Topic: GOOGLE - on April 12, 2007 at 12:36:00 PM CEST
Darfur genocide mapped from space
Google and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum today launched the "Crisis in Darfur" Google Earth initiative which offers users a handy guide to the systematic destruction of the Darfur region of Sudan as a result of an ongoing conflict between local rebel groups and pro-government militias.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on April 10, 2007 at 9:58:00 AM CEST
Googling your date
Dating used to be largely a matter of spending time with a love interest, discovering the good, the bad and the ugly in person. If you were lucky, friends helped fill in some of the blanks.
These days, the Internet -- and the ability to check people out before they ever meet up -- has forever changed the rules.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 28, 2007 at 12:43:00 PM CEST
The Gapminder World 2006, beta
Gapminder is a non-profit venture that develops information technology for provision of free statistics in new visual and animated ways. In short, it enables you to make sense of the world by having fun with statistics. Our method is to turn boring data into enjoyable interactive animations using Flash technology. Gapminder is a Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Funding has been mainly by grants from Swedish International Development co-operation Agency, Sida. In collaboration with United Nations Statistic Division we promote free access to searchable public data and our animations of different types of data are freely available.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 22, 2007 at 11:12:00 AM CET
Will Viacom Kill the Video Star?
The Viacom vs. YouTube throwdown got more interesting this week with the arrival of Mark Cuban at ringside.
"In aggregate, YouTube screwed up and they are in big trouble," he told Wired News Tuesday. "I think there is a very good chance that YouTube gets shut down for a period until they start filtering out copyrighted videos."
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 16, 2007 at 12:47:00 PM CET
Welcome to the Google Hacking Database
We call them 'googledorks': Inept or foolish people as revealed by Google. Whatever you call these fools, you've found the center of the Google Hacking Universe!
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 13, 2007 at 5:05:00 PM CET
Viacom will sue YouTube for $1bn
Entertainment giant Viacom Media has announced that it is going to sue web search engine Google and video sharing website YouTube for $1bn (£517m).
bbc.co.uk Viacom Chooses The Nuclear Option For YouTube theregister.co.uk
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 10, 2007 at 11:39:00 AM CET
Turkish ban on YouTube lifted
urkey lifted its ban on YouTube Friday, an official for the country’s largest telecommunications firm said, two days after a court ordered the Web site blocked because of videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 8, 2007 at 2:13:00 PM CET
Super-Close Google Maps Zooms
Holy moly that is a close up zoom of a camel – and it works for other place on Google Maps too! Yes, it turns out that you can zoom in much more deeply onto Google Maps by doing this:
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 8, 2007 at 10:40:00 AM CET
Cuban gets stuck into YouTube, demands it squeals
When Google bought YouTube last year, Cuban famously sniped the $1.65bn swoop was "moronic". The attention deficit disorder-pleasing video vault's popularity was utterly dependent on illegal distribution of copyrighted material, he asserted.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 8, 2007 at 10:29:00 AM CET
Turkish court bans YouTube access
Access to the popular video-sharing website YouTube has been suspended in Turkey following a court order.
The ban was imposed after prosecutors told the court that clips insulting former Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had appeared on the site.
Following up on news today that the government of Turkey has blocked YouTube, an anonymous Turkish BoingBoing reader shares some background.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 4, 2007 at 2:20:00 PM CET
Cruise misslie on Google Maps
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Topic: GOOGLE - on February 27, 2007 at 11:00:00 AM CET
Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center
I have started using Gmail as much more than an email host. With its gobs of storage, speed and tremendous search/tagging capabilities, you can transform it into a personal nerve center that's available from any computer or mobile device. When you tap into this power and combine Gmail with some other tools, it is perhaps the most essential site ever developed. Most of the following life hacks have not been documented.
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