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Quite a validation of the accuracy of Google Street View is this U.S. Defense Department denial of Google access. Google Inc. found itself at the center of a national security controversy Thursday. The Pentagon banned the Internet giant's digital-mapping vehicles from all military installations after detailed photographs of Fort Sam Houston in ...

Muncie, Indiana residents are speaking out, as TheStarPress.com notes. A private person, Cathy Dowd does everything in her power to keep people from finding her information online. Now, she wants to know how to get the detailed view of her Muncie home taken off Google's "Street View" mapping function. "How can I ...

In the aftermath of privacy concerns from individuals and groups, Google has made changes to the Google Reader. When Google updated its Google Reader program earlier this month it expanded the program's features allowing users to share items with Google Chat "friends." Soon after the update Google was blasted by Google ...

Google has a privacy channel on YouTube and has added new videos recently. As Elinor Mills notes: The videos aren't professionally produced; they are made by Google engineers, product managers, and Google public relations representatives using a handheld video camera, according to Victoria Grand, a manager of public affairs. Googlers ...