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Build The Memory - Google Street View

Memories for the Future - Street View

Globe genie

Globe Genie

NYC in 3D

So Google Earth is going 3D now-- so can we get a 3D environment of the Earth's cities to play real-life GTA in it already?

EPICponyz: NYC 3D in Google Earth

Google China uncensored

Google has finally uncensored its search pages in China by redirecting all visitors to Google.cn to their unfiltered Hong Kong site. This move came after repeated hacking attempts that Google attributed to China.

Read the whole article on Wired for the full scoop-- it's interesting that while Google received a lot of bashing when starting to censor themselves in China in 2006, now other people are criticizing Google for moving out, claiming to "abandon the Chinese people" with even more censored search engines. ..the hell?

Google Uncensors China Search Engine | Epicenter | Wired.com

How Google street view works

Kind of cute: official Google Japan animated stop-motion video about how Google Street View works.

YouTube - ストリートビューのプライバシーについて

Google beast

Google bashing is en vogue right now, what with all the class action suits about privacy on Google Buzz, Google Maps etc. Above video is no exception-- it doesn't raise a lot of new points (we all know what a multi-tentacled octopus Google has become) but it does paint an informative allover picture.

The Presurfer: The Beast File: Google

Zombie outbreak simulator

Neat: Watch a "live" zombie outbreak on Google Maps. You can adjust various settings in the simulator for totally different scenarios: have a well-prepared, ultra-vigilant public with 100% accuracy react to and wipe out any sign of infection within seconds, or decimate an unsuspecting campus population with fast and highly contagious zombies-- it's your choice.

Zombie Outbreak Simulator | Class 3 Outbreak

First look at Chrome OS

Google offered a first look at the Google Chrome operating system, forthcoming in about a year. This OS is intended for special hardware netbooks, which means the OS can leave out a lot of the usual boot-up checks and processes, resulting in very short boot times. As the Chrome browser is totally integrated in the OS, it benefits from being able to use more computing power for web browsing and watching videos, for instance.

According to Google, "every application is a web application. There are no conventional applications. (Whatever you use), it's a webapp, it's a link, it's a URL." So that means without an internet connection, your PC is dead. But with a connection, all user settings for all applications and for the whole OS are loaded from the remotely stored server (so different users can use the same netbook with all their customizations intact and always synchronized).

I'm kind of warming to this concept of "cloud computing", at least for all the instances where you are on the road and presumably still able to access all your settings, files, accounts, and everything. Let's see if it will really be possible to work with a "crippled" (i. e. online-only) operating system.

First Glimpse at Google Chrome OS - Google Chrome OS - Lifehacker

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A very strange phenomenom on Google Trends, the ASCII art of a plane approaching the World Trade Center towers has reached "Volcanic" activity.

Search Engine Land: Google Trends Features ASCII Art Of 9/11