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• January 9, 2008Gadgets, general, Hardware, Navigation, Physical Geography, space (not spatial)

  Solar Headaches to Come

  National Geographic is reporting that we can expect a season of intense solar flares for the next few weeks and months. This is all part of a normal 11 year […]

• January 9, 2008general, Hardware, Navigation

  Tuesday CES Round-up

  Last year, everything seemed to dwindle after Monday, but this year the tech blogs are still going strong. Time for my highlights for Tuesday: GPS Nav N Go on Sony […]

• January 8, 2008general, WebMapping

  Platial and Frappr Map Awards

  You have a week to vote on your favorite Platial or Frappr Map for the 2007 Map Awards. The winner will get to go to Where 2.0 in Burlingame in […]

• January 8, 2008general, Programming/Dev, WebMapping

  Google, Facebook join DataPortability workgroup

  DataPortability announced today that Google, Facebook, and Plaxo have joined the DataPortability Workgroup on creating open standards for social networking data. DataPortability’s mission is ” To put all existing technologies […]

• January 8, 2008general, Hardware, Navigation

  Monday CES Round-up

  A few more goodies were highlighted today. GPS Mio to be folded into Navman branding Mio has a “dual-front” GPS phone prototype Magellan shows off eight new devices More info […]

• January 7, 2008general, Hardware, Navigation, VirtualEnvironments

  Sunday CES round-up

  So I have been following the bits and pieces on Engadget, Gizmodo and CrunchGear and have cobbled together my highlights from today. GPS: – toys toys everywhere Delorme released a […]

• January 6, 2008general, Remote Sensing

  Arirang 1 MIA

  Apparently Korea has lost contact with their Arirang 1 satellite which has been in orbit since 1999. Communications were lost one week ago (Dec 30) and they have been unable […]

• January 5, 2008general, Hardware, Navigation

  Magellan and Google team up

  The first bit of GPS news out of CES this year has Magellan releasing the Maestro 5340 which will include GPRS for cell network connectivity. This network connectivity will be […]

• December 18, 2007general, Hardware, Navigation

  GPS Navigation Projected on the Windshield

  Engadget is reporting a pretty cool device that projects navigation information on your windshield. The navigation is really nothing more than a red line indicating which direction you should travel. […]

• December 17, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Footage of PS3 Home Beta Trial – Sony’s interactive 3D world

  Awhile back, we talked about Sony’s upcoming 3D virtual world/social network for the Playstation 3, dubbed Home. Right now, Home is in a closed beta trial, and is scheduled for […]