An interesting article crossed my desk recently.  Although it was written a few years back I find that very little has changed in the legalities of GPS tracking.  It’s well worth a read:

Rob Cerullo
Advanced technology greatly enhances a police officer’s ability to fight crime but presents challenging constitutional issues. One particularly helpful new tool [...]

It’s nice to see friends succeeding, especially when you know they are succeeding by helping others succeed.
Fleet-management specialist GeoTab has opted for general packet radio service (GPRS) as its live data transfer option, as it provides constant data transfer which enables uninterrupted monitoring of vehicles.
As it is constantly live, there is no need to poll [...]

It’s no secret that I’m a registered GPS enthusiast. I’ve contracted out millions of dollars in GPS work, I’ve sold significant numbers of GPS solutions as a private businessman and I’ve been directly involved with the technology platform (helping to build the ground communications segment of the system) since the days when there was [...]

I wrote sometime back about a Swiss firm who had a concept for an airship that is a lighter than air (LTA) craft that would fly at extreme altitudes and serve as a node in a wireless network. Think of a cellular site with a 13 or 14 mile tall antenna.
Well today’s news features [...]

Greyhound Australia, the only national coach operator in the country, has successfully implemented a SiemensVDO Fleet Management solution, designed and developed by Control Instruments (CI) OmniBridge. This strategic decision was taken to fulfill the Engineering Standard requirement, tracking and communicating in a cost saving way. The FM Locator, developed by CI OmniBridge and sold by [...]

Saw this press release this morning:
Trimble has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire @Road, Inc. of Fremont, Calif. The transaction equity value is approximately $496 million. After subtracting @Road’s net cash position of approximately $79 million, the transaction enterprise value is $417 million. The transaction will be accounted for as a purchase.  More here:

Trimble [...]

Here’s an interesting quote that could have been written recently about the US, but wasn’t.
Many of our civil liberties concerns are justified, but we are in danger of whingeing, not sleepwalking our way into a surveillance society. When we have arrogant motorists complaining about speed cameras while supporting the serving of Asbos on, if not [...]