Archive for April 21st, 2009

Serial lead thief who used Google Earth to identify historic buildings is jailed (Daily Mail)

A serial thief who used Google Earth to target historic buildings before stripping lead from their roofs has been jailed for a year.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Google Earth thief jailed after stripping lead from rooftops (Daily Telegraph)

A thief who used Google Earth to zoom in on historic buildings before stripping lead from their roofs has been jailed just weeks after being spared jail by magistrates.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Thief jailed after using Google Earth to strip lead from roofs to fund ‘champagne lifestyle’ (Daily Mail)

Thief jailed after using Google Earth to strip lead from roofs to fund 'champagne lifestyle'

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Google serves up brace of slightly skewed search tools (The Register)

George Bush and Elvis Presley together at last Google announced two more new tools – Similar Images and Google News Timeline – for its growing online Labs project yesterday.… Whitepaper - Compliance in the supply chain

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Google in UK tax avoidance row (Contractor UK)

Just days after calls that Google should be more closely monitored, a critical eye has been cast over the company’s public accounts by a corporate tax avoidance expert.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009