Homer Simpson joins the TomTom GPS voice lineup (New York Daily News)

Homer Simpson is the latest “celebrity” voice to join the TomTom GPS voice lineup, the GPS maker announced on Tuesday.

Put Homer Simpson on your TomTom GPS (Geek.com)

GPS devices are becoming pretty common place these days. As you would suspect, a lot of people are looking for ways to personalize their GPS device so manufacturers like TomTom offer the ability for owners to customize their devices by allowing them to change voices. TomTom already offers a number of celebrity voices which are the [...]

GPS Maker Adds Familiar Voice To Boost Sales (WBUR Boston)

GPS manufacturer TomTom is bringing the voice of Homer Simpson to its devices.

GPS Insight Sponsors Aberdeen Group Report on Service Workforce and Fleet Management (The Auto Channel)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–GPS Insight, a leading supplier of GPS tracking hardware and software solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, announces the sponsorship of the research report titled “Service Workforce and Fleet Management: Driving Utilization with Location Intelligence,” published by the Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company .

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

GPs may put off routine checks (Stuff)

Canterbury GPs may abandon diabetes checks and routine services as they prepare for double the normal number of patients at the peak of the swine flu pandemic.

Flying high and fast with V-Cockpit GPS for iPhone (Geek.com)

Xewton and Alexander Gross bring you V-Cockpit GPS, an app for the iPhone. It is not actually a GPS unit that tells you how to find or get someplace. Rather, it contains a set of airplane cockpit instruments that tell you how fast you are traveling, or how high up you’ve climbed. V-Cockpit [...]

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

Kochie hosted Vioxx video for GPs (The Australian)

SEVEN Network presenter David Koch hosted an education program for GPs produced by pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co.

Homer Simpson Is Not the Ideal TomTom Voice Skin [GPS] (Gizmodo)

TomTom users have the notable perk that they can “skin” their GPS with celebrity voices. But I couldn’t ride with Homer Simpson for five minutes before throwing his spastic ass right out the window….

GPs to work ‘beyond duty call’—BMA (The Courier)

SCOTLAND’S GPs are expected to work “beyond the call of duty” through any swine flu pandemic, it was confirmed yesterday.

Local Brain Surgeons Use GPS Tech During Procedure (CBS 11 Dallas – Fort Worth)

Thanks to new GPS technology at one Plano hospital, patients who have undergone brain surgery can walk around a few days after the procedure and no one would ever know.

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

‘Indoor GPS’ means your phone can always find you (New Scientist)

An indoor positioning system for cellphones, similar to GPS, is being tested in Finland – the system could let firemen find each other in smoky buildings

Windows devices feature GPS receivers (WindowsForDevices)

— Jun. 03, 2009 — Mio has used this week’s Computex show to unleash a bevy of Windows devices with built-in GPS receivers. The products include the Explora K75 and K85 smartphones, the Moov V500 and V700 PNDs (personal navigation devices), plus a new netbook, the Litepad N890 (left), Mio says. …

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

Lockheed Martin GPS III Team Shifts Into Critical Design Review Phase (ITNews)

PARIS, June 14 /PRNewswire/ — Paris Air Show — The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) team developing the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) III program has entered the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage on-schedule, an extensive phase that precedes production of the next-generation satellite system.

GPS helps farmers, golfers, doctors (The Montana Standard)

RED LODGE — There’s no sign on the storefront of SiliconSky GPS, which somehow seems fitting for a company that specializes in systems that pinpoint location.

How To Defeat GPS Jammers by James Dunnigan June 14, 2009 (Strategy Page)

GPS has become a vital component for U.S. combat forces, and several nations have developed and sell GPS jammers. The U.S. Air Force has equipped its GPS weapons with electronic and software features that help overcome this jamming.

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

Consider these 5 GPS units under $200 (USA Today)

Once luxury items, Global Positioning System units are now viewed as a necessity by millions. With GPS devices, keeping your bearings no matter where the road leads is a breeze. Full-featured GPS units can approach $1,000. Fortunately, you’ll find excellent units at a fraction of that price.

Coach in retrial for sex crimes to wear GPS device (Chicago Tribune)

Michael Cardamone, the Aurora gymnastics coach facing retrial on charges he sexually abused seven young gymnasts, will be required to wear a GPS tracking device after taking his two sons to an Easter egg hunt, a Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant and two events at his family-owned gymnastics school, where the alleged abuse had taken place. In an order signed today by DuPage County Judge Blanche Hill …

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

Concord Credit Union Robbed, GPS Comes to the Rescue (SFist)

According to the Mayor of Concord (a blogger’s moniker, not Laura Hoffmeister), “a black man wearing a blue bandanna and carrying a blue duffel bag,” robbed the CD Federal Credit Union in Concord this morning. After grabbing some loot and running on foot, the bandit got into a car and zoomed off into economic glory. That is, until the two men were captured via a GPS device that was dropped into …

Privacy Expectation in the Age of GPS (Law.com)

Applying the “expectation of privacy” — a privacy law touchstone — to advancing technology has proved troubling. Attorney David Bender looks at a ruling by New York’s high court on warrantless GPS tracking that may generally serve as a paradigm for the use of high-tech tracking.

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

Perth Amboy man accused of stealing GPS units from cars nabbed after witnesses hear glass shattering (MyCentralJersey.com)

EDISON — A Perth Amboy man is in custody after police say he stole GPS units from three cars, including one outside a banquet hall where employees spotted him fleeing the scene and tipped off police.

GPs call for end to NHS conflict (BBC News)

GPs say they want to end the conflict that has dogged relations with politicians.

GPs urged to improve care quality (BBC News)

GPs are being urged to improve the quality of the patient experience by embracing new initiatives.

Review: V-Cockpit GPS for iPhone (Macworld)

This app taps into the iPhone’s GPS features to provide you with a virtual cockpit to make the journey a little more entertaining.

GPS shoe to track Alzheimer’s patients (CNN)

A new shoe outfitted with a GPS chip aims to offer peace of mind to Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers.

iPhone Shaping Up as GPS Battleground (PC Magazine)

One thing is for sure – owners of an Apple iPhone 3G or the new 3Gs will have no excuse for getting lost. TomTom, Navigon, and Nav N Go all plan apps for the iPhone: good news for fans of Navigon, whose hardware GPS devices have been discontinued in the U.S.

LabSat Simulator Tests OEM GPS Devices (GPS World)

With the ability to record, replay, and simulate GPS RF data, Racelogic’s new LabSat is being marketed as a real-world testing solution for original equipment manufacture (OEM) of GPS devices.

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

u-blox gets China handsets GPS-enabled (EE Times Asia)

China mobile phone solutions provider Gionee Communications has selected u-blox’s GPS receiver chip for their new series of GPS-enabled feature phones. The first model, L800, was introduced to the Chinese market in April 2009.

American flight to test fuel saving by using direct GPS route (USA Today)

The plane on the Thursday flight will take a direct route guided by Global Positioning System, or GPS, technology instead of staying within the usual jetliner paths across the Atlantic.

Subscription-free 4.7-in. Magellan RoadMate 1475T GPS, $299 (ZDNet)

GPS navigation device manufacturer Magellan today introduced its RoadMate 1475T personal navigation device, a 4.7-in. device that offers subscription-free, real-time traffic alerts, incidents and road congestion reports. How is it subscription-free? Service is ad supported, naturally. Like all new models…

Illinois coach ordered to wear GPS device (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

AURORA, Ill. — A DuPage County judge has ordered a gymnastics teacher accused of fondling seven girls to wear a GPS tracking device. Prosecutors say Michael Cardamone (kar-da-MOHN’) of Oswego violated his $500,000 bond by taking his sons to an Easter egg hunt and a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant.

GPS AutoSteer™ for MacDon-Built SP Windrowers. (AG Weekly)

GPS AutoSteer™ is now available for MacDon-Built M and 9000 Series SP Windrowers. Custom-fit by AutoFarm to provide a factory-installed look, GPS AutoSteer™ gives MacDon windrower owners high-accuracy machine control for greater productivity in all conditions, including fog, dust, heat and darkness.

Need help with that stolen GPS? (The Evening Sun)

Need help with that stolen GPS?

Himachal forest guards get trained to use global positioning system developed by US (New Kerala)

Shimla, June 8 : Forest guards in Himachal Pradesh are being imparted training under Global Positioning System (GPS).

Japan to try GPS phones to prevent pandemics (CNET)

Softbank participates in a Japanese government-backed experimental project that uses GPS-enabled cell phones to track elementary schooners’ whereabouts for health-monitoring purpose.

Railroad, audio tours in tune thanks to GPS (Akron Beacon Journal)

Railroad, audio tours in tune thanks to GPS

AA Soars Into The Future With New GPS System (CBS4 Miami)

American Airlines could be soaring into the future this week on a Paris to Miami flight that will use a new GPS navigational system. Their goal is to establish a modern navigation system that uses fuel-saving technology and tactics.

GPS for Alzheimer’s (iafrica.com)

A shoe-maker is developing shoes with GPS that could track down wandering Alzheimer patients.

GPS should speed EMS response (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Ambulance response times should get shorter now that a new global-positioning system has been put in place, making it easier for Louisville metro emergency dispatchers to send the closest ambulance to a medical emergency.

Free iPhones at Japan university may prove costly for some as GPS keeps tabs on truants (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)

TOKYO (AP) — A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its Global Positioning System to nab students that skip class.

Why satellites didn’t find missing plane (CNN)

Cars have Global Positioning System devices to pinpoint where drivers are when they get lost, so why can’t GPS be used to locate the exact position of planes when the worst happens?

Why satellites didn’t find missing plane (CNN)

Cars have Global Positioning System devices to pinpoint where drivers are when they get lost, so why can’t GPS be used to locate the exact position of planes when the worst happens?

Teen allegedly robs Carmel bank, GPS finds him (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A credit card-sized GPS tracking device planted in loot during a Carmel bank heist foiled a teenager arrested by police an hour after the robbery.

Teen allegedly robs Carmel bank, GPS finds him (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A credit card-sized GPS tracking device planted in loot during a Carmel bank heist foiled a teenager arrested by police an hour after the robbery.

The GPS Revolution: Location, Location, Location (Mobile Tech Today)

Never before was there such power in answering one simple question: “Where am I?” With its handy replies, the Global Positioning System, or GPS, is changing a growing number of enterprises and is on the verge of altering many more. Shipping, shopping, health care, law enforcement, and farming are just a few of the fields that have been transformed by the location-finding technology in the past …

Air Force disputes GAO report warning of GPS failure (Computerworld)

GAO warns that the service could face interruptions. By Matt Hamblen Computerworld – The U.S. Air Force late last month disputed a General Accountability Office report concluding that the Global Positioning System used by the military and millions of motorists worldwide may be in danger of disruption unless aging satellites are replaced quickly.

Air Force disputes talk of GPS failure (ARNnet)

The U.S. Air Force late last month disputed a General Accountability Office report concluding that the Global Positioning System used by the military and millions of motorists worldwide may be in danger of disruption unless aging satellites are replaced quickly.

GPS case dismissed (The Troy Record)

ALBANY — The burglary charge against the Watervliet man whose case changed the way law enforcement use global positioning technology was dismissed.

University using iPhones to nab truants (The Star)

TOKYO : A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its global positioning system (GPS) to nab students that skip class.