Google Earth
Amazon swings into the map market
News Last month, MSN launched its Virtual Earth test site, and Google released a "hybrid" site of its own that lets people see an aerial view of a location with superimposed road maps. Amazon,... [16 Aug 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.07.05
Round-Up Microsoft is going into competition with the stunning Google Earth desktop application which allows you to zoom in on any point on the planet from the very depths of space. Microsoft has now unveiled the... [29 Jul 2005]
Microsoft challenges Google with Virtual Earth
News Microsoft is playing catch-up to rival Google with the release of a beta world mapping service, MSN Virtual Earth. Virtual Earth is a wrap up of a number of location-based services,... [25 Jul 2005]
Google and Yahoo! unleash mapping code
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates previewed MSN Virtual Earth satellite mapping technology at a conference in May. Google and Yahoo! Google's Maps API is a free toolkit that developers can... [01 Jul 2005]
Peeping Tom filter lets phones see through bikinis
News Photos: The best of Google Earth Photos: The best of Google Sky A phone that lets you see through clothes is the stuff of teenage boys' dreams - and now it's a reality in Japan. A third... [25 Oct 2004]
The decline and fall of the Wintel empire
Comment The seven first centuries were filled with a rapid succession of triumphs; but it was reserved for Augustus to relinquish the ambitious design of subduing the whole earth, and to introduce a spirit of moderation into the... [05 Aug 2004]
Subservientchicken.com - corporate promotions mean clicks in US
News The site received attention for articles on near-Earth meteors and this summer's arrival of cicadas. Time Warner, MSN/Microsoft, Google and eBay - which saw no change from March to April. Along with the... [20 May 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.04.2004
Round-Up Romantic, ode-spouting midget John Keats once wrote of art: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. Google's new Gmail service promised free 'email for... [16 Apr 2004]
Bluetooth phone hacking tools 'spreading quickly'
News Photos: The best of Google Earth Photos: The best of Google Sky An MP has called for mobile phone manufacturers to make a greater effort and fix the Bluetooth security problems in their... [17 Feb 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Google's magic formula, going mobile, and Oracle's testing times
Comment Today it's one of the most valuable internet properties on earth. Google has been the recipient of some good news. It heaps praise on Google for its business development work over the... [08 Jul 2002]