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E-tracking through your cell phone

February 13, 2006 Against a law, prosecutors aim to track suspects' locations through cell phones, CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says. TAGS: surveillance, Judge, cell phone, prosecutor, location, law

Wireless location tracking draws privacy questions

May 16, 2006 Electronic devices can track your children and serve up maps, restaurant recommendations. But are privacy laws keeping up? TAGS: CTIA, wireless phone company, Skyhook Wireless, hot spot, wireless phone, wireless carrier, telephone company, vice president, Wi-Fi, location, Google Inc.

Microsoft teams with Sprint on mobile Web service

November 16, 2006 Windows Live to power search for local content on some Sprint phones. TAGS: Sprint Nextel, Microsoft Windows Live, vision, location, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Eastern Europe: Outsourcing hot spot?

December 11, 2006 McKinsey predicts that the business process outsourcing industry will support 130,000 jobs in the region by 2008. TAGS: BPO, Eastern Europe, business process, region, outsourcing, India, location

Bumps on the road to Microsoft's Surface

November 8, 2007 Software maker doesn't expect early partners to have their units up and running until spring. It had hoped they would be ready before year's end.Photos: Surface demo TAGS: Sheraton Hotels, Bill Gates, touch screen, software company, road, Boston, Microsoft Corp., location

Mobile phones that track your buddies

November 14, 2006 New mobile services that allow people to track and map their buddies mean never texting 'Where U at?' again. TAGS: Boost Mobile, buddy, mobile operator, offering, cell phone, location, mobile phone, Sprint Nextel, U.S.

Helio adds new GPS-enabled phone

November 9, 2006 The Drift will let subscribers broadcast their location to friends and use Google Maps using satellite GPS technology. Photos: Helio calls on Drift TAGS: Helio, GPS, subscriber, Google Maps, EarthLink Inc., location, satellite, service provider, Google Inc.

Police blotter: Cell phone tracking rejected

March 3, 2006 Two federal judges join a growing number of courts that are rejecting police demands to be able to track Americans without first getting a warrant. TAGS: Judge, Police Blotter, surveillance, request, Maryland, federal judge, evidence, court, cell phone, location, New York, call

Turning cell phones into lifelines

December 5, 2006 update Cell phones constantly update their position with cell towers, making them an important tool in finding lost persons. TAGS: OnStar, GPS, cell phone, GPS navigation, mobile operator, tower, family, search, satellite, location

For handset makers, it's all about location

October 2, 2007 news analysis Nokia announces plans to spend $8.1 billion on Navteq. Why would it shell out so much for an outfit that's not well known? TAGS: handset maker, Nokia Corp., handset, provider, GPS, location, acquisition, direction, Google Inc.

Nokia, Trimble ink navigation tech licensing deal

October 2, 2006 Exclusive agreement allows Nokia to use Trimble's location-based technology in consumer products and services. TAGS: Trimble Navigation Ltd., Nokia Corp., agreement, mobile phone, location

Police Blotter: E911 rules aid police in tracking cell phones

February 8, 2008 Court order lets Homeland Security obtain precise location data from T-Mobile about customer's movements in real time. TAGS: E911, Police Blotter, informant, affidavit, homeland security, Minnesota, T-Mobile, U.S. District Judge, subscriber, prosecutor, movement, evidence, cell phone, order, location, Real-Time

Google's ambitions going mobile

November 28, 2006 newsmaker Deep Nishar, Google's director of product management, sees mobility as the next new frontier of the Internet. TAGS: director of product management, Newsmaker, Google Inc., Gmail, Google Maps, mobile phone, movie, location, GPS, mobile device, cell phone, U.S.

Google experiments with map ads

March 28, 2006 Graphical ads on Google Local maps foreshadow pop-up balloons for new types of data, analyst says. TAGS: Google Local, balloon, Barnes & Noble Inc., local search, map, Google Inc., pop-up, Yahoo! Inc., location

Boob tube meets online maps as TV fans get creative

March 6, 2006 "24," "The Sopranos," "American Idol" fans track fictional heroes' movements via high-tech maps. Images: Celebrity mashups TAGS: mashup, Web 2.0, map, fan, location, video clip, satellite, TV, video

Tech-inspired summer camps: 10 cool choices

June 1, 2007 Board games and movie nights, sure. But today's campers also get to learn digital filmmaking, make Web comics and gaze into outer space. TAGS: camp, teen, science, New York, location, movie, camera

Boom predicted for GPS-enabled handsets

January 15, 2008 Berg Insight says GPS-enabled handsets worldwide will reach 560 million units by 2012, with an 18-fold increase in European uptake. TAGS: GPS, handset, Europe, satellite, Nokia Corp., location, U.S.

Ethanol isn't a magic word

October 4, 2007 Cascadia Capital's Michael Butler says hype around ethanol may blind people to complex realities of the clean-technology business. TAGS: biodiesel, lesson, input, location

Revamped Google tools let you be you

April 30, 2007 Further clarifying its customization strategy, search giant enhances personalized home page product, renaming it "iGoogle." TAGS: iGoogle, gadget, Google Inc., home page, theme, location, video

Symbian adds support for pushier e-mail

March 26, 2007 Version 9.5 of the mobile operating system also promises better memory usage, cheaper handsets and location-based services. TAGS: Symbian Inc., CTIA, Symbian OS, handset, defragmentation, paging, Microsoft Exchange Server, API, location, operating system, memory, Microsoft Corp., e-mail
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