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News and notes on the PGA Tour's top 20 golfers (USA Today)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:20:14 PDT
Get the latest news and notes on the top 20 golfers on the PGA Tour. These rankings are based 2006-07 PGA Tour results.

A house of cards

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:19:07 PDT
A house of cards by Werner Patels The current mess that once was the thriving subprime mortgage market is throwing up in stark relief some uncomfortable truths about the capitalist system established in most of the Western world. The financial system is hopelessly flawed, and this is now becoming clear even to the most uninitiated. The artificial debt market is one of the main culprits: in order to buy more securities, and drive up their value, the financial whiz kids of Wall Street have

Wal-mart offers full refund on HD DVD player returns

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:58:18 PDT
More good news for those left on the short end of the format war, Wal-Mart has quietly decided to offer refunds for anyone who purchased their HD DVD player between November 1, 2007 and now. Offer only good till April 30th.

SEGA to co-publish Operation Darkness

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:20:06 PDT
News has reached SegaNerds that SEGA is teaming up with Atlus to bring Operation Darkness to a western audience this summer. The title, a strategy/RPG with a twist, is developed by Japanese developer Success, and was released in Japan late last year. In Operation Darkness the player is thrown into the midst of an alternate World War II in which the supernatural forces of the occult are playing a massive role. Werewolves, vampires, and authentic World War weaponry will mesh together into

Americans growing discontent with media--bird flu to blame?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:56:46 PDT
A rapidly increasing amount of Americans have began expressing distrust for news broadcasting networks in recent years. Could this newfound distrust be the result of hallucinations caused by avian flu? We'll take a look at the alarming new evidence in this special report.

Global Cooling?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:41:28 PDT
Jeff Whitaker comments on news that we may actually be in for a climate cooling this year. So much for Al Gores warming "theories".

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Jerry Seinfeld cheats death in his 1967 fiat btm

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Google Funny Street Views: Discreet Privacy

A couple of months ago, Google's web mapping service GOOGLE MAPS launched a new feature: Google Street View. A panoramic street level environment lets you descend from the sky and virtually travel through the streets. However, some very funny Google Street View images have surfaced on the internet raising privacy issues.

Consider for example, this image from the Chicago and you can see why we think Google Street Views are funny, yet concerning about privacy.

Already this publication has reported a lawsuit that a couple has filed against Google Street Views alleging that the service violates their privacy.

"Aaron and Christine Boring (yes, that's really their name) filed suit in Allegheny County court on April 2. The couple, who lives in Pittsburgh, says that there is a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored."

Patric Carlsson who writs for the Blog of Intellectual Capitals while explaining how useful Google Maps and Street Views can be contends that there are "some funny pictures to find aside from all the usefulness."

It's not known how many complaints Google Street Views will still receive and how is the company going to respond to them. However, one thing we are sure of is the fact that while many people are going to consider some of the Google Street Views to be funny, many others are going to think they are violating people's right to privacy.

 

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