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GPS maker Garmin has unveiled the latest model in its nüvi line of automotive GPS sytems, the nüvi 1490T, featuring a large 5-inch touchscreen display, a body that's 25 percent thinner than most nüvi units, and a new multiple-point routing feature that can calculate the most efficient routes for trips that have multiple stops. The unit also features Garmin's premiere navigation assistance features, like lane… Read More

It's no secret that people who need to get from point A to point B aren't always driving a car, so GPS marker Garmin is finally coming out with pedestrian-friendly GPS units in the form of its new nüvi 1200 and nüvi 1300 series. The new units will feature a slim form factor designed to be affordable and useful both in a car and on foot. Optional CityXplorer maps will be available for selected tourist destinations in… Read More

Bad-boy rockers Mötley Crüe (yes, we're going with the umlauts) are set to become the first group to release a single through the video game Rock Band, with the song “Saints of Los Angeles” from their upcoming album slated to be available to music fans for $0.99. The song will go on sale today through Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace today, and debut this Thursday via Sony's PlayStation Store.… Read More

Just in time for CES, Garmin has announced a spate of new GPS products designed to both refresh its lineup of portable navigation devices intended for personal and in-vehicle use, but also update its product offerings for athletes, the outdoor-oriented, and folks who just want a GPS they can connect to their PC, thank you very much. First up, the company has announced four new entries in its nüvi GPS line, including the nüvi 800… Read More

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics to France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Grünberg for their research into giant magnetoresistance&mdashGMR—which enables greater amounts of data to be packed into ever-smaller areas. The two scientists discovered the phenomena independently of each other; they also shared the 2007 Japan Prize for their research. GMR works by… Read More

Throughout the world, it's generally well-known that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is the founder of the modern republic of Turkey; it's not so generally well-known that insulting Atatürk is a crime in the modern republic of Turkey. Tuesday, Turk Telecom, the nations largest fixed-line communications provider, blocked access to Google's video sharing site YouTube following a court ruling deeming a video available on the… Read More

Fresh off a dismissal of some patent infringement claims which left both Garmin and rival TomTom declaring victory, Garmin has announced a major refresh of its GPS product line…including a new product designed to let Fido in on the GPS action. First up: the Garmin Astro, consisting of a transmitter harnessed to your favorite pooch and a handheld receiver which stays with the owner. Designed to help out with the location of hunting… Read More