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With a GPS Failure Possible, Is It Still Safe To Buy?

 

Published 5/20/2009 at PC World Latest Technology News

After a government watchdog agency warned that the U.S. Global Positioning System might fail, is buying a GPS device is still a good idea. In a word: Yes. (link)

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