Archive for February 18th, 2009

Google Earth reveals secret history of US base in Pakistan (Times Online)

The US was secretly flying unmanned drones from the Shamsi airbase in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan as early as 2006, according to an image of the base from Google Earth.

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Mr. and Mrs. Boring lose Google Street View tilt (The Register)

Streisand Effect undoes privacy crusade Mr. and Mrs. Boring have lost their quixotic legal battle against Google's Orwellian attempt to spy on the entire planet.…

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Google wins Street View privacy case (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

A Pennsylvania couple who claimed that their privacy had been violated by Google's Street View mapping service have failed to win compensation through the US courts.

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Google wins Street View privacy case (vnunet.com)

Rosalie Marshall, vnunet.com , Wednesday 18 February 2009 at 17:31:00 Boring couple fail to prove suffering A Pennsylvania couple who claimed that their privacy had been violated by Google's Street View mapping service have failed to win compensation through the US courts....

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Google sued by biz directory (The Register)

Antitrust claim A business directory site is suing Google for allegedly unfairly raising prices and favouring a rival firm.…

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009