Hey Google, stop invading our privacy!Unauthorized internet surveillance is becoming an increasing concern and the whiz kids at Google are largely to blame. Recent privacy violations make it quite clear the search engine giant has gone too far, writes Conservative British MP Robert Halfon.
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Google Earth documents destruction in Darfur
Google has teamed up with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to share thousands of satellite photos of the widespread destruction in Darfur through its Google Earth service, in an effort to “document the true enormity of the destruction”.
North Korea as seen by Google Earth
We all know Google Earth is kind of amazing, but what can you find out about traditionally closed off places with its technology and others like it? Rather a lot apparently!
Melville Island forestry: Rainforest? What rainforest?
Great Southern Plantations may want to blame “mapping technology” for some of its breaches of landclearing regulations on Melville Island, but perhaps it should just learn how to count, writes Charles Roche.
Google APEC challenge: Fly an F-16 into a venue
Hey kids! Fly an F-16 into the APEC hotspots in Sydney from the comfort of your own computer. No risk of arrest. No troublesome criminal record. No being hauled by the ghoulies by fascist police sadists into a mobile prison cage.
