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"Think of it as a browser to fly around the planet and discover things
about the Earth," said John Hanke, director of Google Earth and Maps.
Partners with Google Earth include the United Nations Environment
Program, the Discovery Network, the U.S. National Park Service and the
Jane Goodall Institute.
Credit: Google Earth
Related: Google Earth gains chimp pix, travel videos
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Microsoft Encarta Premium 2007 is a well-designed reference tool that's especially friendly for young learners.
An updated version of Google Earth is to be released on Tuesday night, adding a timescale to the basic version of the Web-based geospatial application.
This simple little gizmo can be indispensable in geotagging your photos, if the terrain's right and you're willing to be creative.
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Designers and editors who lean on Dreamweaver for complex dynamic websites will find plenty of tweaks and improvements in version 4.
Google has rethought the Internet browser — some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel — but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
Microsoft's release should retain its browser base but doesn't yet have enough to lure loyal Firefox users back to Internet Explorer.
MobileMe is the successor to .Mac, Apple's subscription service for publishing photos and other personal content to the Web.
If only for the speed, lightness of being and security alone, Firefox remains our Editors' Choice for best internet browser.
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11/03/2007 02:27 PM
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Rebecca
21/10/2008 09:51 AM
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