-block monitoring would be done with GPS-enabled bracelets. The Conservatives also pledged increased support to the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) units in Manitoba if elected.

“If the police have no choice but to release these often dangerous offenders, shouldn’t we use all of the tools we have in order to keep track of them?” McFadyen said. “GPS technology has been around for years. Greg Selinger and the NDP have been sitting on the results of a ‘study’ for nearly a year. It’s time to stop dithering and get this moving. Manitoba families deserve action, not delay.”

The Conservatives would also provide the Winnipeg Police Service and RCMP ICE units $1.2 million annually to hire additional officers and forensic technicians.

DoJ Must Reveal Tracking Data Methods, Court Says

Forbes — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:07:30 +0000

An appeals court ruled the Justice Department must tell people how they track suspects by using cell phone data, reflecting the changing attitude of courts where mobile GPS technology is concerned.

A three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals panel in Washington agreed with a 2010 federal court decision about mobile data use. The courts found the U.S. Department of Justice must reveal cases in which people were convicted on information obtained by cell phone data investigators gathered without a warrant.

The case was just one of several that the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, has filed this year. The ACLU maintains law enforcement and the government violate people’s privacy by accessing cell phone data information.

“I highly doubt that the 90 percent of Americans who carry cell phones thought that when they got cell phone service they were giving up their privacy in their movements,” said Catherine Crump, an ACLU lawyer.

The agency argues that even though prosecutors are using suspects’ GPS location data with a judge’s approval, they’re not getting the information with a warrant providing probable cause.

The government likely will appeal the ruling, either to the full appeals court or to the U.S. Supreme Court. DoJ spokesman Charles Miller said it is reviewing the decision and has not decided whether it will appeal.

As police increasingly use cell phone data location information to track down suspects, the DoJ may not want to lose what it considers an important crime-fighting tool.

According to a Reuters survey, several federal agencies — not just the DoJ — are using data gathered on cell phones. Surveys of several U.S. Attorneys’ offices, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the DoJ show about 255 recent cases in which investigators used mobile data.

Courts are starting to rule against this usage. The ruling may show federal judges beginning to agree that using location data may be an unconstitutional violation of citizens’ privacy. It may also mean judges could start to reject evidence based on information gathered through data without a warrant.

Last month, for example, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York rejected a federal agency’s demands ordering Verizon to turn over location data about a suspect’s cell phone. According to the federal Stored Communications Act, law enforcement must show someone’s phone records are material to an ongoing criminal investigation in order to make getting phone information legal.

But Garaufis said releasing the data violates the Constitution’s “probable cause” standard, meaning police need a warrant to search phones.

In another case, police in Maryland wanted a warrant to get a suspect’s GPS information so they could track him down through his phone. But a federal judge refused the request, saying police use warrants to gather information to investigate a crime, not to track down a suspect.

These cases may be the most recent concerning location data and crime investigations. But because the ACLU has several more cases pending concerning the use of cellphones to track down suspects, the courts may be busy for years deciding whether people’s right to privacy should come along with the privilege of using mobile devices.

This post originally appeared at Mobiledia.

Chilean airplane crash located via Apple's Find My iPhone

Apple Insider — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:07:30 +0000

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Published: 03:56 PM EST (12:56 PM PST)

Apple's Find My iPhone feature led searchers to find a Chilean Air Force airplane that crashed and is believed to have killed 21 people.

Search and rescue teams were unable to find the airplane, which prompted one of the victims' relatives to try locating them with the Find My iPhone functionality, which uses an iPhone's GPS receiver to track the device's location. According to infobae.com (via Gizmodo), the relative shared the location data with military officials in charge of the search operation.

"One of the passengers carried (an iPhone). When it fell into the sea, it was located and one of the relatives sent us hat information," the military official reportedly said.

Unfortunately the remains of the CASA 212 vehicle were found with no survivors. Parts from the destroyed plane were found floating in the sea near Tierra Banca and Playa Larga.

The plane was said to have been severely damaged by the crash, with no pieces larger than 20 inches recovered from the crash site thus far. It is unknown how the iPhone managed to broadcast the location of the crash site following the crash.

Poor weather conditions are said to be hampering officials' efforts to recover the victims' bodies from the sea floor. Four have been discovered thus far.

In July, a skydiver dropped his iPhone 4 from his pocket while in freefall. Though the device was damaged, it managed to survive the fall in working order, and the skydiver was able to recover the handset by tracking it via GPS.

"It goes to show you if I crash land and need an ambulance, they can still track me down with the GPS," Jarrod McKinney said after the incident.

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UK The Kentucky Kernel — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:56:11 +0000

By Kelsi Borntraeger

Sometimes it can be hard to get across campus in a reasonable amount of time. But with Cat Tracker for the CATS bus system, riders can see when a bus will arrive.

Cat Tracker is a real-time, GPS-based device, said Chrissie Tune, senior marketing specialist for UK Parking and Transportion Services. The device allows riders to locate CATS buses.

Anyone with a smartphone, iPhone or Android, can download the app, known as “transloc.”

Those without smartphones can log onto the UK website and track the route or text “UKY” then the bus stop number, which is located on the bus stop sign.

Sarah Perkins, a dietetics senior and Android user, began using the CATS bus because of this tracking program.

“I like the new program because it’s right at my fingertips and can be used at any time,” she said. “Providing the app is one of the best ideas to students because of our technological generation.”

Since Perkins has class at opposite ends of campus on a daily basis, she is able to time exactly when she needs to be somewhere, she said.

The tracking program began this summer and reached up to 3,800 users, Tune said. Just in the month of August, it reached 8,000 users.

Agricultural economics senior Sarah Askin does not have a smartphone but has used the routing system on the website.

“It would be easier to use the program on my phone, but having the ability to use it through the UK website is also nice,”?Askin said. “My classes are far from my house so knowing where the bus will be in 10 minutes is crucial and helps me a lot.”

Since there has already been such a large increase in users, PTS hopes that as the first year for the program goes on, there will be an even bigger increase, Tune said.

“Several folks have commented that it will come in handy on rainy and cold days,”?Tune said.
The initial installation and service start up was $89,000 and there is also a monthly fee of $2,115 for tech support and data, Tune said.

Tune and PTS believe this program will last.

“The number of hits so far is very encouraging,”?Tune said. “PTS views Cat Tracker as an important tool for our bus system. The benefits for using this program include increased communications to our existing riders as well as making the bus system easier to understand for the UK community.”

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