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Satellite Car Chase from Honest Directors on Vimeo.

Guess who owns http://wwwbing.com. It’s not Microsoft…

Now that it has been revealed that an IE 6 vulnerability made the recent Chinese attack on Google and others possible. Can we now finally put this software to death, and quickly.

It is an abomination on a global scale and is simply not safe. A quick way to kill it off would be for Google to refuse requests from it, period.

Microsoft admits Explorer used in Google China hack

UPDATE: Germany and France agree too! And now Australia.

These flowers are actually a mark of respect, not mourning Google.cn loss, as I presumed.

Chinese surprise at Google pull-out threat

China welcomes foreign IT firms ‘acting within law’

Now Google would like to help you monitor your power consumption! I’d use it!

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Google is soliciting contributions to Google Maps with their Map Maker service.

With Google Map Maker, you can become a citizen cartographer and help improve the quality of maps and local information in your region. You are invited to map the world with us!

They’ve posted several videos to YouTube that show timelapsed edits to maps; here’s Islamabad, Pakistan coming into existence:

(via o’reilly radar & Kottke)