Archive for April 2nd, 2009
A crowd of villagers have blocked a Google Street View car taking photographs of their homes. Police were called to Broughton, near Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, after locals took action, complaining that the procedure was an invasion of their privacy and the photographs would attract burglars.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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GOOGLE maps has been causing a stir with its Street View functionŠover recent weeks, with questions being raised about whetherŠit is an invasion of privacy.
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Before his arrest, Tom Berge stole lead roof tiles from several buildings in south-east England, including the Honeywood Museum in Carshalton, the Croydon parish church, and the Sutton high school for girls. He then sold those tiles to scrap metal dealers. As a security expert, I find this story interesting for two reasons. First, among attempts to ban , or at least censor , Google Earth, lest ...
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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Chinese internet users will be able to download more than 1 million tracks Chinese internet users will be able to download more than 1m music tracks for free after Google launched a new web service with the world's four largest music labels. Pulling the L-plates from a service that launched in trial mode a year ago, the downloads service marks an aggressive move by Google to take on the Chinese ...
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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Residents of an affluent village formed a human chain to prevent Google from taking pictures of their homes amid fears the images could be used by burglars.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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