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Sunday, May 23, 2010

GPS is getting an $8-billion upgrade

Ohio classImprovements, including the replacement of satellites, aim to make the system more reliable, more widespread and much more accurate.

Without it, ATMs would stop spitting out cash, Wall Street could blunder billions of dollars in stock trades and clueless drivers would get lost.

It's GPS, and it's everywhere.

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