Archive for March 24th, 2009

Google and Privacy International come to blows (Infomatics)

The complaint has heightened already fraught tensions between the two organisations, and has led Privacy International to seek legal advice after Google suggested that the group is "far from impartial".

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Google and the garden path (BBC News)

Just what is Google looking for with its Street View?

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Google to fund another round of NetSurf development (Drobe.co.uk)

By Michael Drake . Published: 22nd Mar 2009, 22:49:15. Development work on the open source NetSurf web browser project will once again be funded by Google as part of the internet giant's Summer of Code scheme . NetSurf has been accepted into this year's GSoC, which pays students to develop open source software during their holiday, under the guidance of a mentor.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Photos: Britain’s datacentres - as seen by Google Street View (Silicon.com)

Google has launched Street View in the UK - opening up Blighty's highways to the world's prying eyes. But aside from taking virtual tours of 25 of the UK's cities, Street View can also be used to spy on tech infrastructure. Here we round-up 10 datacentres that can be seen via Street View. Pictured here is the fortress-esque GlobalSwitch 2, in London's Docklands - which claims to be Europe's ...

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Google and Privacy International come to blows (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Privacy International has filed a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) about Google's Street View, citing 200 individuals who have objected to certain images.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009