Google Gears , the gears that power the tubes ( really a internet browser plug - in thatlets you work in entanglement apps offline ) has been updated with enhancedgeo - location powers for laptop computer , so now developer can “ securely locate users to within 200 m accuracy ” in hundreds of cities in either IE , Firefox , Safari or Chrome , and soon , Opera . Sorta kinda likeSkyhook , whichthe iPhone uses , it triangulates your locating against Wi - Fi access code signal around you . Obviously , this opens up all kinds of location - base hot pants that was peculiarly sorta restricted to phones — on your notebook in Harbucks and wanna find some nearby Nipponese food , or a coffee place that does n’t burn their noggin ? Or just find out what ’s going on within your immediate country with tops - local intelligence . If you ’ve get some weird privateness sniggles ( and they were would be weird if use a phone with geo - location stuff since guess what ? ) Gears does n’t put down user location , though the land site you ’re visiting very well might . So the Goog recommend sticking with sites you trust . But you might as well get over it — location - base services are the very near future . [ GoogleviaArs ]
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