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GPS device maps typically two years old
News User-generated data may be the answer to the problem of users encountering inaccurate maps on their GPS navigation devices, say industry voices.
Tags: GPS, Web 2.0, Map, Asia-Pacific, Tool, Singapore, managing director, Google Maps, director, Web 2.0
For maps, detail is king
News Streetdirectory.com launches a redesign, trumps "accuracy" card and takes a cautious step toward user-generated data.
Tags: Web services, Location-based services, Map, Asia, Philippines, Training, Google Inc., Singapore, managing director, Google Maps
Nokia targets 300M services users by 2011
News Finnish phone maker looking beyond selling devices and wants 300 million users on its devices pulling cloud data within two years, says its corporate strategy chief.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Data services, Mobile platforms, Facebook, Nokia Corp., London Business School, mobile, Broadband, chief development officer, device manufacturer
Google Maps adds user-created photos, videos, maps
News New feature enables users to explore areas around the world by bringing up video, photos and interactive maps of a particular location.
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Digital media, Map, Google Inc., Google Earth, Video, YouTube Inc., movie, San Francisco
Augmented reality: Not that real yet
News Why iPhone apps that act as a digital guidebook aren't quite ready for prime time and is a step down from using conventional mapping and search applications.
Tags: Smart phones, GPS receiver, Phone, App, Smart Phone, McDonald's Corp., GPS, Smartphone, Washington, Apple iPhone
Export project data for future effort estimation
Techguide Learn to tweak your estimation matrix even further by analyzing the project data from your Microsoft Project schedule.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, Estimation Matrix, C, Andrew Makar, Microsoft Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Deliverable, Tool, Gantt Chart
End of an era for Office 2000
News Support for Office 2000 expired Tuesday, 10 years after Steve Ballmer announced a Web-based version of the productivity suite.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Office suites, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, productivity suite, software-as-a-service, online application, Web, Microsoft Office, Office suites
Create custom keybindings in vim
Techguide Find out how you can work smarter in vim by adding and changing keybindings to more familiar commands.
Tags: Linux, Open source, C, Red Hat Inc., Mode, Vincent Danen, Canada, Open source, Linux, team
Update Windows scripts using these handy PowerShell commands
Techguide It may be time to upgrade batch files to PowerShell for automating the role of administering a Windows Server.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Computer, batch file, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, remote server, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows
Moto Droid off to a good start. But is it good enough?
News Motorola's Droid phone reports healthy figures in first week of sales, but will face competition from other Android phones coming on to the scene.
Tags: Google Android, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Ed Zander, Phone, Motorola Inc., advertisement, Google Android, Smart Phone
Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator
Product Reviews Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator
Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc., Location, Tool, GPS, Messaging, movie, local search, Verizon Wireless
Google Maps gets more landmarks, points of interest
News Google Maps has more tiny icons to look at in the form of points of interest that now dot the screen, but the feature currently only works in browsers.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Earth, Mobile Device, photograph, phone, Apple iPhone, Web Site, Google Maps, Web
With IE 9, Microsoft fights back in browser wars
News By showing first glimpses of technology in Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft also showing it's serious about building competitive browser.
Tags: Web browsers, Acceleration Feature, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Microsoft Internet Explorer, performance, Hardware, JavaScript
Apple buys map service to compete with Google?
News Apparent purchase of PlaceBase may explain why Apple required Google Latitude to be a Web-based app and not a native iPhone app.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Google Inc., Apple Inc., mobile, PlaceBase, Google Latitude Episode, Business Strategies & Functions, Dell Latitude, Web Browser, Eric Schmidt
Setting up a dynamic DNS service: dhcpd
Techguide In this followup to our previous report, we configure ISC's dhcpd service, which will serve the DHCP-based IP addresses to clients and update the DNS records accordingly.
Tags: Operating systems, Domain Name, DNS Server, IP, IP Address, MAC, Server, DNS, dynamic DNS, Operating systems
