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Parsec Antennas Designed for Telit Mini GPS Receiver

January 14, 2014 - By

Telit Wireless Solutions and Parsec Technologies today announced that a combination of the companies’ technologies results in a low profile  companion solution for GPS receiver and antenna. For host devices able to accommodate higher volumetric symmetry, assembly of the components can be made to fit a 6 x 16 x 8 millimeter volume. A flat component arrangement can yield an... read more

Samsung Introduces Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO Series

January 14, 2014 - By

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. unveiled the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO line of tablets. The  devices include the Galaxy NotePRO (12.2-inch) and TabPRO (12.2, 10.1, 8.4-inch).  “We created the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO series to kick-off a year in which Samsung truly establishes its leadership in the tablet market,” said JK Shin, CEO and President of IT & Mobile Division,... read more

Samsung Introduces Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO Series

January 14, 2014 - By

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. unveiled the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO line of tablets. The  devices include the Galaxy NotePRO (12.2-inch) and TabPRO (12.2, 10.1, 8.4-inch).  “We created the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO series to kick-off a year in which Samsung truly establishes its leadership in the tablet market,” said JK Shin, CEO and President of IT & Mobile Division,... read more

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Blast from Sun Unsettles Earth’s Magnetic Field, but No Storming

January 13, 2014 - By

Forecasters at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center said the sun’s coronal mass ejection (CME) that reached Earth on Jan. 9, unsettled the geomagnetic field but did not cause storm conditions to be reached due to the weak magnetic field. While there is still a chance we could see some geomagnetic storming, that threat is greatly diminished. The Space Weather Prediction... read more

Connor-Winfield Offers COSPAS-SARSAT TCXO for Emergency Distress Transmitters

January 13, 2014 - By

COSPAS-SARSAT beacons are battery operated emergency distress transmitters for locating ships or persons when time is critical for survival.  The new Connor-Winfield series CSBxx Series are Surface Mount, 5x7mm, 3.3V, LVCMOS or Clipped Sinewave Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillators (TCXO) designed to be emergency beacon frequency references requiring tight ± 0.2 ppm frequency stability and frequency slope control of only ±0.7... read more

GAGAN Certified for Aviation in India

January 13, 2014 - By

The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India certified on December 30 the GAGAN system to RNP0.1 (Required Navigation Performance 0.1 Nautical Mile) service level, according to The Hindu. Now aircraft equipped with Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) receivers will be able to use GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) signals in Indian airspace for en route navigation and non-precision... read more

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Panasonic Unveils Rugged 7-Inch Tablet

January 13, 2014 - By

Panasonic has introduced the latest member of its Toughpad family. Panasonic said the Toughpad FZ-M1 is the thinnest  and lightest  rugged 7-inch fanless tablet with a fourth–generation Intel  Core  i5 processor available today. Running Windows 8.1 Pro, the Toughpad FZ-M1 is designed for enterprise and government environments. With a broad range of configuration options available, it can be customized to meet the... read more

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Important Deprecation Announcement for ArcGIS 10.1 and the 10.2.1 Release

January 13, 2014 - By

Esri announced, via blog, their deprecation plan for ArcGIS 10.1. According to the announcement, at each release, Esri assesses if there are any platforms (operating systems, databases, development environments, or hardware) that are at the end of their supportability. Additionally, it reports that it reviews technology to see if any of the newer functionality has superseded older functionality. In either... read more

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