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The European Commission has launched an investigation into Google after other search engines complained that the firm had abused its dominant position.
The body said it would look into whether the world's largest search engine lowered the ranking of competing services in its results.
The probe follows complaints by firms including price comparison site Foundem and legal search engine ejustice.fr.
Google said it would work with the Commission to "address any concerns".more here
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
News:Mapping ancient Rome with Google Street View
Google's Street View programme, which takes photographs of public roads and puts them online as a navigation tool, has an ambitious new project - to capture the archaeological sites of Rome.
A team has already photographed the Colosseum with its hi-tech camera system and is now working on the Roman Forum.
The Street View scheme has been banned by some countries because of fears about privacy, but Google says it has put in new safeguards.
From Rome, Duncan Kennedy reports.
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A team has already photographed the Colosseum with its hi-tech camera system and is now working on the Roman Forum.
The Street View scheme has been banned by some countries because of fears about privacy, but Google says it has put in new safeguards.
From Rome, Duncan Kennedy reports.
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How would you like to deal with this person?
Tenant from hell' leaves landlords scared
Published: 9:42PM Monday November 29, 2010 Source: ONE News
A Rotorua tenant is being dubbed "the tenant from hell" by her landlords, who cop abuse any time they try to get her to pay outstanding rent.
TV ONE's Close Up programme met four property-owners who have had rough dealings with Ruth Wheeler, which have left them frustrated and fearful.more here
Question: Which is worse? To be saddled with a tenant who cannot be reasoned with, or feel forced to move to get away from her?
Published: 9:42PM Monday November 29, 2010 Source: ONE News
A Rotorua tenant is being dubbed "the tenant from hell" by her landlords, who cop abuse any time they try to get her to pay outstanding rent.
TV ONE's Close Up programme met four property-owners who have had rough dealings with Ruth Wheeler, which have left them frustrated and fearful.more here
Question: Which is worse? To be saddled with a tenant who cannot be reasoned with, or feel forced to move to get away from her?
Sunday, November 28, 2010
News:Wikileaks 'hacked ahead of secret US document release'
28 November 2010
Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks says it is under attack from a computer-hacking operation, ahead of a release of secret US documents.
"We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack," it says on its Twitter feed.
It adds that several newspapers will go ahead and publish the documents released to them by Wikileaks even if the site goes down.
The US state department has said the release will put many lives at risk.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said the US authorities are afraid of being held to account.
more here
Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks says it is under attack from a computer-hacking operation, ahead of a release of secret US documents.
"We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack," it says on its Twitter feed.
It adds that several newspapers will go ahead and publish the documents released to them by Wikileaks even if the site goes down.
The US state department has said the release will put many lives at risk.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said the US authorities are afraid of being held to account.
more here
Saturday, November 27, 2010
News:Pirate-hunting warship receives praise from the Queen
A pirate-hunting British frigate has been praised by the Queen during her state visit to the Gulf.
HMS Cornwall is on a six-month deployment to the region to protect shipping in the area.
The ship's captain, Commander David Wilkinson, met the Queen at the official residence of Britain's ambassador to Oman.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's five-day visit to the Gulf has also included the United Arab Emirates.
The royal couple were joined by Foreign Secretary William Hague and his wife Ffion in the grounds of ambassador Dr Noel Guckian's home in the capital Muscat, overlooking the waters of the Gulf of Oman.
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HMS Cornwall is on a six-month deployment to the region to protect shipping in the area.
The ship's captain, Commander David Wilkinson, met the Queen at the official residence of Britain's ambassador to Oman.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's five-day visit to the Gulf has also included the United Arab Emirates.
The royal couple were joined by Foreign Secretary William Hague and his wife Ffion in the grounds of ambassador Dr Noel Guckian's home in the capital Muscat, overlooking the waters of the Gulf of Oman.
more here
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
News:New Zealand PM pledges Greymouth mine investigation
25 November 2010 Last updated at 00:07 GMT
New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has promised an investigation into the deaths of 29 miners at the Pike River mine on South Island.
Warning that it could take months to recover the bodies, Mr Key - who will visit Greymouth on Thursday - said the nation "needs answers".
The men were declared dead on Wednesday after a second explosion ripped through the shaft where they were trapped.
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New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has promised an investigation into the deaths of 29 miners at the Pike River mine on South Island.
Warning that it could take months to recover the bodies, Mr Key - who will visit Greymouth on Thursday - said the nation "needs answers".
The men were declared dead on Wednesday after a second explosion ripped through the shaft where they were trapped.
more here
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
News:North Korea attack on island causes international alarm
The BBC's John Sudworth explains how the cross-border clash developed
Continue reading the main story
North Korea: A Secretive State
* Hard choices for South Korea
* Q&A: Inter-Korean crisis
* North Korea firing: Why now?
* As it happened: Artillery clash
North Korea's shelling of an island in South Korea near a disputed sea border has drawn international condemnation.
US President Barack Obama said he was "outraged" by the attack on Yeonpyeong island. It was also denounced by Russia, Japan and European countries.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called it "one of the gravest incidents since the Korean War" and urged restraint on both sides.
South Korea returned fire and threatened missile strikes if there were "further provocations".
South Korea's military had been carrying out an exercise nearby, but it denies opening hostilities by firing towards the North.
more here
Continue reading the main story
North Korea: A Secretive State
* Hard choices for South Korea
* Q&A: Inter-Korean crisis
* North Korea firing: Why now?
* As it happened: Artillery clash
North Korea's shelling of an island in South Korea near a disputed sea border has drawn international condemnation.
US President Barack Obama said he was "outraged" by the attack on Yeonpyeong island. It was also denounced by Russia, Japan and European countries.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called it "one of the gravest incidents since the Korean War" and urged restraint on both sides.
South Korea returned fire and threatened missile strikes if there were "further provocations".
South Korea's military had been carrying out an exercise nearby, but it denies opening hostilities by firing towards the North.
more here
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