Chandrayaan descends into lower lunar orbit

India's first unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 descended further into the lunar orbit Tuesday following the third orbit-reduction manoeuvre, ... and monitored remotely from the space agency's telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac) here ... . The spacecraft blasted off Oct 22 onboard the 316-tonne polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) C11 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 17:16:25

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Green Vehicles Slow Going For Investors

A new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) ... from 2% in 2007 to 38% in 2030 (sales are tracking at around 2.4% for 2008), with full and mild hybrid systems accounting for most of that. Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are expected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:23:38

Global Investing Roundups Thursday, November 20th, 2008

BASF Halts 80 Factories; Oil Prices Slide to $53 a Barrel; Chinese Automakers Ask for Gov’t Aid; October Housing Starts Hit 49-Year Low; ... government aid to breathe some life back into the world’s second-largest vehicle market. “Chinese ... Securities Co. in Beijing, told Bloomberg. “There aren’t any policies yet for stimulating vehicle consumption [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 13:43:23

Mobile Metrics I’d Like to See

Nearly everyone who talks about the differences between designing for desktop and mobile talks about how you have to keep in mind that your users ... accelerometer movement) but in a vehicle (GPS changes). That’s information that goes far beyond ... their phones? Using a combination of the accelerometer and GPS, we could define some metrics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:59:25

It’s not a privacy threat today…

Oregon is trying to devise a system to tax all those shifty, tax-evading environmentalists they have up there: ... of miles they drive instead of how much gas they use, even going so far as to install GPS monitoring ... in a recent pilot program. Any reader of this site will see the words “GPS monitoring device” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 07:25:53

Welcome to 2009... a brave new world?

Looking back at the past year, and seeing what you predicted for it right back at its start is always a fun game ... we’ll be tracking along the way… Autos Much of the auto industry had a terrible 2008. And while most ... a car on credit and then lose their jobs, that there is a way out, I think customers will be buying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:28:09

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/14/2008

The news stories to pay attention to tonight concern immigration. In Italy, a “Record Number of Would-Be Immigrants Arrive”. But the President of Italy says, “Immigrants are a resource — no more prejudice!” And in the UK, a report in the House of Lords: “Economic Benefits of Mass Immigration Are Close to Zero”.We report, you decide.Thanks to C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 04:48:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/4/2009

The overwhelming evidence of global warming continues to accumulate — as does the level of ice and snow in Greenland’s central ice cap, which increases at a rate of about two inches a year.Shhh! Don’t tell Al Gore…Thanks to Abu Elvis, Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni, heroyalwhyness, JD, Lexington, LN, RRW, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:27:00

Warporn WTF

—Ace I've been sitting on Snapped Shot's tip because I couldn't tell if this was real or a CGI thing. Allah, ever skeptical, dubs it legit ... FREE-FLIGHT HOVER TEST OF MDA'S MULTIPLE KILL VEHICLE-L, Wall Street Journal (Market Watch), Dec ... hover test of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L. Conducted Dec [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 22:33:04

First Weekend Wrapup

The first weekend of 2009 was kinda a bust, mostly because I’ve had serious insomnia all week and it’s catching up and hitting me hard. I did manage to get a full night’s sleep last night and feel better today at least, but I’m also afraid that will just cause an insomnia reset and start it all over again tonight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:19:00

Drive (Electric), She Said: Big 3 Auto Bailout, Cont'd

Later on today we'll be chatting in Meebo about various proposals to help the Big 3 American automakers ... with 30 minutes notice and a security guard escort to your parked car. I would suggest leaving stock options and other unliquidated non-cash compensation at the door too, but then again I'm [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 02:16:50

The GPS as dashboard snitch

In their cocoons of leather upholstery, soothing high-tech sound systems, and automatically activated personal seat settings, drivers have come to regard their car interiors as mobile extensions of the homes that are their private refuges. The courts have tended to disagree. Global positioning systems and factory [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 21:40:46

Is it worth paying more for faster shipping?

By Torley Wong "Free shipping" is often advertised as attractive bait for you to take action and buy something! That is, until you find out it's not free after all. In other words, an absorbed charge. For example, I love Amazon.com. Their selection is generally excellent and their service is unrivaled ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:37:10

Consumer Groups Hound FTC to Rein in Google, Mobile Web Ad Practices

Two weeks into the New Year and it's time to dispense with the niceties and get back to corporate bashing on Capitol Hill ... marketers are engaging in behavioral targeting, location-based targeting, user tracking and mobile ... . Azuki Systems, Cellfire, Velti, ChaCha, Acuity, Tanla Mobile are cited in the complaint as technology [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:23:58

Oregon Wants to Track Your Car

The governor of Oregon wants to replace the gasoline tax with a "mileage tax," proportional to the amount of miles you drive ... , either in real time or of travel history,” the report said. “Accordingly, no travel location points ... a great deal of expensive new infrastructure -- GPS units in all vehicles, and units in all gas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 16:25:00

Extreme Positions Create Extreme Backlashes

Illegal immigration is an issue I find myself just disgusted with. On the far right we have the “deport them now” crowd who call anything less ‘amnesty’. Whether its deportation by rounding up illegals and dumping all 20+ million over the border or it is through economic blackmail, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 12:23:56

Improve your Business with GPS Fleet Tracking Systems

Guys, just want to share this information I found in internet.. Do you know what GPS Fleet Tracking Systems is? GPS (Global Position System) ... and can reduce fuel expenses too. GPS fleet tracking system reduces the risks of vehicle theft ... to vehicle insurance provider. So, If you are using GPS fleet tracking there are 3 good major changes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 19:05:25

Have you seen my $700Billion? Where did it go?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 U.S. Banks Refuse to Detail How They’re Spending Federal Bailout Money By William Patalon III Executive Editor Money Morning/The Money Map Report After receiving hundreds of [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 04:23:53

GPS Mobile Phones For Proper Navigation And Guidance

by Mary J Russell When you travel you need guidelines and if directions on the road are not clear then the only option is a GPS system ... the starting point and the destination and the GPS will do the rest. Add this with a Vehicle Tracking System ... as such. Besides the global positioning system, the 6110 navigator also features A-GPS (Assisted Global [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 09:51:24

DrumBeat: December 9, 2008

Oil and OPEC: Can the Cartel Possibly Cut Production Enough? Just how daunting is OPEC’s challenge to rein in falling oil prices? Beyond its control, if economist and oil-market analyst Philip Verleger is right. Mr. Verleger, a former Carter administration official, academic, and energy-industry consultant, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 13:44:44

Media & Politics (one section only today)

Media & Politics (one section only today) 08-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Class Warfare (by Susie at Suburban Guerrilla) ... ! Does Obama Want to Cut Social Security or Did the NYT Send Out a False Alarm? (by Dean Baker ... The first sentence warns that “overhauling Social Security and Medicare would be ‘a central part’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:07:20

Research Resources

Research Resources (ResearchResources.info) is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis from the Internet for research which are listed below [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 09:00:00

Prevent Auto Theft & Home Burglary with Affordable Anti Theft Devices

#fullpost{display:inline;}J.D ... System includes a small radio frequency transceiver hidden in one of up to 20 places in our vehicle and has a unique code that is tied to the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). When we report [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 05:13:00

Landmark reports are WAY faster too (I forgot to mention that)!

I guess I forgot to mention an extremely obvious reason why we completely re-architected our landmarks over the past 3 months — SPEED! ... landmark one of our 50 GPS tracking devices for GPS Insight’s “house account” (e.g. our own ... this to achieve better return on your GPS tracking investment. Rob. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:07:39

Enter the Best Teen Chef Competition 2009

Read More... | 4243 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 158 (1575 total stories) ... · GAO Offers Portable RFID Reader/Writer · Sell Used Cars Through CarCash.com · Serenity Health ... Today's most read Story is: 2 Port UHF RFID by GAO RFID Login Nickname [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:51:12

Obama Urges Congress to Jump-Start U.S. Economy with Tarp Funds

President-elect Barack Obama yesterday (Monday) asked Congress to release the remaining $350 billion in bank bailout money that’s part of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). In a letter addressed to the leadership of both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, top Obama economic aide Lawrence H [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:36:03

num8 GPS Locator Watch By LOK8U, For Kids!

Are you the obsessively protective type of parent? Do you want your toddler or pre-teen sporting a watch? ... ransomers. Aside from these issues, the technology is pretty cool. The included GPS tracking system ... ...) is about to release this GPS equipped digital watch in the US with a debut at this year's Consumer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 09:06:06

How GPS Vehicle Tracking Can Prevent Auto Theft

How GPS Vehicle Tracking Can Prevent Auto Theft By Greg Bartlett GPS tracking technology uses a transceiver system and the Global Positioning ... out of the satellite navigation systems used for ocean going vessels (LORAN) in the late 1970s and has over the last years moved from geeky novelty to ubiquity. Many GPS type systems are also a part [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:35:30

Innovation from Constraint (the extended dance mix)

I gave a talk a few weeks ago in Barcelona that was pretty well-received and widely blogged. Specifically, several bloggers have picked up and amplified the seven key points I offered in the talk - a list of principles that I believe characterize much of the best innovation coming out of Africa [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 20:45:09

Tracking Someone

With all the new technology and science came up with new stuff, everything seems to be convenient ... you are going to. Anyway, gps tracking is a system that determines the precise and exact location ... my phone with a GPS system. My little boy keeps asking me questions about that small thing:) Of course [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 16:46:54

It Keeps Getting Better And Better In California

The Daily Press reports from California. “First-time home buyers jumped into the local real estate market in December, pushing sales of existing homes up by 17 percent for the month and 207 percent compared to a year ago, according to new from the Victor Valley MLS compiled by Larry Trombley, an agent in Hesperia [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:46:59

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... , gaping holes in our security. Dave Gaubatz* comments on the recent Department of Homeland Security's ... the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

Something is killing our brown pelicans

By Mike Lee / San Diego Union-Tribune / January 8, 2009 Sea bird experts up and down the West Coast are sounding the alarm about hundreds of ... is tracking the phenomenon. “It’s really weird,” Dmytryk said yesterday. “When you are seeing the die-off [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:30:30

Nasdaq Creating Tarp-based Indexes

The Nasdaq is planning to launch a series of trading and investment products based on companies receiving TARP money (see WSJ article). The first is the GRI (Government Relief Index), tracking 24 companies that received over ... to be widely followed and reported, or used as a vehicle to be traded against. The first seems unlikely (since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:49:14

‘Paradise: The Beginning’ Top-Down Shooter…with Zombies

Bone Gravy Games has recently released Paradise: The Beginning ... with this title, but it plays rather nicely.  The player controls the attack vehicle of the aforementioned “ ... and the player’s vehicle has a nice bit of momentum / drift to it. It’s a fun, simple game [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 19:53:11

Raw: Free-Flight Hover Test Shows Ferocity of Military’s ‘Multiple Kill Vehicle-L’

Raw: Free-Flight Hover Test Shows Ferocity of Military’s ‘Multiple Kill Vehicle-L’ 12-10-2008 10:37 am - Lockheed Martin Dateline: Edwards AFB, CA PR Newswire: The full-scale prototype flew at an altitude of approximately 23 feet(7 meters) for 20 seconds, maneuvering while simultaneously tracking a target. 23 COMMENTS | | SHARE [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 23:11:42

JPMorgan on Industrial Production

  Industrial production increased 1.3%m/m in October, considerably above    expectations (JPM: 0.6%, consensus: 0.2%) ...    since 1946. The net result is that the 4Q run-rate on IP was tracking    -9.8%q/q annualized ... .    ·  Business equipment output, a correlate of capital spending, fell    2.2%m/m in October and was tracking [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 16:50:34

Ever Heard of GPS Tracking?

Well honestly, I am not familiar with this also until I came across an article about it. After reading the article, I learned that GPS tracking using a GPS Tracking Key is a small ... this extremely affordable tracking system using GPS tracking key is such a great move for those [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 15:08:00

U.S. Banks Refuse to Detail How They’re Spending Federal Bailout Money

After receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded federal bailout money, the biggest U.S. banks say they can’t track how that money is being spent. Some of the banks are outright refusing to discuss the matter, a new study has found. “We have not disclosed that to the public [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:19:23

Mobile Satellite TV Systems

Mobile Satellite TV Systems Motor vans, boats and military units were the first to us mobile satellite TV systems ... by the movement of the car. Hence, many RVs are now equipped with digital television systems ... performance of mobile satellite TV systems justifies why the sales for DVD players are not on top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:39:44

(C) Step Right Up Obama – Get your TARP Funds here…

Step Right Up Obama – Get your TARP Funds here…by William Patalon III, Executive Editor, Money Morning Editor’s Note: Yesterday, Money Morning took another look at the TARP controversy and some of the newest developments. As Obama has asked President Bush to prompt Congress to release the second part of these funds, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:16:04

50% hike in gas tax pushed

Philadelphia EnquirerThe US federal gas tax is a predicated tax ... . It cannot be used for maintaining existing systems either. So the states have a financial incentive ... to drive less, switch to more economical vehicles and use transit more. At the same time transit systems [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 19:58:14

Multiple Kill Vehicle-L

This looks downright dangerous! Lockheed Martin developed the Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) to hover and kill ... the system. With tracking data from the Ballistic Missile Defense System and its own seeker, the MKV ... tracking a target. This will be the star of my nightmares tonight. Thanks, PAgent! [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:13:32

vacancies appearing in different English News Papers of Arabian / Persian Gulf,Arab Times

Join 4Shared Now!Your Ad Here Great and Updated Jobs by http://www.gulfjobsbank.com/ Job Openings in Arab Times (English Daily of Kuwait) as on: JANUARY 01 , 2009 - THURSDAYAgility provides leading edge supply chain and logistics solutions to private and public sector entities worldwide [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:22:00

U.S. Banks Refuse to Detail How They’re Spending Federal Bailout Money

After receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded federal bailout money, the biggest U.S. banks say they can’t track how that money is being spent. Some of the banks are outright refusing to discuss the matter, a new study has found. "We have not disclosed that to the public [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:56:33

Take into Account Future Car Insurance Before Purchasing a Car

Factor in insurance costs before you buy a car. If you’re 23 and buy that Subaru WRX turbo before you price the auto insurance costs, ... Impreza WRC rally car a... Image via Wikipedia Thus, by way of auto insurance estimate, a person can easily determine how much he is required to pay towards the insurance of the car. While [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 15:57:49

Don’t Train the Fish

There is plenty of potential for QR Codes ... to save the vehicle window sticker to their mobile device.  All they have to do is download a QR ... a picture of the vehicle in which he or she is interested, and a spokeswoman named Lena appears [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:46:36

Oregon Eyes Taxing Vehicles Per Mile By Satellite

By Hasso Hering Albany Democrat Herald | A year ago, ... Whitty, the ODOT official in charge of the project, tried to assure the public that tracking people’ ... took part over 10 months, ending in March 2007. A GPS-based system kept track of the in-state [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:04:54

An Agenda for Real Change by Mitch Gurney

An Agenda for Real Change We face an overwhelming multitude of crises in this country that seem to compound on a daily bases ... from a problem area tracking back to its origins. They would detail and graph this out indicating each spot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:38:07

Box Office Tracking: Yes Man Over Seven Pounds; The Wrestler Could Make $310,000 on 4 Screens in Just 5 Days

The weekend box office battle boils down to Jim Carrey vs. Will Smith. This is a match-up between the former “World’s Biggest Box Office Star” and the reigning champ, and I am giving a slight advantage to the challenger. Either Yes Man (Warner Bros) or Seven Pounds (Sony) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 06:19:56

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