GPS providers court TC sheriff’s department (The Pekin Daily Times)

Times Staff Writer PEKIN — The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Merit Commission’s recommendation that all sheriff’s department squad cars be equipped with a Global Positioning System has spurred calls from GPS providers.

GPS hot target in thefts from cars (The Border Mail)

A GLOBAL positioning system was stolen from a car in the North East every 18 days last financial year, statistics show. While police are urging motorists to remove the temptation from thieves by hidi…

GPS providers court TC sheriff’s department (The Pekin Daily Times)

Times Staff Writer PEKIN — The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Merit Commission’s recommendation that all sheriff’s department squad cars be equipped with a Global Positioning System has spurred calls from GPS providers.

Finding Minnesota: Touring State Parks With GPS (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul)

Bill Morrison V, 17, of New Hope, and his father Bill Morrison IV go hunting with a Global Positioning System device. It’s called geocaching, a kind of high-tech treasure hunt using GPS technology.

GPS helps police find man after accident (KPLC Lake Charles)

Associated Press - December 29, 2008 10:44 AM ET ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (AP) - State police worked with AT&T and used global positioning system technology over the weekend to find a Morgan…

VINELAND: Afternoon police beat update includes stolen GPS (Daily Journal)

A global positioning system and a radar detector were reported stolen Friday from a vehicle parked at Sherwin Williams Paint on West Landis Avenue. The vehicle was unlocked while its owner was inside the store. The GPS unit was valued at $750 and the radar unit at $67.

Lebanese tech firms combine expertise in strategic partnership (The Daily Star Lebannon)

A strategic partnership between Lebanese technology companies EDM and eSharing is breaking the “go-it-alone” status quo of the Middle East IT sector. eSharing will develop enterprise resource software that interfaces directly with EDM’s new Global Positioning System (GPS) and mobile cellular communications.

Groundbreaking research shows big marine reptiles good at following directions (The Post and Courier)

How do loggerhead turtles find their way across thousands of miles of ocean back to the beaches where they were born? A GPS. No joke. A researcher has found evidence that sea turtles not only sense the magnetic fields that wrap the Earth and steer by them but also use the fields to point the way home — a sort of organic global positioning cue.

Primary Cilium As Cellular ‘GPS System’ Crucial To Wound Repair (Science Daily)

The primary cilium, the solitary, antenna-like structure that studs the outer surfaces of virtually all human cells, orients cells to move in the right direction and at the speed needed to heal wounds, much like a global positioning system helps ships navigate to their destinations.

Baby Jesus, Menorahs Go High Tech With GPS (WPIX 11 New York)

MERRICK, N.Y. - Anyone thinking of tampering with town holiday decorations this year, be warned: They’re being watched over from above. Literally. A number of menorahs and Nativity scenes on display in New York religious institutions are being equipped with global-positioning systems, in an attempt to avoid theft by vandals or pranksters. “I think its great that the technology is being used …

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