sábado, 6 de febrero de 2021

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Man claims that Butler smacked his dog, but the actor's manager claims that the man's dog bit Butler's pug.

Voice-based, turn-by-turn GPS navigation on the iPhone won't steer you wrong. But, no matter how good the program and the phone — even the iPhone — it's still a phone and not a GPS device.

Investigators were tipped that habitual criminal Bernardo Garcia was back to making and dealing methamphetamine in 2005 but they needed more evidence to nail him.

A government report says the accuracy of GPS signals could deteriorate in the next few years because of delays in satellite launches, but the Air Force says it has plenty of ways of keeping up the navigation system increasingly relied on by drivers and cell phone users.

A former federal prosecutor running for governor approved the tracking of citizens through their cell phones without warrants while he was head of the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey, civil rights attorneys said Thursday.

A motorist relying on a GPS navigation unit found out the hard way that technology is not always the answer. Sheriff's officials said a woman was driving when the best routing from the GPS sent her onto a road that forked into a snowmobile trail. Several miles down the frozen path she stopped and couldn't turn around in about a foot and a half of snow surrounding the car.

When Baby Jesus disappeared last year from a Nativity scene on the lawn of the Wellington, Fla., community center, village officials didn't follow a star to locate him.

Think of motorcycle gear, and fringed saddlebags and leather jackets might come to mind. But today’s riders can trick out their bikes with GPS, digital gauges and Xenon HID auxiliary lighting, and outfit themselves with protective gear that looks like it’s right out of science fiction.

Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too — to help convict him of killing four family members.

Court authorities here will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new program requiring them to wear ankle bracelets with Global Positioning System monitoring.

Mary Babb was in her SUV last year when her estranged husband slammed into her with his pickup truck. The crash overturned Babb's vehicle and left her suspended upside-down by her seat belt.

Is it a long, long way to Tipperary? Don't know if you're on the path to Bath?

Serge Barlam knew something was wrong as soon as he saw the broken glass. During the night, someone broke into both of his family’s cars and stole their portable GPS units.

Consumer navigation devices have gone from expensive gadgets to mainstream gear in just three years, but Europe's largest maker is struggling.

It can be hard to find what remains of the Berlin Wall, a divisive landmark that for 28 years split the German capital and an entire generation.

What will the next version of the iPhone have that the current one doesn’t?

Modern technology is leading some drivers in Secaucus, N.J. straight into a dead end. Truck drivers relying on GPS devices and online map to show them the route to an industrial area are instead running into a road block.

Modern technology is steering some drivers the wrong way in northern New Jersey. Truck drivers using GPS devices and online directions to reach an industrial section of Secaucus are reaching only a road block on Fifth Street.

Since the International Consumer Electronics Show opened Monday, the buzz surrounding automotive technology has been very real, and very loud, as a Formula One race car speeds around a tiny track outside the Las Vegas Convention Center.

They can plumb the Internet for the latest movie times, news headlines, stock figures and gas prices. They'll even help you skirt traffic, find a parking spot or make a phone call. Oh, and they'll navigate for you, too.

A Global Positioning System can tell a driver a lot of things — but apparently not when a train is coming. A computer consultant driving a rental car drove onto train tracks Wednesday using the instructions his GPS unit gave him. A train was barreling toward him, but he escaped in time and no one was injured.

Police arrested a man on suspicion of stealing a GPS receiver after the device apparently gave him away.

Russia has launched three satellites to extend its version of the U.S. Global Positioning System to the entire Russian territory.

A baby Jesus statue here is getting a Global Positioning System for Christmas. The statue, part of a nativity scene, will be equipped with the device after the previous statue went missing, even though it had been bolted down.

Navigation gadgets are now so widely available no one needs to worry about getting lost anymore — except when they're trying to choose the right device.