TECH.BLORGE.com » Navigation http://tech.blorge.com Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Road blunders prompt sat-nav summit http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/06/road-blunders-prompt-sat-nav-summit/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/06/road-blunders-prompt-sat-nav-summit/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:09:29 +0000 John Lister http://tech.blorge.com/?p=41814 Road blunders prompt sat-nav summitThe British government is to hold a special event to tackle the problems of outdated information on satellite navigation (GPS) systems. It’s designed to deal with high-profile blunders that have even damaged houses.

The summit, to be hosted by the Department of Transport, will [...] Related posts:

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The new system currently provides coverage in China itself. The [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/27/china-launches-own-gps-like-network/feed/ 1 A letter to Santa Claus on greening up his sleigh http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/24/a-letter-to-santa-claus-on-greening-up-his-sleigh/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/24/a-letter-to-santa-claus-on-greening-up-his-sleigh/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:16:00 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/24/a-letter-to-santa-claus-on-greening-up-his-sleigh/ Santa and sleighDear Santa,

I’ve been watching TV and I just wanted to offer a few suggestions on improving [...] Related posts:

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With a lot of help from [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2010/09/08/navteq-is-giving-navigation-a-human-touch/feed/ 0 Beta Firefox 4 Panorama to solve tab chaos http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2010/08/25/beta-firefox-4-panorama-to-solve-tab-chaos/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2010/08/25/beta-firefox-4-panorama-to-solve-tab-chaos/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:54:10 +0000 Michael W. Jones http://tech.blorge.com/?p=32430 Every since the concept of browser tabs was introduced, many users have found themselves drowning in a sea of them. A new feature called Panorama has debuted in the newest Firefox beta and hopes to solve the problem.

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