Britain’s privacy watchdog has rejected calls to shut down Google’s “Street View” service after complaints it was intrusive.

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Google has enhanced its Toolbar 6 Beta with My Location features identical to those oh-so-creepy Google Latitude services unveiled in February. It is also part of Google’s ongoing mission to add location-based services (including advertisements) in its mobile products. With My Location enabled, Toolbar searches are matched to your computer’s IP address: everything you seek is now also seeking …

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Google on Thursday issued a patch for a severe Chrome vulnerability.

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U.S. software company Microsoft still sees value in a potential partnership with Yahoo

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Heroku will debut on Friday its cloud service for Ruby applications, competing with Google and offering provisionless Web hosting.

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Not sure which HDTV is best? Wondering if that Bluetooth headset is compatible with your phone? Those with iPhones and Android-based handsets can now access Google Product Search to check prices and read reviews before buying.

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Britain’s privacy watchdog said Thursday that Google Street View should not be removed or shut down, dismissing concerns that the service was too invasive.

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Britain’s privacy watchdog has rejected calls to shut down Google’s “Street View” service after complaints it was intrusive.

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Analysis: In trying to clean up your online act, are you playing into Google’s plans?

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The world’s dominant search engine has tweaked its famed algorithm to give a featured spot to users with “Google profile” pages. In other words, sign up with Google and change how you appear online – once you’ve told Google all about yourself.

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