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StreetView killed Bambi, but also fights crime; Securing Super Bowl 43; Activists target Microsoft

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StreetView killed Bambi, but it fights crime, too
By Google Subnet
With all the attention Google StreetView's clash with a baby deer evoked, it can be easy to overlook the tool's crime-fighting good side. Not too long ago, StreetView was instrumental in returning a kidnapped Massachusetts girl safely to her home, and just recently, it helped a Swiss police team detect a 1.2-acre marijuana field and nab the gang responsible. As with all things Google, you have to take the bad with the good. Read full story

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Securing Super Bowl 43
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01/30/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Ex-Fannie Mae employee accused of planting computer time bomb
  2. Fan starts campaign for Windows 7's immediate release
  3. Windows 7 will not sway XP users
  4. Google M-Lab provides a window into your ISP
  5. Don't fear the penguin: A newbie's guide to Linux
  6. 10 woeful tales of data gone missing
  7. IPhone takes 1.1% of the mobile phone market
  8. Worm floats Obama's head on your desktop
  9. Taser-wielding boss? Can't get to me here
  10. Are these the real reasons for the fall of Nortel?


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