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Google Street View raises privacy issues

Google’s online map feature that provides pictures of real-world moments at spots around the world has become a flash point for people worried about the erosion of privacy in the Internet Age.

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Google to use ‘spy drones’ for street mapping

LONDON - Internet search engine giant Google has plans to use “spy drones” similar to the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used in military operations for surveillance and bombing to prepare more accurate maps of streets across the globe.

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Google, Verizon offer vision on web traffic

SAN FRANCISCO — Google and US telecom titan Verizon on Monday proposed a legal framework to safeguard “net neutrality” but said the rules should not apply to wireless broadband Internet connections.

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BlackBerry in deal to avert Saudi ban

Saudi Arabia told the kingdom’s telecom operators on Saturday to test a proposed fix to the perceived national security threat posed by Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones, and said it would not ban service if the test was successful.

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Your mobile phone could be a credit card

Imagine swiping a mobile phone to pay for all the things that you buy! This has just been made possible by latest technology that allows bank information to be stored in your mobile phones’ memory cards.

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