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The Daily Engadget: GPS Is A-OK, Ionic-Cooling Laptops, In-Car Sat TV

by Tim Stevens on May 22, 2009 at 03:56 PM


Our friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click on the Engadget links in each story below.

Air Force Says GPS is Safe
This week, we heard talk that the Air Force was doing such a shoddy job of managing their network of GPS satellites, that the entire system could fail sometime next year. Now an Air Force Colonel is responding that there's nothing to worry about. Feel better yet?


Ionic Cooling Coming Soon to Laptops
Laptops get hot, and when used as described (on a lap), they tend to get rather uncomfortable. The traditional fan-based cooling approach only gets you so far, but the great hope is that ionic cooling will step in and save the day (and our legs) in the not-too-distant-future.

RIP OQO
If you're a fan of Ultra Mobile PCs, shed a tear for OQO. This economy has hit everyone hard, but few harder than small gadget companies, and OQO is now officially bust. Hope you got that last warranty repair in on time....


AT&T Rolling Out CruiseCast In-Car Satellite TV
Running out of DVDs to keep your kids blissfully amused while making cross-country sight-seeing tours? AT&T may have your back with its CruiseCast service -- if you can afford the $1,299 cost for the hardware and additional $28 monthly fee.

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