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News.blog: Google Maps adds user-created photos and more

News After typing in a city or address there is a new 'Explore this area' link near the top left. Google Maps launched a new feature on Wednesday that shows you photos, videos and maps that people have created about different locations around the world.

Tags: earth, maps, map, san

15 May 2008, 9:15

Google feels need for speed in mobile Web

News One of the main aims with the mobile search app was to reduce keystrokes due to the tricky nature of typing on mobile devices, so the app suggests possible search terms as the user types, potentially allowing them to navigate much more quickly.

Tags: platform, location, engineering, mobile devices

14 May 2008, 9:04

Microsoft 'frightened' by police hack

News Andy's computer by typing different numerically adjacent addresses in that IP range into the attack tool, then scanning the addresses to see if they belonged to a vulnerable machine. Microsoft has described the ease with which two officers from the...

Tags: businesses, windows xp, anti, operating system

14 November 2007, 9:30

Donated PCs produce African media centres

News Microsoft Office and some basic typing training, are taught in a computer room no bigger than a store cupboard, with a few games provided to sugar the pill. Lead-filled CRTs present a particular problem in that they have been superseded by slimmer...

17 September 2007, 12:52

Getting to grips with the iPhone's design

News Buttons drawn by software can be discarded when the user switches to another application, but on other smart phones, a healthy portion of the device is covered with buttons that only come into play when typing.

28 August 2007, 9:23

Google boss talks up iPhone

News For example, typing 'Suez Canal' into Google will bring information that the canal originally opened in 1869, Schmidt said. Apple's much-vaunted iPhone received a ringing endorsement from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who said the handset is a perfect...

22 June 2007, 8:32

Get set for a summer of Apple

News Reviewers have yet to give the iPhone a thorough test, so it's hard to know if concerns about typing and screen smudges -- not to mention the slow EDGE network it uses -- will prove to be problems for the iPhone.

11 June 2007, 10:10

Google revamps its search

News For instance, someone typing in 'overhead view of Bellagio pool' might benefit even more from the system automatically searching for the keywords 'Bellagio pool pictures', and that would be included in the results.

17 May 2007, 9:06

Intel's new Centrino -- for work and play

News Integrated graphics chipsets offer enough performance for those who spend most of their time in front of a PC typing up email or surfing the Web. This time around, Intel's mobile division is all business, but salespeople like to play games, too.

9 May 2007, 9:57

The death of the smiley?

News But the Internet is changing, and typing is no longer the only way to communicate online. Author Vladimir Nabokov said in a 1969 New York Times interview that "there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile -- some sort of concave mark...

14 March 2007, 10:41

The iPhone: more questions than answers

News Pogue did note that typing on the touchscreen is not easy, because you can't feel the ridges of a key like you can with a BlackBerry or Treo. But sometimes, beauty is just skin deep. Tuesday's introduction of the iPhone at Macworld was long on...

11 January 2007, 11:21

Intel quad-core chip powerful but pricey

News Mainstream PC users won't need the QX6700 for some time, since it delivers far more performance than needed for surfing the Web, typing essays or playing simple games. Only the most demanding PC users will be able to keep Intel's new quad-core...

3 November 2006, 10:36

Photos: Reinventing the scroll wheel

News The wheel lets users adjust the volume or flip channels in the middle of typing an instant message. A recent visit by CNET.co.uk's sister site, News.com, to Synaptics' headquarters in Santa Clara, California, turned up several notable concept...

23 August 2006, 10:01

UK firm rolls out fabric keyboard

News After being put through its paces it was found to work well -- although a firm typing manner was needed, and the keyboard could slip around the desk when in use. A UK company is targeting mobile professionals with a high-tech fabric keyboard that...

18 July 2006, 8:49

Photos: Inside Firefox 2's beta 1

News Say you want to find information on Bon Echo, just typing 'bon echo' gives you a drop-down menu of suggested choices available on Google, for example. The Mozilla Organization continues to develop the next version of its popular Firefox browser.

13 July 2006, 11:01