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The Air Force Wants You to Stop Blaming GPS Satellites When You Get Lost
The Air Force isn't happy with some of the stories about the couple who got lost in the woods after following their SUV's GPS. For some reason, a lot of people keep blaming innocent GPS satellites for the whole mess. More »Garmin 450T Outdoor GPS Their Best (Without a Silly Camera)
Garmin's 450T GPS is their highest end without an integrated camera, and so, the best discrete outdoor GPS they make. It has a barometer, altimeter, waterproofness, tilt-compensated compass and a receiver sensitive enough for quick fixes in canyons and forests. More »The Algorithm Protecting GSM Calls Has Been Cracked
The A5/1 privacy algorithm, a code which is used to protect the privacy of about 80 percent of all mobile calls worldwide, has been deciphered and made public. It remains to be seen whether it's time to panic just yet. More »Evil GPS Leads a Couple to the Frozen Wilderness to Die
A couple was stuck in the untamed winter wilderness of eastern Oregon for three days after following their evil SUV's GPS navigator's directions. They were saved by a do-gooder GPS in their phone. More »Pedal Brain App Might Do For Cyclists What Nike+ Did For Runners
Cycling apps are nothing new to the Apple App Store, but this hardware/software combo called Pedal Brain is the first to provide convenient ANT+ wireless device support. More »MotionX Drive Turn-By-Turn App Just $1 For the Holidays
If you're not sure about this whole iPhone turn-by-turn thing, and you've been too afraid to try it because the apps are so expensive, hey, look: Motionx Drive, our favorite budget iPhone nav app, is just a dollar right now. More »Magellan's Premium iPhone Car Kit
It's not the first iPhone GPS car kit, but Magellan's list of features might make this one of the better ones, and it doesn't even require you to use Magellan's own GPS app. More »Modo Walked the Fine Line Between "Ahead of Its Time" and "Just Stupid"
The Modo, a wireless handheld introduced in 2000, couldn't give directions. It refused to make calls and had no interest in displaying fresh emails. It was too busy being cool. Alas, I never got to touch it. More »12/16/09
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TomTom Releases $50 US-Only iPhone App
Given the intense competition in the turn-by-turn app wars, TomTom is offering an alternative to their $99 original version by ditching Canada and dropping the price to $50. More »WiGig Alliance Takes Big Step Towards 10x Faster Wireless
WiGig, which its alliance members hope is the next major wireless spec, finally completed its unified specification. The tech gets speeds up to 7Gbps (10 times faster than Wi-Fi) and manages to stay backwards-compatible with existing 802.11 specs. More »Get Internet Connection Sharing in Windows 7 Starter in One Easy Step
Did you know Microsoft took out the Internet Connection Sharing feature in Windows 7 starter—the version of Win 7 that ships with netbooks? I do, since I futilely tried using it on vacation. Not so fast, Microsoft! More »We Should Have 1Gbps Wi-Fi by 2012
The IEEE has begun voting on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard recently. And while things aren't even in the drafting phrase yet, this means that we should see the new standard—and the theoretical 1Gbps speeds it brings—by December 2012. More »Maplock is Like a Steering Wheel Lock for Your GPS
Considering how cheap and ubiquitous GPS devices have gotten, I'm not surprised that they're now the most commonly stolen item from vehicles. That's why Maplock caught my eye: it hooks onto your GPS and tethers it to your steering wheel. More »Withings Wi-Fi Scale Review (A Scale For the Year 2010)
The Withings Wi-Fi would have been alien technology in the 1950s. "What do you mean, this scale posts your weight on the 'internet', and then graphs it on your 'iPhone'"? And yet, folks, this is our world today. More »Sprint to Humans: We Know Where You Are, and So Do the Police
In the last year alone, Sprint turned over users' GPS data to authorities 8 million times. While that number is misleadingly high—this could translate to under a thousand individual users—it's still terrifying. But wait, it gets even better! More »Strechable, Flexible, Twistable Antennas
Traditional copper antennas are rigid yet delicate. And in the age when almost every gadget we use requires some sort of antenna, they're a lousy solution. Luckily, new tech is on its way. More »Let Snoop Dogg Guide You to the Weed on TomTom, Fo' Shizzle
Snoop Dogg, when he's not busy designing headphones and releasing tracks on Rock Band, fancies himself as a navigational hero, lending his "Snoop Speak" to TomTom. More »You Can Buy RocketFish's $600 1080p Wireless Kit Now, But You Shouldn't
Belkin's Flywire 1080p HD streamer was canceled, so if you want a device to stream 1080p from one side of the room to another side of the room (up to 33 feet away), Rocketfish has one today. But, no. More »Invisible Bluetooth Headset Is One Eardrum Away From Touching Your Brain
From the eccentric brainiacs at Skymall comes the Invisible Bluetooth Headset. I can see it causing permanent deafness, but not because of a volume level issue. More »