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Soap maker creates unease over Brazil GPS spying stuntSao Paulo (AFP) Aug 2, 2010 A marketing stunt launched Monday in Brazil to track some buyers of Omo washing powder through a GPS chip hidden in the box for a prize giveaway risked backfiring with observers raising privacy concerns. "Is your detergent stalking you?" the influential US trade magazine Advertising Age asked in an article printed on its website. The technology website CNET noted the promotion would make some shoppers "a marked man or woman." Specialist publications also questioned the reaction of consumers ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Jul 27, 2010Researchers using the four spacecraft of ESA's Cluster mission have uncovered the long journey that energetic ions undergo during geomagnetic storms and how they ultimately precipitate into the Earth's atmosphere. Such precipitation affects the composition of the ionosphere, preventing GPS and communications satellites from operating correctly. The Earth's magnetic field acts a buffer zone ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 27, 2010Nationwide Insurance presented the Houston Police Department, the Harris County Sheriff's Department, and the Webster Police Department with a bait vehicle each to assist with their respective anti-theft/bait vehicle programs. Houston is # 4 in the country on total number of stolen vehicles in 2009 according the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Bait vehicles are standard, unmarked cars tha ... more 
Anchorage AL (SPX) Jul 27, 2010Lynden Transport's industry leading EZ Tracing system just got better with the addition of GPS mapping of shipment locations while in route over the highway. By clicking on a link on the Lynden Transport website, customers can monitor their shipments on a digital map that shows the truck as it moves from origin to destination. Lynden Transport is the only Alaska trucking company to offer t ... more |
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Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Completes Captive Flight Test SeriesFarnborough, United Kingdom (SPX) Jul 26, 2010 The U.S. Navy completed a series of three captive flight tests on Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon C-1, putting the program closer to achieving initial operating capability in 2012. JSOW is a family of low-cost, air-to-ground weapons that employs an integrated GPS- inertial navigation system and terminal imaging infrared seeker, guiding the weapon to the target. JSOW C-1 adds moving maritime target capability and the two-way Strike Common Weapon Datalink (SCWDL) to the combat-proven weapon. ... read more |
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