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  SLIDESHOW: The strangest sights in Google Earth

• Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards

  By Stephen Lawson | 09 February, 2012 12:57

  A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition.

• Researchers crack satellite encryption

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 February, 2012 09:27

  Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications.

• Turnbull: New satellites unnecessary for NBN

  By Spandas Lui | 08 February, 2012 16:37

  The National Broadband Network (NBN) does not require two new satellites to service rural customers when there is already enough broadband capacity available, according to Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.

• LightSquared asks FCC to regulate GPS receivers

  By Stephen Lawson | 08 February, 2012 10:13

  LightSquared wants the U.S. FCC to set standards for commercial GPS devices to prevent what LightSquared calls interference with other wireless services.

• Canada ruling pushes Dish's LTE plan forward

  By Stephen Lawson | 08 February, 2012 07:06

  The Canadian government has approved the transfer of satellite spectrum to Dish Network, putting the company just one major ruling away from building a land-based 4G mobile data network on the frequencies.

• Garmin offers lifetime free maps with upcoming GPS products

  By Nermin Bajric | 07 February, 2012 14:15

  Garmin offers lifetime free maps with upcoming GPS products

• Toshiba Australia announces sleek consumer line-up (+ gallery)

  By Hafizah Osman | 24 January, 2012 12:25

  Toshiba Australia announces sleek consumer line-up

• Senator questions ethics of alleged LightSquared lobbying

  By Stephen Lawson | 24 January, 2012 08:30

  U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Monday that the owner of LightSquared and a possible representative of the company may have broken ethics rules when they contacted his office about winning approval for LightSquared's planned mobile broadband network.

• Earth to satellite: When will you hit?

  By AAP | 22 September, 2011 09:13

  NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. It's just that if they're off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting Florida or landing on New York. Or, say, Iran or India.

• SLIDESHOW: The strangest sights in Google Earth

  By Tom Spring | 12 July, 2010 16:29

  In the olden days, the ancients recognized Seven Wonders of the World; but thanks to Google Earth, you can now spot thousands of "I wonder what it is" head scratchers.