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Is GPS liability next?

Is GPS liability next?RE: Is GPS liability next?The driver is the one at fault, not the maker of the GPS. It was their lack of driving skill if anything that got the car stuck, not the GPS.GPS Provider should not be liableThe GPS providers offer a device that provide...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS Software, GPS, GPS liability

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

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What should open source do in a car?

Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...

Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder

Short of a simple rear-end collision, liability in car accidents can be difficult to prove. However, a new breed of products eliminates some of the confusion by recording video and GPS data to show what actually happened. The X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder is such a product. it constantly records driving...

Tags: Corporate communications, X-Driven DRS-1100, car, cable, software

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Kai's Headup Display: Speed 1.4 (Mobile)

Headup-Display is a program, which displays the actual GPS speed on your windscreen. For that the digital readout is displayed mirrored on the Pocket PC and is then seen correct on the windscreen. This type of projection is normally used only on expensive cars, even separate upgrade solutions aren''t cheap....

Tags: Mobile, Speed, Kai, Headup-Display, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, GPS, Hardware, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-02-12

Apple continues abuse of App store

Apple continues abuse of App storeYou miss the pointApple's not keeping "cr@p" out, as you say. It's actively and knowingly blocking apps that are competitive with their own. They admit as much in the notices they sent to the rejected developers. It's a clear-cut case of anti-competitive behavior. Ease of...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., App Store

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

The key barrier to health care reform

The key barrier to health care reformReducing residenciesHey, at least Georgia [b]has[/b] residencies. Arizona's University Hospital has, thanks to Andrew Weil, turned all of its general practice residencies into NCCAAM-funded "alternative health care" training programs.If you think it's bad now, wait until your insurance only covers "therapeutic touch" and...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, barrier, health care, residency, physician

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

iPhone 3G GPS - Is it too small in the antenna department to be any good?

iPhone 3G GPS - Is it too small in the antenna department to be any good?Is it a battery issue for the turn by turn?Some have said a a turn by turn would be a massive drain on battery performance. Could it be that Apple actually wants a 3rd party...

Tags: Engineering, iPhone 3G GPS, antenna department, GPS, IS IT, Garmin Ltd., Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone, battery

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Could Apple sell 45 million iPhones a year?

Today the web is alight with speculation as to how Apple will sell 45 million iPhones in 2009.  The catalyst for this speculation is Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster who continues to stand by a prediction made in June 2007 weeks before the iPhone went on sale that by 2009...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., MacRumors, Engineering, Digital Music, Sales Strategy, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Apple collecting iPhone user data

Apple collecting iPhone user dataI would be surprised[i]You did read the iPhone EULA, didn't you?[/i]I would be surprised if even 10% of everyone who agreed to any EULA actually read it.RE: Apple collecting iPhone user dataOh my God. I shudder to think that Apple might possibly know what the temperature...

Tags: Investment, Stock Data, Apple Inc., stock, iPhone user data, Apple iPhone, user data

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

Retailers haven't learned from TJX - still running WEP

Retailers haven't learned from TJX - still running WEPThe problem is customer securityIn the case of TJ Maxx, millions of credit card numbers were gleaned from their wireless network. I totally agree that there's a level of built-in bureaucracy when it comes to IT response, and in most cases,...

Tags: Retail, Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, SECURITY, WEP, TJX, retail company, responsible disclosure

Discussion threads 2007-05-10

LG VX8600

Photo gallery:LG VX8600The LG VX8500 Chocolate phone arrived in the public arena with much fanfare and plenty of advertisements touting its luscious design. Our expectations were understandably high, but we were soundly disappointed when we discovered it wasn't all it was...

Tags: Media players, LG VX8600, LG Electronics Inc., VX8500 Chocolate, telephone

Product reviews 2006-11-22

Images: Terrafugia's flying car

Images: Terrafugia's flying carPah!Flying cars are all well and good BUT WHERE'S MY DAMNED JETPACK? I was PROMISED that jetpacks would be common in the 21st century.Now I'm going to have to get the theme song from the Jetsons out of my head.can i have one with floats, pleaseand while...

Tags: Flying Car

Discussion threads 2006-02-16

Mass. names acting CIO, sticks with OpenDocument

Mass. names acting CIO, sticks with OpenDocumentI agreeThank God for Massachusetts, once again it's symbolically throwing the tea into the harbor. No single company should control public documents, much less the officials which maintain them. If I must purchase a certain overpriced product from a specific vendor to communicate...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, open standard

Discussion threads 2006-01-06

FCC requirement could strand VoIP customers

FCC requirement could strand VoIP customersYou vill sign zee papersThis is heavy handed and unnecessary. How many people actually read all those agreements. This sounds more like an attack on VOIP spurred on by the Telcos.How the hell are the VOIPs gonna get 100% of their customers to...

Tags: Telephony, Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Packet8, VoIP, FCC

Discussion threads 2005-08-25

Software failures in your car

Software failures in your carThat's just scary. C'mon.Who is doing what about this crap? Or, is the industry going to battle over standards and profits while people get killed?Ah yesreminds me of the GM Comdex quotehttp://www.performantsystems.com/GM.htmlAs for nefarious things you could do with such cars, I see a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Backups, Toyota Prius, software, EULA, brake

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

Lexus a nexus between cars and phone viruses?

Lexus a nexus between cars and phone viruses?OuchNow things start getting interesting.People have been mouthing off for the last couple years about whether "the Government" "should" enact legislation and/or policy regarding viruses, spyware and such. Proving that the capability to influence or damage an automotive computer system exists, regardless of...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, phone, Lexus, virus, Toyota Motor Corp., automobile company

Discussion threads 2005-01-26