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Hang onto your old Magellan GPS units, because they’re about to become collector’s items. The former GPS goliath that helped usher in the era of personal navigation units over the last decade will sell off its consumer products division in the future to Taiwanese rival Mitac, maker of the popular Mio and Navman brands. Magellan announced the “definitive agreement to sell” on Monday, which it expects to close in… Read More

Two members of the House of Representatives have co-sponsored a bill that would make it illegal for you to place calls from your cell phone during a flight, according to Vnunet. The Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act (HANG UP Act) would mean airlines couldn’t legally offer calls on flights. That will irk airlines, who’ve been rubbing their hands at the charges they could make for the calls. Of course, as things stand… Read More