(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-07 08:28 GMT: Carr's Milling says trends for H2, beyond 'positive'; H1 pretax rises 45 pct (Interactive Investor)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:31:37 PDT
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Carr's Milling Industries Plc. posted a 45 percent rise in first-half pretax profit, as its agriculture and food business more than offset a dip in engineering revenues, and said trends are positive for the second half and beyond.

CBC to close Calgary unit of Newsworld (Toronto Star)

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:44:49 PDT
CALGARY–CBC News will close the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.

Ford Focus 2008 - Test Drive & Pricing

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:39:27 PDT
The Focus' outward looks were starkly similar to what I had driven as a rental the last number of years. Not very encouraging news for Ford, nor for the shoppers looking for different pastures. I found the styling to be ultra conservative, a should have been Focus in 2003 as opposed to today as this segment has a lot more..

Cloud computing, Web 2.0 trends emphasized (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:45:00 PDT
Computing in the cloud and Web 2.0 were cited as today's cutting-edge, game-changing innovations during a developer relations conference Monday that featured presentations by Salesforce.com and Cisco Systems.

A New Star as Campaign Programs Shuffle: The News (New York Times)

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:04:29 PDT
In a marked change for cable news, three new programs that treat each night like election night focus on the campaigns, not the hosts.

近半Vista下杀毒软件未过VB100

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:28:49 PDT
也许我们该庆幸 Vista 下的病毒仍处于襁褓期，因为最近一次 VB100 测试发现很多 Vista 下的杀毒软件未能通过测试。本次测试共选取了37种Vista下的杀毒软件，包括 McAfee, Sophos 和 Trend Micro 在内的17种未通过测试。

Market opens higher as WaMu news lifts banks (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:36:54 PDT
Stocks rose at the market open on Monday, led by financial shares on news that Washington Mutual is close to securing a $5 billion cash infusion that may help allay worries about mortgage losses at the largest U.S. savings and loan company.

Knowing What Everyone Is Doing All The Time Is All The Rage

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:58:32 PDT
The Trendliest explores the hot new social trend, knowing what everyone is doing all of the time

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Google Funny Street Views: Discreet Privacy

A couple of months ago, Google's web mapping service GOOGLE MAPS launched a new feature: Google Street View. A panoramic street level environment lets you descend from the sky and virtually travel through the streets. However, some very funny Google Street View images have surfaced on the internet raising privacy issues.

Consider for example, this image from the Chicago and you can see why we think Google Street Views are funny, yet concerning about privacy.

Already this publication has reported a lawsuit that a couple has filed against Google Street Views alleging that the service violates their privacy.

"Aaron and Christine Boring (yes, that's really their name) filed suit in Allegheny County court on April 2. The couple, who lives in Pittsburgh, says that there is a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored."

Patric Carlsson who writs for the Blog of Intellectual Capitals while explaining how useful Google Maps and Street Views can be contends that there are "some funny pictures to find aside from all the usefulness."

It's not known how many complaints Google Street Views will still receive and how is the company going to respond to them. However, one thing we are sure of is the fact that while many people are going to consider some of the Google Street Views to be funny, many others are going to think they are violating people's right to privacy.

 

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