News tagged with view
Swiss and Google reach privacy accord pending verdict
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Google has agreed not to put pictures of Switzerland on its "Street View" picture map under a provisional accord to end a privacy battle with Swiss authorities, the government said Friday.
Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object - Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy.
NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA on Nov. 10. This event will commemorate the 400 years since Galileo first turned his telescope ...
Swiss watchdog threatens to sue Google over Street View
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Switzerland's data protection watchdog on Monday threatened to sue Google over its "Street View" facility, saying that measures taken by the American Internet giant to address privacy concerns were inadequate. ...
Google pledges more blurring in Switzerland
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. said Wednesday its Street View service will blur some pictures from Switzerland even more after a Swiss official said the images were violating the country's strict privacy laws.
Swiss official tells Google to erase street views
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any "Street View" images of Switzerland, and the company said Monday it would work to resolve problems with the privacy ...
Swiss watchdog demands shutdown of Google Street View
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Switzerland's data protection watchdog on Friday demanded that Google immediately withdraw the "Street View" facility it has started offering on its map of Switzerland.
Google, on tricycle, captures gardens of Versailles
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Google's tricycle-mounted cameras on Monday shot footage of the 17th century gardens of France's Chateau de Versailles destined for its Street View service by year's end.
Odd tricyle mapping Paris streets for Google
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Parisians and tourists, relax. That goofy looking tricycle equipped with loads of high-tech equipment roaming the streets is NOT some mad scientist's invention on the rampage.
Google bows to pressure for German Street View
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Google has bowed to demands in Germany to do more to protect people's privacy ahead of the launch of its Street View service here, officials said on Wednesday.
Germany to Google: Erase raw street-level images
May 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A data protection official for Germany said Wednesday that Google had yet to meet a key request that photos gathered for its panoramic mapping service be erased after they are sent to the United States ...
Google to reshoot street views of Japanese cities
May 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google said Wednesday it will reshoot all photos in Japan for its Street View service after residents complained the 360-degree panoramic images provided a view over the fences around their homes.
Greece bars Google's Street View pending details
May 11, 2009 |
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Greece's data protection agency Monday barred Google from taking any more images on the nation's streets for its Street View feature, pending "additional information" from the US search engine service.
Resolving a galactic mystery
Apr 29, 2009 |
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An extremely deep Chandra X-ray Observatory image of a region near the center of our Galaxy has resolved a long-standing mystery about an X-ray glow along the plane of the Galaxy. The glow in the region covered ...
UK privacy watchdog clears Google Street View
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Britain's privacy watchdog says Google Street View should not be removed or shut down.
