FAA warns of ongoing GPS issues in southeastern US due to Defense Department ‘tests’
January 20, 2011 No Comment
Don’t panic, but anyone planning on using GPS in the southeastern US for the next month or so will likely want to make sure they have a fallback option. That’s according to a flight advisory just issued by the FAA, which warns pilots that their GPS signal “may be unreliable or unavailable” due to “GPS tests” that the Department of Defense will be conducting between January 20th and February 22nd. Details are fairly light beyond that, but the FAA does note that when the “tests” occur they will be active for 45 minutes, and be followed by 15 minutes of off time — additional notices to pilots will apparently be issued at least 24 hours prior to any test. Of course, while this particular advisory is directed at pilots, it will presumably will also affect all other GPS devices, as the FAA doesn’t mention any GPS issues specific to aviation. The real question, however, is just what those mysterious “GPS tests” are — if they’re, in fact, GPS tests at all… [Thanks, Brady] FAA warns of ongoing GPS issues in southeastern US due to Defense Department ‘tests’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo Credit: Neil Chambers Last Tuesday (Jan 18, 2011), I trekked out to Brooklyn’s famously hip neighborhood Williamsburg for an open house of Loadingdock5 Architecture’s new PassivHaus project . When I got there, I found out the party had been cancelled. To my good fortune, I talked my way into the building – and got a guided tour by one of the… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Eric Schmidt lays out three priorities for Google: LTE, mobile money, inexpensive smartphones
January 20, 2011 No Comment
He didn’t exactly go on at length about them, but Google CEO Eric Schmidt has laid out three clear priorities for the company in a brief guest article for the Harvard Business Review — and, not surprisingly, they’re “all about mobile.” Those include focusing on “developing the under
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Authorities say a Miami-Dade police officer was killed and another was wounded in a shooting. A suspect was also shot. The two officers were working with a US Marshals Service fugitive task force. (Jan. 20)
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Two efforts to reverse some of the stunning police layoffs in Camden, New Jersey failed. The cuts reduced the size of the police force by nearly half in one of the nation’s most impoverished and crime-ridden cities. (Jan. 20)
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Image: Walmart With Michelle Obama there to applaud and promote the effort, Walmart announced a plan this morning to bolster healthy foods by reducing the sugar, sodium and fat content in its packaged foods, lowering fruit and vegetable prices, working with suppliers to lower prices of healthier products, and fighting food deserts around the country…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Ed Balls to replace Alan Johnson in reshuffle following shadow chancellor’s resignation for personal reasons Alan Johnson, who has resigned as shadow chancellor for personal reasons. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Alan Johnson resigned as shadow chancellor this evening for “personal reasons” after a difficult debut in which he struggled to master basic details of economic policy. In a statement issued at 5pm, the former home secretary said that he needed to resign to concentrate on his family. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader who said he accepted Johnson’s resignation “with great regret”, conducted a swift reshuffle in which:…
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Sorry, gents, but your conspiracy theories are wholly kaput — not only is a Samsung Galaxy S getting Android 2.2 stateside, but the speedy software update will start rolling out tomorrow on T-Mobile USA. That’s the word direct from T-Mo chief marketing officer Cole Brodman, who tossed the news to PC Magazine this afternoon, saying that the delay was a “quality control and timing issue.” Apparently, there’s extra work involved in skinning the operating system and adding exclusive apps like WiFi calling — though he didn’t confirm either would specifically appear in the Vibrant’s build of Froyo. Here’s some more welcome news, though: the gentleman promised that in general, Android updates on T-Mobile will be more prompt from now on, as the firm’s shooting to update all phones to new versions within five months of Google making source code available. Does that mean we should expect some Gingerbread men by May? We’re not totally sure, but we imagine that T-Mobile’s rivals aren’t sitting still — we’ll probably hear some fascinating , captivating and totally epic news about Froyo any minute now. Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant will get Froyo tomorrow, says T-Mobile CMO originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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