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1. Google Earth invents a town

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   Google Earth seems to think that England does not have enough towns and has decided to put one of its own in. Google Earth seems to think that England does not have enough towns and has decided to put ...

2. My 10 favorite Windows apps

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   ... An exception to my old software rule. But this software is really fab. It does so much and gives so much that I really wouldn't be without it. 7. Google Earth. Such a spooky application. I can zoom into ...

3. Monopoly goes global with online Google Earth version

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 08 September 2009

   Google has teamed up with Hasbro to develop a version of Monopoly for people who really like to indulge their megalomania. Google has teamed up with Hasbro to develop a version of Monopoly for people ...

4. Scifi writers powering weapons against Google

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 03 September 2009

   ... to countering the evil empire of Google's Book Settlement. San Francisco, Earth - US science fiction and fantasy writers have joined forces with Microsoft and Amazon in an unlikely coalition of librarians, ...

5. Apple announces press conference, world faints with excitement

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Tuesday, 01 September 2009

   ... front pages of blogs around the world. As hacks jostled for position on Google News with speculation on what Apple might be announcing - an iPhone identical to but incompatible with earlier models, a ...

6. Motorola Morrison surfaces: The iPhone the ROKR should have been?

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 10 August 2009

   Following Motorola’s original announcement that the company would build Google Android-based cellphones, we are now seeing first sketches of the device and are reading about leaked specifications. And ...

7. Google releases Moon in Earth on 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing

   (Space/Space Features)

   Monday, 20 July 2009

   ... has been integrated in Google’s Earth application. There is a new Moon section in Earth, which lets users explore the moon in a similar way as Earth. Chicago (IL) – On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong ...

8. Google, Bing Wars - don't do as I do, do as I say

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 01 July 2009

   ... turns out to be a damned sight more helpful than its rivals when it comes to giving users choice. Having occasion to install Google Earth on a new machine, we failed to notice the little check box on ...

9. Fish thieves turn to Google Earth

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 29 June 2009

   Police say criminals are using Google Earth to target homes with large ponds in the North East of England in order to steal valuable koi carp. Hull, England - Police say criminals are using Google ...

10. Google boosts ego of people with boring names

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    Search engine behemoth Google introduced a set of tools helping people who want to "look themselves up on the Internet" but have really dull names.Mountain View (CA) - Search engine behemoth Google ...

11. The ultimate 3D mouse, yours for $500

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 17 April 2009

    ...  However, I wrote before that these Space Navigator devices are fantastic controllers for those who enjoy Google Earth. Entry level products including just the navigator knob are priced from about $100. ...

12. Apple close to one billionth App Store app served, prize to be awarded

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    ... Labs18) iHunt, $0.99, JOHN MOFFETT19) iShoot, $1.99, Ethan Nicholas20) Monopoly, $4.99, Electronic Arts TOP 20 FREE APPS: 1) Facebook, Facebook2) Google Earth, Google3) Pandora Radio, Pandora Media, ...

13. Microsoft's 196 megapixel camera

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 09 April 2009

    ... today for aerial photography and will use it soon to improve the quality of terrain imagery used by its Live Maps mapping service. Popular online mapping services like Google Maps or Microsoft's Live ...

14. Google says it does not hurt newspapers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    In a response to a claim made by the Associated Press regarding unfair use of AP stories on newspaper websites, Google’s Alexander Macgillivray said that the AP and newspapers got it all wrong. While ...

15. Microsoft kills Encarta: Is society getting dummer?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    ... hardly comes as a surprise. Encarta was faced with Wikipedia, Google's search engine and several online business models that predominantly lure users with free premium content. Chicago (IL) - Microsoft's ...

16. NASA to provide 100 TB of space images to Microsoft

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 24 March 2009

    Microsoft is catching up with Google and said it has signed an agreement to make planetary images and other data available to the public via the WorldWide Telescope website. The data is expected to become ...

17. Mount Redoubt erupts four times in three hours

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 23 March 2009

    The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the aviation color code to red on Saturday March 21 at 10:38pm (its highest level) and is now reporting that on late Monday and early Tuesday of last week Mount Redoubt ...

18. Review: Chrome 2.0 beta is speedy, still falling behind in features

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    Historically, moving from a 1.x to 2.0 version number suggests a host of improvements. Sadly, in Google's case with Chrome 1.0.154.48 moving to 2.0.169.1 -- it's just a marketing trick, like the kind ...

19. Google shakes things up with "earthquakes" search

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 March 2009

    Yesterday, Google announced a slick new feature that is sure to rattle your mind. When searching for the keyword "earthquakes" (plural), users will be given relevant information about recent earthquakes. ...

20. Updated Mac desktops arrive March 24, as does a "pleasant surprise"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... meaty Mac Pro. Japanese site Kodawarisan claims (via Google Translate) that new Macs are coming as early as tomorrow. Whatever the case, don't expect anything truly Earth-shattering. If recent unibody ...

21. Google Translate now understands 41 languages

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    Google’s translation engine that is used daily by millions has now been updated to support 41 languages, which comprise 1640 language pairs in Google's translation matrix. Google claims it can now translate ...

22. Google joins Europe in case against Microsoft

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 25 February 2009

    ... European Union said it accepted a request from Google to join an antitrust lawsuit that targets Microsoft’s dominance of the Web browser market. Chicago (IL) - In January 2008, the European Commission ...

23. UPDATED: Google Ocean watchers may have found Atlantis

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Sunday, 22 February 2009

    A Google Ocean image of an underwater section of the Atlantic ocean at 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W is drawing wide attention as a possible location of the lost city of Atlantis. The location is about 700 ...

24. UPDATED: NASA to launch orbiting carbon observatory to study CO2

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 19 February 2009

    ... launch blog to track the craft's progress. NASA's main OCO page is here. UPDATED:  February 20, 2009 - 9:47am CSTPurdue University has published a Google Earth web-browser extension that allows one ...

25. Apple absent from MWC, but iPhone still on everyone's lips

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... Ballmer was bashing Apple's handset once again, while AT&T chief defended it. Google showed its love via offline Gmail access, while a small developer demoed the first premium turn-by-turn GPS application ...

26. Google Earth helps scientists find several new species

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 02 February 2009

      More information has now surfaced about findings from a recent expedition to a previously hidden forest in Mozambique - which was discovered by scientists searching through Google Earth's aerial views. ...

27. Google Earth goes "Google Mars" compliments of NASA

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 02 February 2009

      NASA and Google announced today the release of a new "Mars mode" in Google Earth which allows for high-resolution views of red planet's surface. The first of its kind based on real data from any non-Earth ...

28. Google Earth helps Swiss police find "marijuana plantation"

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

      Swiss police reported today that they happened across a "large marijuana plantation" while using Google Earth. The find ended up being part of a bigger investigation that ultimately led to the arrest ...

29. Obama Truth Tracker website includes technology promises

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 25 January 2009

    ... given to Google employees in 2006 to Net Neutrality. See PolitiFact.com website.  ...

30. Google Maps and New York City create ingenious local resource

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

      The newly launched NYCGo website, created by the New York City government in conjunction with Google, is designed to provide resources for both visitors and locals. Along with the launch came the unveiling ...

31. Throw your hard drive away, Google's Gdrive arriving in 2009

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 19 January 2009

    Google Drive, or Gdrive as it is better known, has to be the most anticipated Google product so far. When it arrives, Gdrive will likely cause a major paradigm shift in how we use computers and bring ...

32. Big News Around CES That Got Little Coverage

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... Given these cars were surrounded by beautiful custom cars the fact that they stood out and drew crowds was impressive; the fact they were, OMG, Hyundai's was amazing. Where oh Where was Google? There ...

33. Macworld 2009: Apple unleashes iWork '09 and cloud-based iWork.com beta

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    ... most customers required, although nothing Earth-shattering. With iWork '09 and an accompanying free iWork.com beta service, Apple is essentially competing with the likes of Google Docs, ZoHo Office and ...

34. How does NORAD track Santa's journey?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 24 December 2008

    ... Children can track Santa’s whereabouts online via a Google Map and Google Earth, via cellphone and Blackberry, and even on Twitter. The operation is completed by volunteers and corporate donations that ...

35. MIT's "Next Giant Leap" team announced, will try to claim Google's Lunar X-Prize

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 18 December 2008

      MIT announced today their "mystery team." It's a group of of engineers from MIT, an aerospace company and various small businesses with one goal in mind: to win the Google Lunar X-Prize competition and ...

36. Google releases maps editor for Android G1

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 16 December 2008

    Google has released a new application for Android-powered cellphones that lets users create, edit, share and view personalized maps on the go, and to synchronize them with the My Maps tab on Google ...

37. Google Street View now on Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 15 December 2008

    Google’ Street View is adding support for more major mobile platforms: Following its debut on Android debut as well as versions for the iPhone and BlackBerry, Google is now offering the feature for ...

38. NASA's Mars Orbiter completes two-year mission

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 12 December 2008

    ... house-sized objects in detail (slightly less detail than the satellite views seen by Google Earth and other similar tools), and 1% of the surface at images able to see details on objects the size of an ...

39. Google enables Gmail SMS messages

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 11 December 2008

      Google’s Gmail team is on a roll. Two days ago we were introduced to a first task feature in Gmail and today it is another “Labs” feature that enables users to send text messages cellphones and ...

40. Google Earth used in Mumbai terrorist attacks

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

      The terrorists who attacked several locations in south Mumbai apparently used Google Earth to memorize digital satellite images of the city in order to find their targets and coordinate their ...

41. IE8 slips into 2009 - good or bad news?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 20 November 2008

    ... a browser speed race - that quite apparently caught Microsoft on the wrong foot - has developed between Google Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Firefox. While Chrome and Safari are insignificant to the browser ...

42. NASA tests interplanetary Internet

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 19 November 2008

    ... of the TCP/IP protocol and a vice president at Google today. NASA believes DTN is a solution to overcome delays and disruption within an interplanetary Internet, disruptions which can be caused when a ...

43. Did Apple kill Google's voice search iPhone application?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

      Last week, we got word of a much hyped Google iPhone application that enables voice search queries and shows search results as text on the handset. The application was due for publication in the ...

44. Google Earth brings ancient Rome to life - in 3D

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

      Google Earth remains one of the most impressive 3D applications available today. A new highlight for Earth is a layer visualizes ancient Rome as it is believed to have looked like in 320  ...

45. Microsoft's cloud push: Too little too late on purpose?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 10 November 2008

    ... waiting for? Most of us observers expected Microsoft to move to the cloud now, based on the success of Amazon Web Services and Google. But the apparent pace is to offer developers training wheels, little ...

46. Google jumps on the bandwagon - now an OpenID provider

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 31 October 2008

      OpenID seems to be having quite the week: Following its adoption by Microsoft, Google has joined the party and offers a similar plan. OpenID is a method of using a single digital persona or identity ...

47. iPhone puts Google Earth in your pocket

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 27 October 2008

      Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch was posted on the App Store earlier today. The mobile software offers the same immersive experience of the desktop version, wrapped in a nicely package ...

48. Microsoft aims for clouds with Azure's programming model

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 27 October 2008

    ... in net profits, one of only two software companies worth over $100 billion (the other being Google at $104 billion, Microsoft over $195 billion), do we want to give them the keys to everything related ...

49. Garriott’s $30 million space adventure ends

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    ... Center in Bonn, Germany. Garriott reportedly paid about $30 million for the entire trip. Among the people next in line for a space trip is, for example, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who already paid ...