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Google Earth Adds New Images In Spain

Google Earth has added some new imagery in Spain according to the Google Earth Blog.Frank Taylor writes," There's a noticeable new area of imagery on the eastern edge of Spain covering Barcelona, which is copyrighted "Institut Cartogrfic de Catalunya". This imagery is not particularly high resolution - I would estimate about 1 meter/pixel. Not as good as Digital Globe, which is 60 cm/pixel."

Using Google Can Become A Habit

My wife Jill was the victim of another drive-by “why-ing” — and I, of course, was the perpetrator. There’s a small specialty grocery store where we live that Jill visits every week or two. And almost every time, she complains about the experience. Outdated stock is repackaged. Food is rancid. The staff is surly. But she keeps buying there. After listening to another long-winded vent,…

Google News Slow To Reinstate UN Critic

Inner City Press, a one-man full-time operation with volunteer contributors, should be back on Google News following an anonymous complaint that caused it to be delisted.

Wikipedia Won’t Remove Muhammad Images

Wikipedia is refusing to remove images of the prophet of Islam's Muhammad despite hundreds of thousands of requests.In some Muslim traditions, it is considered offensive to depict the prophet for fear the image would become an object of idol worship. Wikipedia argues that it is not offensive in all traditions, and that they will not bow to pressure to remove the images.