TomTom uses anonymous cell phone tracking for traffic forecasts
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| The service will initially be offered only in the Netherlands, where Vodafone
| says it has 3.9 million customers. A total of more than 16 million people
| live in the Netherlands. For 399 euros, TomTom will be offering the One XL
| High-Definition Traffic mobile navigation unit, which supports the new
| technology.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/98886/from/rss09
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Hacking the TomTom ONE through Open Source
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| In an unexpected twist of events, the gpl-violations.org project took
| exception to TomTom building an embedded Linux system without going along
| with the GNU General Public License (GPL) constraints that the Linux kernel
| used, and custom modifications, be freely available as open source. They were
| successful in this and TomTom agreed to release the full source code
| including all additions and changes made in-house. Additionally, TomTom
| showed their "appreciation" for Free Software by making a donation, described
| as "significant", to the infamous Chaos Computer Club - read into this what
| you may.
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| OpenTom can be downloaded as pre-compiled images, or in source-code format
| for customising and self-compiling. No matter which route you choose, copy
| the two resulting binaries ttsystem and root.cpio to an SD card and reboot
| following the instructions on site. The OpenTom image is executed instead.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13531/53/
TomTom to buy map supplier Tele Atlas
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| TomTom, the world's biggest maker of car navigation devices, plans to
| buy its main map supplier, Tele Atlas, for 1.8 billion euros ($2.5
| billion) to improve the digital maps used by millions of drivers.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6198299.html
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