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State to release predator to Pueblo streets
June 6, 2011 11:23 AM
The Pueblo Police Department announced Monday that a sexually violent predator set to be released from prison will be listed as homeless. However, a detective with the department's sex offender unit says that Emmanuel Bitsuie, 25, will be monitored with a GPS tracking system. Bitsuie is being released from... more » -
Data overload block tracking of sex offenders
October 7, 2010 8:30 AM
A company that provides electronic monitoring to track sex offenders, parolees and others says its system shut down after unexpectedly hitting its data storage limit. That left authorities across 49 states unaware of offenders' movement for about 12 hours. BI Incorporated spokesman Jock Waldo says that prisons and other... more » -
Air Force Space Command defends GPS
September 24, 2010 9:56 AM
The Air Force says a government report raising questions about the Global Positioning System is "overly pessimistic." The report from the investigative arm of Congress says the Air Force faces obstacles in launching next-generation GPS satellites. The Government Accountability Office report says the most recent GPS satellite was almost... more » -
Air Force Space Command gets new leader
September 15, 2010 10:50 AM
An Air Force Academy graduate currently assigned to the Pentagon will be the new leader of the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base. Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton was named to the new post last week. He's also been nominated for promotion to general. He... more » -
Military GPS glitch impacts thousands
June 1, 2010 8:36 AM
A defense expert says a problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt. John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, says the Global Positioning System is central to the American style of... more » -
FAA: Planes must have GPS-based equipment
May 27, 2010 9:48 AM
The Obama administration is taking a major step toward an air traffic control system based on satellite technology. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has released an order Thursday that requires all aircraft that use the nation's busiest airports to have equipment by 2020 that continually broadcasts their location to other... more » -
Peterson AFB to track updated GPS satellites
May 17, 2010 3:54 PM
The Air Force is launching the first of a new generation of Global Positioning System satellites expected to last longer and perform better. The satellite is scheduled to lift off Thursday at about 11:30 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral. GPS uses 24 satellites beaming signals to Earth that... more » -
GPS helps energy companies track far-flung drivers
March 22, 2010 1:06 PM
A trade group says a growing number of energy contractors are using Global Positioning System units in vehicles to track employees' driving behavior in gas fields. The West Slope Colorado Oil and Gas Association says the GPS units help companies remotely monitor drivers to make sure they're not speeding, but... more » -
Chilean city moved stunning 10 feet in earthquake
March 9, 2010 12:56 PM
The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit. Thanks to GPS, scientists at Ohio State University and the University of Hawaii found that the city of Concepcion moved at least 10 feet to the west. It is... more » -
Snowboarders use snow cave to survive night
February 4, 2010 12:52 PM
Two snowboarders are home without injury after getting lost and spending the night in a snow cave. The Vail Mountain Rescue Group says Christin Morton of Silverthorne and Ben Engelsen of Hampton, Virginia, were tired but otherwise OK when rescuers found them Wednesday morning. The snowboarders, both 25,... more » -
Is your phone spying on you?
September 17, 2009 12:04 PM
Most of us carry one. Now the hand-held technology we all rely on is under attack by a flood of covert, internet software designed to use your cell phone against you. The cell phone hi-jacking websites, thousands of them, are easy to find and promise the user easy access... more »
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