Get Tough & Rugged With the Beefy but Cool Hummer Laptop

One of the coolest things about my job is that I get to mess around with all kinds of cool technology... now, I haven't had one of these badboys sent to me yet, however, if I was looking at upgrading my laptop to something a bit more rugged the Itronix HUMMER Laptop would be at or near the top of my list.

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3rd Annual Navteq LBS Challenge Validates LBS - The Winners

The winners of the 3rd annual Navteq LBS Challenge were announced to a standing room only crowd at CTIA Wireless 2006 in Las Vegas. In a testament to the continued growth and demand for mobile location-based services, some 256 applications were entered in the 2006 challenge.

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48 hours at CTIA wireless in Las Vegas

I recently had the pleasure of spending 48 hours in Vegas to take in CTIA Wireless 2006. HOT topics this year included: mobile music, mobile TV, SMS, mobile payment, making the UI simple, branding, user-driven content and lastly, content is king.

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Gmaps 101 - An Introduction to Google Maps & The Google Maps API (Part 1)

In this first article on the Google Maps API you will discover the fundamental programming constructs for developing web mapping applications with the hottest web mapping application development tool. This tutorial looks at using v 2 of the Google Maps API.

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Flash Lite 1.1 Development for Nokia S60 Handsets from Adobe

Adobe, formerly Macromedia, has a fabulous resource for application developers via their Mobile and Devices Application Developer Center. Now you can locate loads of useful resources enabling you to develop using Flash Lite 1.1 for your Nokia S60 handsets.

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Gearing up for Another Orange Partner Camp - May 8-10, Florida

It's that time of the year again and the crew from Orange Developer will be hosting developers for a fully-charged, non-stop, 50 hours where existing and potential partners will come together at Orange Partner Camp to create the future with Orange... some amazing prizes are up for grabs as well!

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Phone2Gearth for S60 converts GPS data to Google Earth KML

Phone2Gearth for S60 is a clever application enabling S60 (and S80)device users to use their favorite smartphone along with a bluetooth enabled GPS and enjoy the results using the popular Google Earth viewing client.

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NASA World Wind version 1.3.4 released

Without much fan fare, NASA has announced the release of World Wind 1.3.4 - updates include 15m Landsat imagery
Improved elevation data based on SRTM+ and SRTM

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See the World in real-time with Earthcam

EarthCam (www.earthcam.com) is the world's favorite webcam network and we can see why! EarthCam delivers live images of major tourism destinations to consumers in 182 countries, enabling users to view real-time images from famous destinations like the Space Needle, Bondi Beach, Red Square, and Ground Zero in New York.

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