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1. Apple iPhone arrest made but danger still exists
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... man, robbed of his iPhone, and cash last month used his home computer to track the stolen cell phone and helped police nab the thieves immediately, the Chicago Tribune reported. A GPS application on the ...

2. N.J. redistricting process can be improved
(Opinion/Commentary)

... perfect, as anyone who has ever been misdirected by a GPS device knows. Nevertheless, technology can do amazing things today. Redistricting needs a human element, but computers can help build a strong ...

3. NJDEP to use federal aid to examine 600 abandoned mines
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... with remediation costs exceeding $500,000. The New Jersey Geological Survey, which will provide matching funds of nearly $90,000, will use some of the $267,000 to provide accurate GPS locations of the ...

4. Cost to your state in lawsuits?
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... Jessica's Law? Same with the Adam Walsh Act... Ask him how he is associated with SecureAlert, the GPS monitoring company... Google Mark Lunsford secure alert you may be surprised what you find. We ...

5. Verizon iPhone up against demand and 4G competition
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... "Continuing processes like downloads, Personal Hotspot and GPS navigation resume automatically when you end your call. You can still send text and get messages when you're on a call. And none of this applies ...

6. Christopher Matlosz’s killer should be exiled to an island with other lifers
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Asia provide an ideal destination for convicted killers, rapists, and others. On the island(s), each prisoner would have an ankle GPS so they would be monitored for escape. Initially, the convicts would ...

7. Geocaching makes state great place for treasure hunting
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... system (GPS) devices and smart phone applications are drawing adventure-minded users to "geocaching." Geocaching (pronounced GEE-oh-cash-ing) takes the best of hiking and adds a twist that's hard to resist ...

8. New Jersey State Police seeking second straight year-end holiday period without traffic fatalities
(N.J./State)

... we are behind the wheel, but none of those extraneous things are worth risking lives for. The text messages and phone calls can wait, the GPS can be set in a parking lot, adjusting the stereo, or your ...

9. 13 New Jerseyans, towns, organizations and companies honored for environmental efforts
(N.J./State)

... received a grant to purchase five Trimble GPS units and 10 ArcMap software licenses to help towns map their stormwater outfalls and comply with the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Municipal ...

10. Technology should be part of the solution...not just the problem
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... I built a tool called OTTER that is a simple GPS based texting auto reply app for smartphones. I think if we can empower the individual then change will come to our highways now and not just our laws. Erik ...

11. Study: No cancer risk near Jersey City chromium waste sites
(Health/Healthquest)

... Club director, is critical of the health review. "I do not think they could find a cancer cluster with a road map and a GPS," Tittel said. "Jersey City already has a high rate of cancer and may be the ...

12. U.S. stimulus results in $27 light bulbs in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... workers, violating program guidelines. And auditors found a series of improper purchases. One agency bought two in-dashboard GPS systems for $1,499, instead of cheaper units for $200. Also purchased were ...

13. N.J. man returns $23K found in lost backpack
(Life/Style)

... Jersey and was playing a treasure hunt game that relies on GPS technology when she left the pack behind at Ramapo State Forest on Halloween. Knox had been "geocaching," a hobby where people use global ...

14. Freddy Perez of Elizabeth guilty of thefts in three counties
(N.J./State)

... Perez broke into several cars throughout Union, Middlesex and Somerset Counties, stealing cell phones, wallets, laptop computers, GPS devices, credit cards and cameras, said White. The thefts occurred ...

15. the dead wood
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... just upsets me! Im with john gps everyone who drives a truck! ...

16. dead wood
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

You should really get rid of all the dead wood on the turnpike. Put gps's in every workers truck so you know where these guys are at every second. Most off the workers on the Turnpike spend more time trying ...

17. A guide to New Jersey's lighthouses
(Life/Style)

BY ERIC MODEL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM JOURNEYS INTO NEW JERSEY Back in an age before GPS and satellite imaging, lighthouses served as guides to sailor and citizen alike. They offered a comforting symbol ...

18. What is a lunar eclipse?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... between eclipses and natural disasters, and, she says, eclipses have no effect on navigational or GPS equipment. It is all simply an act of light and shadow.  ...

19. N.J. teen says GPS made him cause four-car accident
(N.J./State)

BY ALICIA CRUZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The GPS made me do it. That's his story and he's sticking to it. A Marlboro teen, driving on a provisional driver's license, told police that he tried to make an ...

20. Sexual predator awareness training program set
(N.J./State)

... Visual demonstrations of the State Parole Board's GPS and polygraph equipment, used in the containment of sex offenders sentenced to lifetime supervision. * Warning signs that a child may have been ...