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Internet is a 'lawless space', says expert

News Former U.K. government offical warns of the increasing threat from cyberterrorism, and calls for a coordinated international response from governments.

Friday, November 28 2008 12:35 PM

Tags: Web sites, Viruses and worms, Hacking, IT Governance, Threat, Google Earth, Business World, NATO, Internet Activity, violence

Google sued over Sky layer in Google Earth

News A former Google contractor is suing the company for allegedly stealing from him the idea for the Sky layer in Google Earth.

Tuesday, February 19 2008 10:55 AM

Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Lawsuits

Google, Microsoft vie for Earth domination

News A new version of Google Earth is imminent, but Microsoft has plans to beef up its rival application Virtual Earth.

Wednesday, September 13 2006 11:05 AM

Tags: Web sites

Google Maps gets more landmarks, points of interest

News Google Maps has more tiny icons to look at in the form of points of interest that now dot the screen, but the feature currently only works in browsers.

Thursday, August 06 2009 11:03 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Earth, Mobile Device, photograph, phone, Apple iPhone, Web Site, Google Maps, Web

High tech undone by low tech failings

Blogs The recent Mumbai terrorist attacks have left the entire world stunned. Terrorists are now improving their skills so tha...

Friday, January 02 2009 01:42 AM

US lawmaker wants Google Maps to blur certain buildings

News Proposed California state law would criminalize displaying churches, hospitals, government buildings and schools on online maps unless they were blurred.

Wednesday, March 11 2009 09:33 AM

Tags: Privacy, Security, Republican, India, Google Inc., Google Earth, Computerworld, First Amendment, assemblyman, Mumbai

Google Earth gets Google News

News Google Earth now can show Google News in a new layer. The Internet is global, but increasingly, it's local, too.

Wednesday, May 21 2008 09:18 AM

Tags: Search, Web services, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Google Earth, geotagging, search engine company, product manager, software, Google News

Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone

News The Internet giant releases an iPhone version of its geographic exploration software.

Monday, October 27 2008 10:19 AM

Tags: Web sites, Smart phones, GPS, Apple Inc., Satellite, Mobile, Google Inc., Google Earth, Computer, 3D

Google Earth's virtual Roman holiday

News Google Earth is extending its satellite perspective to give virtual time-traveling tourists a view of what the city of Rome looked like nearly two millennia ago.

Thursday, November 13 2008 11:04 AM

Tags: Web sites, City, Satellite, Google Inc., Google Earth, Tool, University of California at Los Angeles, computer graphics, University of Virginia, blog

Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans

News New feature will allow people to "fly" through oceans and seas and view high-resolution images of the underwater topography, researchers say.

Thursday, May 01 2008 01:07 AM

Tags: Web services, NASA, Google Inc., Database, Google Earth, 3D, professor, researcher, Earth, HotSpot

Google Maps adds user-created photos, videos, maps

News New feature enables users to explore areas around the world by bringing up video, photos and interactive maps of a particular location.

Thursday, May 15 2008 10:31 AM

Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Digital media, Map, Google Inc., Google Earth, Video, YouTube Inc., movie, San Francisco

Microsoft gives away stargazed view from Hubble

News Microsoft launches its WorldWide Telescope, a free Web-based program that allows Web surfers to explore the starry skies about.

Wednesday, May 14 2008 10:50 AM

Tags: Web services, Web sites, Web 2.0, Microsoft Corp., Universe, Bill Gates, Google Inc., Google Earth, software company, software

Google opens update software to scrutiny

News By releasing the Google Update software as open source code, Google aims to allay concerns over what exactly the program is up to when it phones home.

Tuesday, April 14 2009 10:43 AM

Tags: Business applications, Open source, Apache Software Foundation, Omaha, Open-source Software, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Earth, Software, blog