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Latest Jesus Sighting: Outside a Pub in Australia

(Dec. 10) -- The first recorded miracle of Jesus was turning water into wine. But now it seems he may be more in the mood for a beer. After all, his most recent sighting was on the facade of an Irish pub on the southeast coast of Australia. The image appeared several weeks ago in the stripped-away paint by the front...

Google Fans Egg Homes of Privacy-Loving Germans

(Nov. 25) -- You can't hide from Google. That's the message of Web vigilantes who went on a real-world rampage in Germany this weekend, egging the homes of privacy-loving citizens who opted out of the search giant's Street View service. Google launched Street View -- which provides a panoramic view of city streets -- in...

And Now, Google Even Finds God

(Oct. 21) -- As Google becomes increasingly more all-knowing and omnipresent, it seems even God can't hide from the search tool. The Lord was recently captured in a Google Street View camera overlooking a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Or so it would appear. The heavenly image was posted on gossip blog Gawker earlier this...

Google Street View Now Invading Penguins' Privacy

(Sept. 30) -- Can a penguin get some privacy? Not anymore. Google's Street View mapping function -- a service that allows users to navigate cities through street-level panoramic images -- goes live today in Brazil, Ireland and Antarctica. That's right, Antarctica -- not even the streets can contain Google Street...

Google Convicted of Defaming French Sex Offender

(Sept. 27) -- Here is one way that Google was not hoping to celebrate its 12th birthday. The Mountain View, Calif., tech giant has been convicted of defaming a French user after the search engine's Autocomplete function (aka Search Suggest) linked a convicted sex offender's name to words including "rapist," "satanist,"...

Background on Google Street View

Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from positions along many streets in the world.

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