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.
Conservationists in Northumberland have used satellite technology to pinpoint 69 rare ants' nests before work to fell thousands of trees begins. The nests, made of conifer needles, are home to the hairy northern wood ant.
Nearly lost amidst the breathless anticipation of all things wireless...is the potential impact these gadgets may have on scientific instruments that likewise need access to the electromagnetic spectrum.
Bill Gurley analyzes the week's news about Google's free turn-by-turn map application on Android phones. Back-story as well as what happened to the stock of the two mapping titans on Thursday. Major disruption from Google. Again.
GREENBELT, MD - A new skymap has been produced that allows astronomers a powerful tool to study and more accurately juxtapose the various celestial objects that comprise the known universe.
GPS navigation devices were the latest must-have tech toys just two years ago, and shares of device makers like Garmin and TomTom were soaring.
The new Motorola Droid handset released by Verizon Wireless October 28th a very nice piece of hardware, however the real news is Google's Android 2.0 software.
The device, known as the Little Buddy Child Tracker (available here) is a small portable GPS tracker that can be stored (or snuck) into a backpack, lunchbox, or pencil case.
I've come to accept Glenn Beck's argument that OnStar is part of a Commie/Nazi plot to invade your privacy.
Designed for newly-married friends in France, the puzzle box is programmed to only open upon delivery to one precise location.
What do you get when you mix PMS with GPS? A crazy @!$%# who will find you
Most of us probably don't like the idea of employers or other people being able to track our every move by GPS location.
Raise your hand if you've been caught on camera running a red light (I am raising my hand).
Finally, a pair of shoes with built-in Bluetooth and GPS connections. Pair them Bluetooth-ily with your cell phone and the shoes can update your location directly to your Faceboook account or send your location out as a text message to five other phones.
Multiple local law enforcement agencies are using satellite-based tracking devices, without warrants, to keep a record of where and when suspects under investigation drive.
We like it when GPS is feeding us information, telling us when traffic is causing a problem and indicating when a bridge is out so that we can warm up our voices ahead of all the hootin' and a hollerin' required for our General Lee replica to clear the gap.
Robert Jones, of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire England, was looking for a gas station when he followed his GPS down a narrow dirt road to a cliffs edge.
Billed as the first high-precision positioning system for the Nintendo DS the Ranger GPS is now available from our overseas friends at DealExtreme.
We have just received an email from the press secretary to Steven Joyce, Minister of Transport, in response to an email we sent to Andrew Knackstedt of the NZ Transport Agency this morning.
The Transport Ministry has clarified the terms of a new law that restricts the use of cellphones in cars, saying that from November it will be illegal to use a mobile phone as a satellite navigation aid while driving.
GPS isn't just helping drivers. Now it's helping singles to navigate the dating scene. How it works: The (potential) One is two blocks away. Cellphone vibrates.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office says Hirum Croxall has not been seen since yesterday. He was convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 12 and is considered a sexual predator.
Two Spring Valley men accused of swiping iPhones from the Apple store were electronically tracked down and arrested, Clarkstown police said today.
Front-line NHS staff are unlikely to have an impact on tackling childhood obesity, say UK researchers. GPs and practice nurses told a University of Bristol team there were limits on what they could do to solve what is effectively a social problem.
Using a computer to tap into the GPS function of his cell phone, a man directed police to the location of the men he said robbed him early yesterday in Shadyside.
A man mugged on a street in Shadyside helped Pittsburgh police catch the assailants using his iPhone.