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Google's Street View hits the handset
News Google has launched a new version of its mobile mapping service, which includes the company's Street View service in a mobile format for the first time. Street View is currently available only for certain locations in the US, France, Italy...
[September 18, 2008, 13:53]
Google: People will get used to Street View
Blog Google's privacy counsel Peter Fleischer has told ZDNet UK that people "will get used" to Street View. Last month, villagers in the Buckinghamshire town of Broughton surrounded a Street View car and forced it to leave, the Times reported.
[May 15, 2009, 17:28]
Privacy watchdog airs Google Street View concerns
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said it has concerns about Google's Street View and thinks the company could be breaching data-protection law. Street View is likely to be introduced to the UK as well.
[July 8, 2008, 13:16]
Privacy watchdog clears Google's Street View
News Google's Street View mapping system has been given the all clear by the UK's privacy watchdog. Officers from the ICO met with Google and sought reassurances after concerns were raised about the Street View application being intrusive.
[August 1, 2008, 9:23]
Google Street View comes to the UK
News Google has launched its Street View service in the UK. It has been rolling out its Street View service gradually in various countries, starting with the US, since May 2007. Street View has been hugely popular with our users in Europe and worldwide...
[March 19, 2009, 12:41]
Google: People will get used to Street View
Blog Comment People have gotten used to mosquito bites too but that doesn't mean they don't buy repellent. Mr Fleischer sounds like he could use a intervention by his peers in gaining some sensitivity. Those are his customers he's talking about.
[May 16, 2009, 4:42]
National security risk
Talkback I am flabbergasted to find out about Google's Street View software and their proposed plans to photograph British residential streets to upload to their mapping service Google Earth. The Google Street View Team have even been posing for the camera...
[July 11, 2008, 13:47]
Complete privacy 'does not exist', says Google
News Google's Street View service didn't invade a Pittsburgh couple's privacy, the search giant said in a response to the couple's April lawsuit over the matter. They claim these injuries even though similar photos of their home were already publicly...
[July 31, 2008, 9:50]
Google trikes poised to map Britain's footpaths
News To advance its Street View service this summer, Google is poised to unleash the power of human legs. This summer, Google will deploy bikes mounted with its 360-degree Street View cameras to map areas of Britain inaccessible by its fleet of Street...
[May 20, 2009, 11:46]
Online advertising starts to stabilise
News At this point, defining Wall Street's view as cautiously optimistic might be a stretch, but there's a consensus that online ad spending isn't getting any worse. reports its second-quarter results, Wall Street analysts are scurrying to predict when...
[June 7, 2001, 14:41]
T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream): a first look review
Reviews Called the T-Mobile G1, it has both full touch-screen functionality, a QWERTY keyboard, a trackball for one-handed navigation, plus access to mobile web applications like Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and more.
[September 24, 2008, 9:58]
UK Tech Week: CIH Virus still a threat
News We can't guarantee that everyone runs anti-virus software" says Jack Clark, technology consultant for Dr Solomons who believes that even when cures are made available users are guilty of not using them - a view endorsed by Kevin Street, technology...
[October 8, 1998, 8:42]
Vodafone's HTC Magic
Blog For example, the Magic can help you find local eateries, use Google Latitude to show people's locations, even use Street View. I got excited about wanting a digital compass after panning around in Street View, and finding and downloading a free one...
[April 29, 2009, 8:54]
Cisco posts profit warning
News I think (Cisco's executives) have taken a pessimistic view for the past few weeks, which caused Wall Street to take the same view," said Richard Shannon, an associate analyst at Epoch Partners. Wall Street analysts previously predicted earnings of...
[April 17, 2001, 7:26]
UK gets its own official Pirate Party
News Robinson offered Google Street View and behavioural ad-monitoring company Phorm as examples of technology not covered by UK law. Current law isn't taking into account advances in technology such as Street View," said Robinson.
[August 13, 2009, 15:59]
O2 snaffles The Link in shopping spree
News We see it as a way of accelerating our growth and boosting our brand presence on the high street," the O2 spokesperson said. O2 currently has around 350 high street stores, but taking over The Link could potentially double that number.
[June 21, 2006, 13:15]
Microsoft launches mapping beta
News And Amazon's A9 mapping tool displays street-level views in its service. Microsoft plans to add street-level images in the future. However, Lawlor said neither street-level nor satellite-based aerial views provide enough visual information for...
[December 8, 2005, 9:25]
Route 66 Mobile Britain 2006 for UIQ review
Reviews In this view a strip along the bottom of the screen shows information such as the direction of and distance to the next turn, the remaining journey distance, estimated time of arrival, and the current street name.
[September 20, 2005, 17:40]
Microsoft: Striking out in security?
News Initially, the Wall Street Journal reported that the phrase opened up a "backdoor" -- a deliberate hole in security put in to allow illicit access -- in servers running Microsoft software. Steve Lipner, manager of Microsoft's security response...
[April 18, 2000, 8:39]
Quotes of the Week,June 23-27
News "It seems to me that, under your analysis, it could potentially be criminal to engage in indecent speech on a public street corner in the presence of minors. This [merger] doubles Compaq's feet on the street from around 4,000 to 8,000 customers.
[June 27, 1997, 9:37]
