Google Street View is under fire again and this time from European Union as it has warned Google that its controversial application could contravene EU privacy laws.
Peter Hustinx, EU data protection supervisor was of the view that Street View should not be allowed to display photos of citizens on the site.
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A survey by Evans Data, a market research company, has revealed that more developers prefer Windows XP over Windows Vista when it comes to developing applications.
They survey questioned 380 US software developers and found that just eight per cent are developing applications for Vista.
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Have you ever noticed that signposts and trees on the side of the road seem to whoosh by faster right as you drive past them, or that a door frame seems to curve outward as you approach it? These are just two examples of real-life movements that underlie more than 50 types of illusions, now systematically organized and explained by scientist Mark Changizi.
The systematization also lends a glimpse into how illusions are not simply tricks your brain likes to play on you; they are manifestations of how the visual system evolved to keep up with real-life motion.
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Following is the full text of Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock’s reply to Carl Icahn.
To read Carl Icahn’s original letter that was sent to Yahoo click here.
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Following is the full text of Carl Icahn’s letter to Yahoo’s Board of Directors on “proxy” issue. This letter was sent to Yahoo today along with the attached biographies of ten nominees for the Yahoo! board.
To read Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock’s reply click here.
The One Laptop Per Child project (OPLC) has confirmed the availability of Windows operating system on XO laptop. Both OLPC and Microsoft officially announced the deal.
Linux is already available on XO.
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A federal court has ordered Nintendo of America to pay $21 million in fine to Anascape Ltd. for patent infringement related to the Wii and GameCube video game hardware.
The Anascape Ltd. filed lawsuit in 2006 claiming that Nintendo’s use of analog technology in their remote game controllers constitutes a violation of their patents. Microsoft is also named in the lawsuit, for the same reasons.
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LG Electronics and Samsung have join hands for a new North American mobile digital TV standard that will be proposed to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC).
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Google.org, Google’s non-profit philanthropic venture has invested $10 million in a local company named “BrightSource Energy” for solar energy.
The BrightSource deal is the second such investment Google has made in solar power, after taking a stake in eSolar last month.
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According to Marc Henauer, head of the cyber-crime division at the Swiss Justice and Police Department, new types of malware and virus are hitting the web that is making it difficult for anti-virus and other security softwares to detect.
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