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Rudd backs Conroy in WiFi attack
The Prime Minister has backed internet Senator Conroy in his sustained attack on Google over its bungled WiFi collection error.
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Google Australia details dodgy WiFi code
Google's Engineering Director yesterday explained how the company came to accidentally collect payload data from people's WiFi networks.
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Google shouldn’t stop collecting Wi-Fi data
Google's decision to stop its Street View cars collecting harmless data on the location of Wi-Fi hotspots is an over-reaction to baseless concerns of privacy zealots.
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Melbourne goes 3D-ish in Google Maps
Google has mapped out parts of the Melbourne CBD in 3D.
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We're better than Google Streetview, claims Sydney company
A Sydney company has come out with the bold claim that it is better than Google Street View – at least for Australia's major icons.
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Google Street View heads into shops and malls
The diabolical designers of Westfield's most complicated mall layouts may have their MC-Escher-style floormaps nutted out soon by Google's indoor street view.
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You take the toll road, says Google Maps Australia
A bug in Google Maps Australia is forcing people down costly toll roads whether they like it or not.
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Google Street View gets dramatic improvements
Google has given its Street View system a major update with a system that lets you "walk" roads in 3D without having to click-click-click to advance a screen at a time.
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GPS sends street directories down a dead end?
Australia’s leading street directory publisher stalls the launch of its 2010 editions citing lack of demand due to the popularity of GPS systems.
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Google Earth has a dead pixel?
It’s annoying enough on your 24 inch LCD monitor – so how would you feel about a dead pixel on Google Earth?
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LIVE BUSHFIRE MAPS: follow the fires online
If you or your friends/family are in Victoria, you can now check an up-to-the-minute live map of the bushfires created by Google employees.
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Marijuana farmers caught on Google Earth
Drug farmers have learned the hard way that you can smoke but you can't hide from Google's satellites.
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Google public transport launches in Adelaide, Perth
Google Maps has added public transport info in several capital cities, but Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are still out in the cold
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Tourists shot after following GPS directions
Three tourists have been shot at, after their GPS navigator guided them into a notorious slum ruled by drug traffickers.
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Yellow Pages to be merged with Google Maps
Telstra will close down its little-used search engine and merge its data with Google Maps. And not a moment too soon. Several years late, in fact.
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