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Putin wants Russian satnav system in new cars from 2012Moscow (AFP) Aug 10, 2010 All new Russian cars could come equipped with Moscow's GLONASS satellite navigation system, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, with a tax to be levied on the rival GPS system. "I think that from 2012 all new cars could be sold with the system built in so as to raise the level of road security," Russian news agencies quoted Putin as saying. Putin said that GLONASS, which was invented by the military in the 1980s to compete with the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and will in the fu ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Aug 2, 2010Amid growing clamor against the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has cautioned that large numbers of US troops will remain even after a "limited" July 2011 drawdown. Despite mounting casualties and public doubts, Gates said Sunday the US-led force was making headway and Taliban insurgents would not be able to wait out American forces because a major troop withdrawal was not ... more  
Xichang, China (XNA) Aug 02, 2010China successfully launched its fifth orbiter into space at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network. The satellite was launched from the Long March 3I carrier rocket. It is the 126th flight for the country's Long March series of rockets. The satellite will join another four satellites in orbit to form a network that will eventu ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 1, 2010The "Terminator" had it, US fighter pilots use it and it's the next hot feature on Japanese smartphones - "augmented reality" which peppers the world around you with useful bits of information. Imagine wearing high-tech glasses and having small, cartoon speech balloon-style tags pop up within your field of vision, overlaying real-world objects and buildings to describe what you're looking a ... more |
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ViewRanger GPS Outdoor Navigation Tool Now AvailableNew York NY (SPX) Jul 30, 2010 Augmentra has announced that its award-winning ViewRanger GPS outdoors navigation system is now available as a Smartphone app for the Apple iPhone (3g, 3gs and 4), iPad, and Android devices. Designed for off-road - and offline - navigation, ViewRanger is the perfect companion for outdoor enthusiasts including campers and hikers, as well as field-based applications such as search-and-rescue. Among its many features, ViewRanger offers "BuddyBeacon," which allows customers to publish their whereabout ... read more |
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